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Buffalo Sabres, 2001-02

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference

2001-02 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
20 82 35-35-11-1 82 0.500 213 200 +13 20-16-5-0 15-19-6-1

Records are wins, then losses, then ties, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Miroslav Satan R 82 37 36 73 14 33 267 33
Stu Barnes C 68 17 31 48 6 26 127 24
Tim Connolly C 82 10 35 45 4 34 126 45
J-P Dumont R 76 23 21 44 -10 42 154 128
Maxim Afinogenov R 81 21 19 40 -9 69 234 47
Chris Gratton C 82 15 24 39 0 75 139 117
Curtis Brown C 82 20 17 37 -4 32 171 71
Alexei Zhitnik D 82 1 33 34 -1 80 150 185
Jason Woolley D 59 8 20 28 -6 34 90 33
Vaclav Varada R 76 7 16 23 -7 82 138 116
Vyacheslav Kozlov L 38 9 13 22 0 16 68 20
Taylor Pyatt L 48 10 10 20 4 35 61 61
Erik Rasmussen C 69 8 11 19 -1 34 89 164
Dmitri Kalinin D 58 2 11 13 -6 26 67 83
James Patrick D 56 5 8 13 3 16 45 35
Jay McKee D 81 2 11 13 18 43 50 143
Rhett Warrener D 65 5 5 10 15 113 66 116
Richard Smehlik D 60 3 6 9 -9 22 52 73
Denis Hamel L 61 2 6 8 -1 28 80 85
Brian Campbell D 29 3 3 6 0 12 30 21
Eric Boulton L 35 2 3 5 -1 129 21 48
Rob Ray R 71 2 3 5 -3 200 23 78
Ales Kotalik R 13 1 3 4 -1 2 21 24
Bob Corkum C 10 0 1 1 -2 4 10 16
Norman Milley R 5 0 1 1 0 0 10 6
Henrik Tallinder D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1
Rory Fitzpatrick D 5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 6
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Martin Biron 72 31281004 1781 1630 151 2.22 0.915
Mika Noronen 10 43100 217 194 23 2.66 0.894
Bob Essensa 9 05000 113 96 17 2.91 0.850

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 13, 2002 @ MTL W 3-0 34 22
Apr 12, 2002 vs WSH L 1-3 39 17
Apr 10, 2002 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) 37 41
Apr 7, 2002 @ TBL W 5-3 24 28
Apr 5, 2002 vs FLA W 3-1 34 22
Apr 3, 2002 vs NYI T 1-1 (OT) 35 27
Apr 1, 2002 vs PHI W 3-1 17 35
Mar 30, 2002 @ PHI W 3-1 22 29
Mar 28, 2002 @ STL L 1-4 13 24
Mar 26, 2002 vs WSH L 3-4 31 19
Mar 24, 2002 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 26 27
Mar 23, 2002 @ TOR L 0-2 20 23
Mar 21, 2002 vs BOS L 1-2 26 27
Mar 19, 2002 vs OTT W 5-1 24 34
Mar 17, 2002 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 24 24
Mar 15, 2002 @ FLA L 2-5 30 23
Mar 14, 2002 @ PHI W 3-1 23 32
Mar 12, 2002 vs NYI L 0-3 28 28
Mar 10, 2002 vs DET W 5-1 29 20
Mar 8, 2002 vs MTL W 3-0 37 26
Mar 7, 2002 @ NYI W 5-0 20 26
Mar 4, 2002 vs EDM L 0-3 25 36
Mar 2, 2002 @ TOR T 3-3 (OT) 28 26
Mar 1, 2002 vs BOS W 4-3 32 32
Feb 26, 2002 @ ATL L 1-2 34 22
Feb 12, 2002 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 22 26
Feb 10, 2002 @ NJD L 1-4 22 17
Feb 8, 2002 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 25 20
Feb 5, 2002 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 34 39
Jan 29, 2002 @ CAR T 2-2 (OT) 39 36
Jan 27, 2002 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 34 31
Jan 25, 2002 vs TBL W 4-1 33 22
Jan 23, 2002 vs STL L 2-5 25 27
Jan 21, 2002 @ COL L 2-3 28 41
Jan 19, 2002 @ PHX W 3-1 22 33
Jan 17, 2002 @ LAK L 2-4 23 19
Jan 16, 2002 @ ANA W 3-1 18 17
Jan 12, 2002 vs NJD W 2-1 20 28
Jan 10, 2002 vs PIT L 0-2 36 18
Jan 8, 2002 vs VAN W 3-2 26 28
Jan 6, 2002 @ MIN W 4-1 16 18
Jan 3, 2002 @ CGY L 1-3 29 24
Dec 31, 2001 vs CAR L 4-5 27 30
Dec 29, 2001 @ CBJ T 2-2 (OT) 32 27
Dec 26, 2001 vs MTL W 3-1 34 16
Dec 22, 2001 @ TOR L 2-3 18 28
Dec 21, 2001 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 28 33
Dec 19, 2001 vs CHI L 5-6 29 21
Dec 15, 2001 @ NYR L 2-4 35 27
Dec 14, 2001 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 39 24
Dec 12, 2001 @ DAL L 3-4 18 29
Dec 8, 2001 @ BOS L 2-4 29 27
Dec 7, 2001 vs COL L 1-4 27 26
Dec 4, 2001 @ CAR W 4-2 24 27
Dec 1, 2001 @ NYI W 4-2 30 25
Nov 28, 2001 @ WSH W 5-2 26 32
Nov 27, 2001 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 49 32
Nov 24, 2001 @ PIT L 1-3 19 27
Nov 23, 2001 vs CGY W 5-2 22 31
Nov 21, 2001 vs TOR W 4-2 25 27
Nov 19, 2001 @ ATL L 2-3 32 25
Nov 17, 2001 @ BOS L 1-3 21 27
Nov 16, 2001 vs FLA L 0-2 31 18
Nov 13, 2001 @ NSH L 1-4 20 23
Nov 12, 2001 @ FLA W 5-3 31 19
Nov 10, 2001 vs NYR L 2-4 31 21
Nov 8, 2001 vs ATL W 8-0 43 16
Nov 3, 2001 @ OTT L 0-3 28 25
Nov 2, 2001 vs TBL W 4-1 34 27
Oct 30, 2001 vs PHX L 2-3 26 19
Oct 27, 2001 @ NJD L 1-3 21 11
Oct 26, 2001 vs MTL L 2-5 39 27
Oct 23, 2001 vs SJS W 4-1 28 20
Oct 20, 2001 @ MTL W 3-1 23 30
Oct 19, 2001 vs CBJ L 1-3 30 17
Oct 16, 2001 vs NSH T 3-3 (OT) 31 23
Oct 14, 2001 vs PIT W 4-1 34 26
Oct 12, 2001 @ DET L 2-4 31 37
Oct 10, 2001 vs PHI W 2-1 23 27
Oct 7, 2001 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 25 27
Oct 6, 2001 vs OTT W 3-2 30 32
Oct 4, 2001 vs ATL L 1-2 28 20