Buffalo Sabres vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 2001 · American Airlines Center
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Sabres 29-18.
Jere Lehtinen scored twice. Mike Modano, Stu Barnes, Dmitri Kalinin, Tim Connolly and Jamie Langenbrunner also scored.
Ed Belfour made 13 saves on 14 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Modano (14)Dave Manson (2)0–103:15 DAL
Stu Barnes (10)Miroslav Satan (15)1–104:02 BUF
Dmitri Kalinin (1)Vyacheslav Kozlov (6), Maxim Afinogenov (5)2–107:33 BUF
2nd period
Jere Lehtinen (11)Pierre Turgeon (6), Mike Modano (14)2–200:44 DAL · PPG
Tim Connolly (5)Vyacheslav Kozlov (7), Alexei Zhitnik (18)3–206:38 BUF
Jamie Langenbrunner (5)Pat Verbeek (6), Benoit Brunet (8)3–314:09 DAL
3rd period
- Jere Lehtinen (12)Martin Rucinsky (10), Mike Modano (15)3–417:42 DAL
Team stats
BUFDAL
18Shots on goal29
37%Faceoff %63%
0/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits21
11Blocked shots12
25Giveaways26
7Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 18:20
Derian Hatcher · interference2 min - 1st 19:28
J-P Dumont · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 11:47Pat Verbeek · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 19:02Pat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:44Curtis Brown · hooking2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:37 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:30 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:37 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 58:29 |
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 23:45 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:17 |
| 23Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 07:46 |
| 18Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 22Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:41 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27:11 |
| 37Brad LukowichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | W | 14 | 13 | 1 | .929 | 52:08 |
| 35Marty TurcoG | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 07:52 |