Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 8, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Friday, February 8, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 25–20.
Goals came from Chris Neil, Erik Rasmussen, Miroslav Satan, Magnus Arvedson and Jason Woolley.
Martin Biron made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Patrick Lalime stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Neil (7)Sami Salo (12)1–003:54 OTT
2nd period
Erik Rasmussen (4)Unassisted1–107:00 BUF
Miroslav Satan (19)Tim Connolly (25), Curtis Brown (9)1–208:04 BUF ·
3rd period
Magnus Arvedson (8)Todd White (22)2–202:04 OTT
Overtime
Jason Woolley (6)Stu Barnes (24), Chris Gratton (12)2–304:21 BUF ·
Team stats
OTTBUF
2025
52%48%
0/52/3
812
1518
1114
139
27
Penalties
- 10:34 into the first period
J-P Dumont · slashing2 min - 5:30 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 6:43 into the second period
Daniel Alfredsson · interference2 min - 12:11 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · high sticking2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · high sticking2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodMarian Hossa · roughing2 min
- 9:21 into the third periodChris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 15:23 into the third periodDaniel Alfredsson · high sticking2 min
- 2:26 into overtimeMike Fisher · tripping2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:20 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:03 |
| 5Sami SaloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 16Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 17Bill MuckaltR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:54 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:21 |
| 33Chris HerpergerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:15 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:03 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:50 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 27Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Jani HurmeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:24 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:09 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:28 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:02 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:23 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |