Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2001 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, December 8, 2001 at FleetCenter. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 29-27.
Brian Rolston scored twice and Joe Thornton scored twice. Miroslav Satan and Vaclav Varada also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Rolston (13)P.J. Axelsson (3)0–105:10 BOS · SHG
2nd period
Joe Thornton (11)Nick Boynton (4), Jarno Kultanen (1)0–201:12 BOS- Brian Rolston (14)Unassisted0–319:56 BOS · SHG
3rd period
Miroslav Satan (13)Vyacheslav Kozlov (5), Tim Connolly (12)1–301:40 BUF- Joe Thornton (12)Glen Murray (10), Byron Dafoe (1)1–405:07 BOS
Vaclav Varada (3)Stu Barnes (14), Miroslav Satan (14)2–412:36 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
29Shots on goal27
48%Faceoff %52%
0/5Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes15
23Hits23
9Blocked shots8
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 04:51
Jozef Stumpel · hooking2 min - 2nd 12:18Rob Zamuner · charging2 min
- 2nd 13:10
Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min - 2nd 13:51Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:24Martin Lapointe · interference2 min
- 3rd 02:37Jonathan Girard · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:10John Emmons · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:10P.J. Stock · fighting5 min
- 3rd 07:10Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:55 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:29 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 18:45 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 40:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Brian RolstonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:59 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:52 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:24 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 23John EmmonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:23 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 16:27 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:43 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 27:44 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:53 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |