Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 2001 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, December 15, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 35-27.
Goals came from Mike York, Theo Fleury, Mark Messier, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Maxim Afinogenov and Jeff Toms.
Mike Richter made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mike York (14)Sandy McCarthy (5), Vladimir Malakhov (10)0–114:36 NYR
2nd period
Theo Fleury (13)Mark Messier (13), Mike York (21)0–210:21 NYR · PPG
Mark Messier (6)Mikael Samuelsson (3), Andreas Johansson (3)0–317:08 NYR
3rd period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (7)Maxim Afinogenov (6)1–313:49 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (11)Alexei Zhitnik (20), Stu Barnes (15)2–316:09 BUF · PPG
Jeff Toms (1)Brian Leetch (17), Mikael Samuelsson (4)2–419:59 NYR · EN
Team stats
BUFNYR
35Shots on goal27
42%Faceoff %58%
1/4Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes21
17Hits16
11Blocked shots14
14Giveaways10
10Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 01:39
Tim Connolly · roughing2 min - 1st 08:03Eric Boulton · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:05Rhett Warrener · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:09Rob Ray · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:09Rob Ray · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:09
Manny Malhotra · roughing2 min - 2nd 19:55Sandy McCarthy · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:08Sylvain Lefebvre · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:28Eric Boulton · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:38Matthew Barnaby · boarding5 min
- 3rd 14:38Matthew Barnaby · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 | 21:23 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:23 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 26:30 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:22 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:19 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:55 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:51 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 21:10 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 45:08 |
| 43Martin BironG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 13:53 |
New York Rangers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:17 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 32Jeff TomsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:20 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:42 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:30 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 21Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:37 |