Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Sunday, April 7, 2002 · Ice Palace

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5–3

24–28

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Sunday, April 7, 2002 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 28–24.

Curtis Brown scored twice. Jason Woolley, Chris Gratton, Shane Willis, Pavel Kubina, Vincent Lecavalier and Miroslav Satan also scored.

Martin Biron made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19 of 23.

Goals
BUF	3	1	1	5	24
TBL	0	2	1	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Jason Woolley (8)Tim Connolly (34), Miroslav Satan (34)1–001:26 BUF ·
Curtis Brown (19)Jason Woolley (19)2–006:36 BUF
Chris Gratton (14)Miroslav Satan (35), Erik Rasmussen (11)3–008:55 BUF

2nd period

Shane Willis (9)Nolan Pratt (3)3–100:56 TBL
Pavel Kubina (11)Brad Richards (42), Vinny Prospal (34)3–206:35 TBL ·
Curtis Brown (20)Miroslav Satan (36), Jason Woolley (20)4–210:32 BUF ·

3rd period

Vincent Lecavalier (17)Dan Boyle (15), Pavel Kubina (21)4–312:22 TBL ·
Miroslav Satan (33)Curtis Brown (17)5–319:54 BUF ·

Team stats

BUFTBL

2428

51%49%

2/62/4

812

1815

136

814

68

Penalties

0:31 into the first periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min
11:26 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · illegal stick2 min
1:48 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min
6:17 into the second periodJay McKee · holding2 min
7:31 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · slashing2 min
9:18 into the second periodPavel Kubina · slashing2 min
9:39 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · cross checking2 min
10:32 into the second periodJimmie Olvestad · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
5:26 into the third periodSheldon Keefe · interference2 min
10:39 into the third periodBob Corkum · slashing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

81Miroslav SatanR	1	3	4	+1	3	0	1	0	–	23:59
37Curtis BrownC	2	1	3	+1	6	0	2	0	60	20:27
5Jason WoolleyD	1	2	3	+1	3	0	2	0	–	16:11
9Erik RasmussenC	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	13:49
18Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	50	16:27
77Chris GrattonC	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	41	20:09
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:06
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	–	16:03
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:43
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:42
29Bob CorkumC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	43	10:38
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	14:23
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	4	–	12:56
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	12:24
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	20:17
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:59
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	–	25:27
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	19:13

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	28	25	3	.893	59:39

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

13Pavel KubinaD	1	1	2	−1	3	1	1	2	–	22:26
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	55	18:43
19Brad RichardsC	0	1	1	−2	2	1	0	0	45	16:41
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	−2	1	0	1	2	17	17:49
24Shane WillisR	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:29
22Dan BoyleD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	23:11
44Nolan PrattD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	15:09
7Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:22
15Nikita AlexeevR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:14
25Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	59	25:11
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	16:43
28Sheldon KeefeR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	08:46
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:02
41Jimmie OlvestadL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	11:33
46Martin CibakC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	06:52
3Grant LedyardD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:55
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	2	–	20:55
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	18:37

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31Dieter KochanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	L	23	19	4	.826	58:54