St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 23, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Blues outshot the Sabres 27–25.
Miroslav Satan scored twice. Mike Keane, Sergei Varlamov, Mike Van Ryn, Dallas Drake and Doug Weight also scored.
Brent Johnson made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (16)Stu Barnes (21)0–101:30 BUF · - Miroslav Satan (17)Stu Barnes (22), Dmitri Kalinin (6)0–210:52 BUF ·
Mike Keane (4)Al MacInnis (26), Pavol Demitra (27)1–216:39 STL · 
Sergei Varlamov (5)Cory Stillman (14), Pavol Demitra (28)2–218:47 STL
2nd period
Mike Van Ryn (1)Jamal Mayers (7), Tyson Nash (3)3–207:31 STL
3rd period
Dallas Drake (7)Pavol Demitra (29), Chris Pronger (25)4–216:17 STL · 
Doug Weight (11)Mike Eastwood (4)5–219:32 STL ·
Team stats
STLBUF
2725
38%62%
2/61/6
2121
1529
96
1011
27
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Taylor Pyatt · high sticking2 min - 0:37 into the first periodTaylor Pyatt · high sticking2 min
- 6:07 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · roughing2 min
- 6:07 into the first period
Tyson Nash · roughing2 min - 6:07 into the first periodTyson Nash · roughing2 min
- 9:38 into the first periodMike Van Ryn · hooking2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 14:27 into the first periodChris Gratton · fighting5 min
- 14:27 into the first periodJamal Mayers · fighting5 min
- 14:57 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · interference2 min
- 19:24 into the first periodBryce Salvador · interference2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodBryce Salvador · high sticking2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodBryce Salvador · interference2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodPavol Demitra · hooking2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodJ-P Dumont · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodCory Stillman · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 9Tyson NashL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:55 |
| 10Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:18 |
| 17Sergei VarlamovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:42 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:06 |
| 43Mike Van RynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:15 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 34Reed LowR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:37 |
| 27Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 29Alexander KhavanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Brent JohnsonG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:24 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:12 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:08 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:36 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:30 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |