New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Saturday, January 12, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Devils outshot the Sabres 28-20.
Goals came from Miroslav Satan, Bruce Gardiner and Chris Gratton.
Martin Biron made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 18 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (14)Jay McKee (7)0–119:39 BUF · SHG
2nd period
Bruce Gardiner (1)Scott Niedermayer (12), Scott Gomez (18)1–118:07 NJD · PPG
Chris Gratton (4)Taylor Pyatt (3), Richard Smehlik (5)1–219:20 BUF
Team stats
NJDBUF
28Shots on goal20
38%Faceoff %62%
1/6Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes16
27Hits18
9Blocked shots17
16Giveaways12
1Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:41
Jason Woolley · tripping2 min - 1st 07:13
Jason Arnott · boarding2 min - 1st 07:32Colin White · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:09Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:58Erik Rasmussen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:22J-P Dumont · diving2 min
- 2nd 12:22Brian Rafalski · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:51Taylor Pyatt · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:51Taylor Pyatt · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:50Alexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:50Christian Berglund · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:39Rhett Warrener · hooking2 min
- 3rd 11:46Bobby Holik · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 3rd 16:18Scott Stevens · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Bruce GardinerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:02 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:02 |
| 10Christian BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:30 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:40 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 2Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jean-Francois DamphousseG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 20 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 58:52 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:24 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:10 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:48 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |