Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, December 19, 2001 · HSBC Arena

6–5

21–29

Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 29–21.

Kyle Calder scored twice. Rob Ray, Boris Mironov, Stu Barnes, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Eric Daze, Maxim Afinogenov, Peter White, Jason Woolley and Steve Sullivan also scored.

Jocelyn Thibault made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 3 of 5.

Goals
CHI	2	2	2	6	21
BUF	2	1	2	5	29

Scoring

1st period

Kyle Calder (11)Alexei Zhamnov (23)1–000:56 CHI
Rob Ray (2)Jason Woolley (8), Chris Gratton (7)1–102:19 BUF
Boris Mironov (3)Alexei Zhamnov (24), Tony Amonte (19)2–103:46 CHI
Stu Barnes (12)Dmitri Kalinin (2)2–206:15 BUF ·

2nd period

Vyacheslav Kozlov (8)Tim Connolly (14), Maxim Afinogenov (7)2–302:11 BUF
Kyle Calder (12)Jaroslav Spacek (5), Tony Amonte (20)3–303:13 CHI
Eric Daze (19)Michael Nylander (21)4–308:47 CHI

3rd period

Maxim Afinogenov (12)Tim Connolly (15), Dmitri Kalinin (3)4–405:21 BUF
Peter White (1)Unassisted5–406:59 CHI
Jason Woolley (4)Tim Connolly (16), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10)5–514:00 BUF ·
Steve Sullivan (10)Eric Daze (16)6–515:11 CHI

Team stats

CHIBUF

2129

51%49%

0/12/5

102

1327

108

1711

Penalties

4:31 into the first periodMichael Nylander · hooking2 min
3:38 into the second periodRhett Warrener · hooking2 min
10:32 into the second periodJon Klemm · holding2 min
17:20 into the second periodPeter White · slashing2 min
9:53 into the third periodChris Mcalpine · holding2 min
12:50 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · closing hand on puck2 min

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

10Tony AmonteR	0	2	2	+3	1	0	1	0	–	20:50
13Alexei ZhamnovC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	50	21:12
19Kyle CalderL	2	0	2	+3	2	1	0	0	–	16:00
55Eric DazeL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	–	16:44
11Peter WhiteC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	46	10:37
26Steve SullivanL	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	53	18:37
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	60	12:52
2Boris MironovD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0	–	28:04
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:03
15Jim CampbellR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	10:56
22Igor KorolevC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	47	17:13
24Bob ProbertL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:32
28Mark BellC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	10:26
44Aaron DowneyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	06:49
4Chris McalpineD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	–	13:55
6Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:05
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	2	–	23:37
42Jon KlemmD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	21:34

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
29Steve PassmoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	29	24	5	.828	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

18Tim ConnollyC	0	3	3	+2	2	1	0	0	50	18:29
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	50	18:36
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	15:15
5Jason WoolleyD	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	–	18:18
45Dmitri KalininD	0	2	2	+1	1	2	3	0	–	21:12
32Rob RayR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	06:34
41Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	−2	2	0	0	0	31	16:13
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	41	10:19
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−3	1	2	0	0	–	15:02
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	14:49
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	16:58
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−3	3	2	0	0	64	18:59
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:27
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	−5	0	0	0	0	–	22:12
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	15:09
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	−5	1	0	2	0	–	19:32
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	25:55
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	15:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG	L	5	3	2	.600	30:08
43Martin BironG		16	12	4	.750	28:47