Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 7, 2001 · HSBC Arena

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4–1

26–27

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Friday, December 7, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 27–26.

Goals came from J-P Dumont, Joe Sakic, Dan Hinote, Steve Reinprecht and Milan Hejduk.

David Aebischer made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 22 of 26.

Goals
COL	1	1	2	4	26
BUF	1	0	0	1	27

Scoring

1st period

J-P Dumont (14)Miroslav Satan (13), Rhett Warrener (1)0–104:24 BUF
Joe Sakic (12)Rob Blake (9)1–112:46 COL

2nd period

Dan Hinote (3)Rob Blake (10), Eric Messier (5)2–117:51 COL

3rd period

Steve Reinprecht (6)Radim Vrbata (8), Pascal Trepanier (3)3–109:41 COL ·
Milan Hejduk (7)Joe Sakic (20)4–119:46 COL ·

Team stats

COLBUF

2627

55%45%

2/40/4

88

1621

1011

915

26

Penalties

8:44 into the second periodMartin Biron · delaying game2 min
10:08 into the second periodChris Drury · holding2 min
19:40 into the second periodStephane Yelle · high sticking2 min
3:21 into the third periodJoe Sakic · hooking2 min
8:06 into the third periodJames Patrick · cross checking2 min
13:03 into the third periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
17:12 into the third periodStephane Yelle · holding the stick2 min
18:18 into the third periodJ-P Dumont · cross checking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

19Joe SakicC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	2	63	20:25
4Rob BlakeD	0	2	2	+1	3	1	1	0	–	25:25
12Radim VrbataR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:09
13Dan HinoteR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	63	11:11
23Milan HejdukR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:50
28Steve ReinprechtC	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	55	16:03
29Eric MessierL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	15:41
11Pascal TrepanierD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:51
10Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	13:26
18Chris DruryC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	2	17	17:12
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	12:42
26Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4	54	14:05
27Scott ParkerR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	06:06
40Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:55
6Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:54
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	24:10
41Martin SkoulaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	22:03
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	28:37

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1David AebischerG	W	27	26	1	.963	59:59
33Patrick RoyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:35
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	–	21:10
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	–	19:54
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:58
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:05
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	15:51
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	18:36
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:52
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	2	0	50	13:32
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	38	19:23
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	06:56
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	14:45
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	57	14:26
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	4	–	14:48
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	17:43
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	21:08
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	25:27
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	19:09

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	26	22	4	.846	59:39