Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 21, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday, March 21, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 27-26.
Goals came from Sergei Samsonov, Maxim Afinogenov and Nick Boynton.
Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (26)Jozef Stumpel (43), Nick Boynton (11)1–006:49 BOS
Maxim Afinogenov (21)Brian Campbell (2), James Patrick (8)1–107:37 BUF
Nick Boynton (4)P.J. Stock (2), Dennis Bonvie (2)2–114:07 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
27Shots on goal26
42%Faceoff %58%
0/4Power play0/5
15Penalty minutes13
13Hits22
16Blocked shots8
15Giveaways12
1Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:23
Dennis Bonvie · fighting5 min - 1st 02:23
Rob Ray · fighting5 min - 1st 05:21Rob Zamuner · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:51Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:25Brian Campbell · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 18:21Glen Murray · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:48Sean Brown · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:58Jeff Norton · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:06Hal Gill · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:57Miroslav Satan · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:54Ales Kotalik · boarding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:09 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:52 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 22Dennis BonvieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:00 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:18 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:08 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:55 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 31Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 33Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:00 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:56 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 29Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:08 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:24 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 24:16 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 25:14 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:17 |