Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, January 10, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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2–0

18–36

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on Thursday, January 10, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 36–18.

Goals came from Stephane Richer and Robert Lang.

Johan Hedberg made 36 saves on 36 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 16 of 18.

Goals
PIT	1	0	1	2	18
BUF	0	0	0	0	36

Scoring

1st period

Stephane Richer (10)Randy Robitaille (4)1–000:46 PIT

3rd period

Robert Lang (11)Alex Kovalev (14), Andrew Ference (5)2–018:40 PIT

Team stats

PITBUF

1836

38%62%

0/30/5

128

1928

1213

1410

53

Penalties

5:38 into the first periodJ-P Dumont · interference2 min
15:18 into the first periodAndrew Ference · holding2 min
3:51 into the second periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
3:51 into the second periodJohan Hedberg · high sticking2 min
3:51 into the second periodJosef Melichar · roughing2 min
17:37 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
0:19 into the third periodAndrew Ference · holding2 min
5:02 into the third periodVaclav Varada · interference goalkeeper2 min
14:44 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
19:20 into the third periodToby Petersen · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

20Robert LangC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	46	15:46
22Randy RobitailleC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	43	15:32
27Alex KovalevR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	25:05
44Stephane RicherR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	14:52
7Andrew FerenceD	0	1	1	+1	2	5	2	4	–	18:47
16Kris BeechC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50	13:34
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20	13:47
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:59
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	18:14
37Tom KostopoulosR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	11:45
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33	25:03
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	16:16
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	04:01
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:24
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	23:10
23John JakopinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:07
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	100	19:48
28Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	19:26

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	36	36	0	1.000	60:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	50	13:36
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	–	16:15
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	21:09
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	14:47
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	2	–	18:02
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	04:52
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	04:53
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−1	0	3	2	0	60	15:49
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	70	19:02
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	67	09:31
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	−2	4	2	0	2	75	16:01
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	23:08
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	15:35
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	19:02
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	4	0	–	20:35
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	29:05
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	–	18:18
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:36

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	18	16	2	.889	58:44