Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, March 7, 2002 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

5–0

20–26

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–0 on Thursday, March 7, 2002 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 26–20.

Erik Rasmussen scored twice. Chris Gratton, J-P Dumont and Stu Barnes also scored.

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 5 of 8.

Goals
BUF	3	1	1	5	20
NYI	0	0	0	0	26

Scoring

1st period

Chris Gratton (7)Stu Barnes (27), J-P Dumont (16)1–013:32 BUF ·
Erik Rasmussen (5)Curtis Brown (10), Vaclav Varada (13)2–014:17 BUF
J-P Dumont (20)Brian Campbell (1), Alexei Zhitnik (29)3–018:37 BUF ·

2nd period

Stu Barnes (17)J-P Dumont (17), Chris Gratton (15)4–017:49 BUF ·

3rd period

Erik Rasmussen (6)Rob Ray (3), Eric Boulton (1)5–006:53 BUF

Team stats

BUFNYI

2026

45%55%

3/50/4

1527

3024

2111

316

Penalties

1:20 into the first periodDick Tarnstrom · holding2 min
12:47 into the first periodBranislav Mezei · interference2 min
15:09 into the first periodTim Connolly · slashing2 min
15:09 into the first periodSteve Webb · slashing2 min
17:20 into the first periodKenny Jonsson · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:46 into the first periodJay McKee · cross checking2 min
8:03 into the second periodEric Cairns · interference2 min
10:43 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · interference goalkeeper2 min
13:49 into the second periodEric Boulton · holding2 min
17:05 into the second periodJim Cummins · high sticking2 min
10:21 into the third periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
17:05 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
17:05 into the third periodJim Cummins · misconduct10 min
17:05 into the third periodDave Scatchard · fighting5 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	1	2	3	0	1	3	0	2	–	14:48
9Erik RasmussenC	2	0	2	+2	3	4	0	0	33	11:08
41Stu BarnesC	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	50	19:12
77Chris GrattonC	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	39	16:24
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	16:31
26Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	2	–	07:45
32Rob RayR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5	–	06:36
37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	7	0	50	17:51
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	–	24:35
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:25
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	50	13:32
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:51
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	16:29
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:28
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	18:25
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	20:17
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	20:01
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2	–	19:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	26	26	0	1.000	59:54

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

11Kip MillerC	−1	1	1	0	0	50	14:29
13Claude LapointeC	0	1	2	0	0	62	08:39
15Brad IsbisterL	−1	1	2	0	0	–	19:53
17Shawn BatesC	0	2	2	0	0	–	17:17
18Jim CumminsR	−1	0	3	0	12	–	06:04
20Steve WebbR	0	0	1	0	2	–	07:14
21Mariusz CzerkawskiR	−1	4	0	1	0	–	16:10
27Michael PecaC	0	4	1	0	0	64	20:24
37Mark ParrishR	0	2	3	0	0	–	16:49
38Dave ScatchardC	−1	2	1	0	5	64	12:42
55Jason BlakeL	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:07
79Alexei YashinC	−1	2	0	0	0	31	19:36
2Branislav MezeiD	0	0	3	1	2	–	15:25
3Adrian AucoinD	0	2	0	2	0	–	26:27
4Roman HamrlikD	−1	2	2	2	0	–	23:19
8Dick TarnstromD	−2	1	1	2	2	–	17:39
29Kenny JonssonD	0	1	0	2	2	–	19:46
33Eric CairnsD	−1	0	2	0	2	–	18:09

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Garth SnowG		12	10	2	.833	40:00
35Chris OsgoodG	L	8	5	3	.625	20:00