Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, January 8, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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2–3

28–26

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 28–26.

Vaclav Varada scored twice. Brendan Morrison, Tim Connolly and Todd Bertuzzi also scored.

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Peter Skudra stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
VAN	0	1	1	2	28
BUF	1	2	0	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Vaclav Varada (5)Chris Gratton (9)0–119:27 BUF

2nd period

Vaclav Varada (6)Alexei Zhitnik (24), Richard Smehlik (4)0–203:43 BUF
Brendan Morrison (11)Matt Cooke (9), Bryan Helmer (1)1–211:18 VAN
Tim Connolly (7)Jay McKee (6)1–313:27 BUF

3rd period

Todd Bertuzzi (11)Brent Sopel (6), Markus Naslund (21)2–303:11 VAN ·

Team stats

VANBUF

2826

54%46%

1/30/2

46

2729

1322

1513

36

Penalties

1:45 into the first periodMurray Baron · tripping2 min
6:03 into the first periodMatt Cooke · interference goalkeeper2 min
12:20 into the first periodJ-P Dumont · tripping2 min
19:04 into the second periodStu Barnes · hooking2 min
2:03 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

7Brendan MorrisonC	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	56	13:53
19Markus NaslundL	0	1	1	−2	2	0	0	0	–	18:33
24Matt CookeL	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	–	14:51
44Todd BertuzziR	1	0	1	−1	7	3	0	0	50	20:48
3Brent SopelD	0	1	1	−1	2	1	1	0	–	23:22
28Bryan HelmerD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	12:47
10Trevor LetowskiR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:26
13Artem ChubarovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	56	09:15
16Trevor LindenC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50	18:19
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:11
22Daniel SedinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:13
25Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	56	16:21
33Henrik SedinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	15:55
37Jarkko RuutuL	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	0	–	09:26
2Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	−2	0	5	2	0	–	24:16
14Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	18:35
23Murray BaronD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	–	16:17
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	2	0	–	24:36

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
1Peter SkudraG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:48
35Alex AuldG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

25Vaclav VaradaR	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	0	–	19:28
18Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	28	17:18
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	+2	5	2	0	0	67	17:31
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	25:00
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	+3	1	2	7	0	–	30:58
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	–	20:34
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	13:35
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	2	–	15:38
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	08:24
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:27
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+2	3	4	2	0	44	19:42
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	59	15:55
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	08:58
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	2	–	14:25
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	18:31
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:48
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:08
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	22:32

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00