Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, January 27, 2002 · MCI Center

BuffaloSabresAway

3–2

34–31

WashingtonCapitalsHome

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, January 27, 2002 at MCI Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 34–31.

Stu Barnes scored twice. Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra and Miroslav Satan also scored.

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 31 of 34.

Goals
BUF	0	1	1	1	3	34
WSH	0	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring

2nd period

Jaromir Jagr (17)Stephen Peat (2), Brendan Witt (3)0–107:14 WSH
Stu Barnes (15)Miroslav Satan (22)1–112:21 BUF

3rd period

Peter Bondra (26)Jaromir Jagr (28), Adam Oates (41)1–215:42 WSH
Miroslav Satan (18)Stu Barnes (23), Tim Connolly (23)2–219:07 BUF

Overtime

Stu Barnes (16)Alexei Zhitnik (27), Dmitri Kalinin (7)3–201:30 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

3431

35%65%

0/30/0

06

1219

1714

820

812

Penalties

4:33 into the first periodPeter Bondra · high sticking2 min
4:33 into the first periodPeter Bondra · high sticking2 min
6:59 into the first periodTodd Rohloff · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

41Stu BarnesC	2	1	3	+2	2	1	1	0	45	20:08
81Miroslav SatanR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	21:28
18Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	27	19:39
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	–	22:19
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	23:59
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	18:57
19Norman MilleyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	14:17
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:43
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	17:11
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	04:43
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	35	17:33
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	09:31
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	+1	7	0	0	0	–	17:34
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	27	10:38
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:17
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	20:53
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	16:49
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:35

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	31	29	2	.935	61:16

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

68Jaromir JagrR	1	1	2	+1	3	2	1	0	–	24:09
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	−1	2	2	0	4	–	20:08
51Stephen PeatR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	08:26
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	65	21:19
19Brendan WittD	0	1	1	−1	3	1	2	0	–	22:40
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	43	09:15
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−2	5	1	0	0	–	20:11
10Ulf DahlenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:25
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	71	19:44
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	13:06
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	09:44
23Ivan CiernikL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	04:58
36Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	64	13:19
2Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	3	0	–	20:22
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	–	22:52
38Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	2	–	14:30
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:12
58Jean-Francois FortinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	34	31	3	.912	61:30