Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, February 10, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Sunday, February 10, 2002 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 22–17.
Jason Arnott scored a hat trick. Bobby Holik and Taylor Pyatt also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 9 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Arnott (18)Patrik Elias (23), Brian Gionta (1)0–111:12 NJD
2nd period
Bobby Holik (19)Valeri Kamensky (11)0–209:48 NJD- Jason Arnott (19)Patrik Elias (24), Brian Gionta (2)0–310:39 NJD
- Jason Arnott (20)Brian Rafalski (31), Christian Berglund (5)0–417:33 NJD ·
3rd period
Taylor Pyatt (4)Vaclav Varada (12), Chris Gratton (13)1–408:34 BUF
Team stats
BUFNJD
2217
51%49%
0/31/3
2526
1624
1114
610
2427
Penalties
- 3:48 into the first period
Rhett Warrener · instigator2 min - 3:48 into the first periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the first periodRhett Warrener · misconduct10 min
- 3:48 into the first period
Colin White · checking from behind5 min - 3:48 into the first periodColin White · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the first periodColin White · game misconduct10 min
- 11:17 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodDenis Hamel · high sticking2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodDenis Hamel · high sticking2 min
- 6:14 into the third periodJason Arnott · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodJason Woolley · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodBobby Holik · elbowing2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Taylor PyattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:14 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:25 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:02 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 13 | 4 | .692 |
New Jersey Devils
| 25Jason ArnottC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| 10Christian BerglundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 22Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:11 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:33 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:16 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 7Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 40Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |