Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
Sat, Dec 15, 2001 · Madison Square Garden · 2001–02 Regular Season
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. Mark Messier led the way with 2 points. Mike Richter made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–27.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| BUF | 2 | 35 |
| NYR | 4 | 27 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Maxim Afinogenov | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21:23 | 20 | |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 26:30 | 26 | |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 21:23 | 24 |
| 41 | Stu Barnes | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31.6 | 18:56 | 25 |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21:10 | 22 | |
| 45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18:34 | 22 | |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 | 23 | |
| 18 | Tim Connolly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 18:05 | 24 |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:37 | 23 | |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 50.0 | 17:23 | 22 |
| 74 | Jay McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 | 21 | |
| 4 | Rhett Warrener | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:10 | 19 | |
| 17 | J-P Dumont | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:29 | 18 | |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 20 | |
| 77 | Chris Gratton | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61.5 | 10:51 | 15 |
| 55 | Denis Hamel | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 7:55 | 9 |
| 26 | Eric Boulton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:19 | 11 | |
| 32 | Rob Ray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6:53 | 10 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Mika Noronen | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 45:08 |
| 43 | Martin Biron | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 13:53 |
New York Rangers
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Mark Messier | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 21:17 | 26 |
| 16 | Mike York | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 18:23 | 23 |
| 37 | Mikael Samuelsson | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 | 20 | |
| 2 | Brian Leetch | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26:42 | 26 | |
| 23 | Vladimir Malakhov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:30 | 26 | |
| 26 | Andreas Johansson | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 20:28 | 24 |
| 14 | Theo Fleury | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 17:41 | 23 |
| 10 | Sandy McCarthy | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:23 | 20 | |
| 32 | Jeff Toms | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 6:20 | 8 |
| 55 | Igor Ulanov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:13 | 22 | |
| 34 | Bryan Berard | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:02 | 20 | |
| 33 | Dave Karpa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17:57 | 21 | |
| 93 | Petr Nedved | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41.2 | 17:03 | 23 |
| 20 | Radek Dvorak | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 | 21 | |
| 24 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:38 | 18 | |
| 36 | Matthew Barnaby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:57 | 17 | |
| 6 | Manny Malhotra | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9:35 | 15 | |
| 21 | Steve McKenna | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:29 | 7 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Mike Richter | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:37 |