Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 1, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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3–4

Final

SOG 32–32

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Friday, March 1, 2002 at HSBC Arena.

Curtis Brown scored twice and Sergei Samsonov scored twice. Mike Knuble, Maxim Afinogenov and Rhett Warrener also scored.

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 28 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	0	2	1	3	32
BUF	1	0	3	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Curtis Brown (14)Rob Ray (2), Rhett Warrener (2)0–113:07 BUF

2nd period

Mike Knuble (7)Unassisted1–106:31 BOS
Sergei Samsonov (23)Sean O'Donnell (16), Jozef Stumpel (38)2–110:18 BOS

3rd period

Maxim Afinogenov (19)Chris Gratton (14), Stu Barnes (25)2–200:25 BUF
Sergei Samsonov (24)Jozef Stumpel (39)3–201:24 BOS
Curtis Brown (15)Unassisted3–308:06 BUF
Rhett Warrener (5)Maxim Afinogenov (12), Erik Rasmussen (9)3–416:24 BUF

Team stats

BOSBUF

32Shots on goal32

40%Faceoff %60%

0/3Power play0/2

11Penalty minutes13

13Hits16

14Blocked shots12

8Giveaways10

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 02:03Gord Murphy · hooking2 min
1st 12:40Dennis Bonvie · fighting5 min
1st 12:40Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
1st 16:20J-P Dumont · hooking2 min
3rd 06:12Sean O'Donnell · hooking2 min
3rd 06:22Tim Connolly · closing hand on puck2 min
3rd 08:49Rhett Warrener · holding2 min
3rd 19:53Sergei Samsonov · cross checking2 min
3rd 19:53Vaclav Varada · roughing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

14Sergei SamsonovL	2	0	2	+1	5	0	0	2	–	20:41
16Jozef StumpelL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	32	19:14
26Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:11
21Sean O'DonnellD	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	–	23:37
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:56
12Brian RolstonR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	48	22:54
13Bill GuerinR	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	21:44
17Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	33	13:19
22Dennis BonvieR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	5	–	06:09
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	19:10
29Andy HilbertL	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	14:51
33Benoit HogueL	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	50	13:57
6Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	17:05
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	21:39
31Jamie RiversD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	06:41
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	18:22
44Nick BoyntonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:03
64Jarno KultanenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:23

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Byron DafoeG	L	32	28	4	.875	58:52
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Curtis BrownC	2	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	68	18:29
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	–	19:38
4Rhett WarrenerD	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	2	–	25:09
9Erik RasmussenC	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0	50	09:15
32Rob RayR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	–	06:12
41Stu BarnesC	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	86	20:15
77Chris GrattonC	0	1	1	0	3	4	1	0	53	17:59
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	13:20
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	42	15:00
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:01
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	16:08
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	05:24
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	18:20
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	20:41
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	08:13
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	26:02
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:11
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	–	18:36

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00