The New York Rangers defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime on October 7, 2001.

Final

Sabres

1-1-0-1

4

Rangers

1-1-0-0

5

Team

BUF

NYR

1

2

3

1

OT

0

1

Total

4

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

NYR

Eric Lindros (PP) assisted by Mark Messier and Radek Dvorak

0

1

J-P Dumont (EV) unassisted

1

2nd period

BUF

NYR

Stu Barnes (PP) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Alexei Zhitnik

2

1

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by J-P Dumont

3

1

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Petr Nedved and Zdeno Ciger

3

2

Andreas Johansson (EV) assisted by Eric Lindros and Igor Ulanov

3

3rd period

BUF

NYR

Radek Dvorak (EV) assisted by Manny Malhotra and Dave Karpa

3

4

Vyacheslav Kozlov (PP) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Maxim Afinogenov

4

OT

BUF

NYR

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Petr Nedved and Zdeno Ciger

4

5

Sabres

Rangers

Goals

4

5

Shots

25

27

Penalty Minutes

13

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

4

Faceoff Wins

27

42

Hits

13

26

Giveaways

14

18

Takeaways

11

21

Sabres

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Bob Essensa (L)	1	27	5	22	.815	62:42

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	0	1	-2	0	1	15:53	0	0	2	1
Stu Barnes	1	0	-1	0	1	20:34	0	0	0	2
Eric Boulton	0	0	0	7	1	4:23	0	0	0	1
Curtis Brown	0	0	0	0	3	19:45	0	3	0	1
Tim Connolly	0	0	0	2	1	19:23	0	2	1	0
J-P Dumont	1	1	0	2	4	16:06	1	1	0	0
Chris Gratton	0	0	-2	0	3	16:49	1	0	0	1
Denis Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	3:58	0	0	0	0
Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	+1	2	0	15:15	1	3	2	1
Vyacheslav Kozlov	1	0	0	0	2	16:34	0	1	1	0
Jay McKee	0	0	-2	0	2	24:43	1	4	0	2
Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	0	3:58	0	1	0	0
Miroslav Satan	0	1	0	0	2	22:22	1	1	1	0
Richard Smehlik	0	0	-1	0	0	21:12	1	1	0	0
Vaclav Varada	1	0	0	0	2	18:16	1	1	0	0
Rhett Warrener	0	0	-2	0	0	25:22	3	4	1	1
Jason Woolley	0	0	+1	0	2	15:54	1	3	1	0
Alexei Zhitnik	0	2	-1	0	1	22:42	2	1	2	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Mike Richter (W)	1	25	4	21	.840	62:39

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Bryan Berard	0	0	-1	0	1	25:08	1	2	2	2
Zdeno Ciger	0	2	+1	2	0	16:48	2	1	1	2
Radek Dvorak	1	1	+1	0	3	22:38	1	0	1	0
Theo Fleury	0	0	0	2	1	24:43	2	0	0	4
Michal Grosek	1	0	+1	0	4	10:21	1	0	2	1
Barrett Heisten	0	0	-1	0	0	4:06	0	1	0	0
Andreas Johansson	1	0	+1	0	3	17:34	3	0	1	2
Dave Karpa	0	1	+1	0	0	15:26	4	1	0	1
Brian Leetch	1	0	-1	0	2	26:36	1	0	1	1
Eric Lindros	1	1	0	2	3	23:30	2	2	2	3
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	+2	0	2	22:23	0	2	1	0
Manny Malhotra	0	1	+1	0	1	15:21	3	0	2	1
Sandy McCarthy	0	0	-1	5	0	3:33	1	0	0	0
Mark Messier	0	1	+1	0	1	20:15	2	2	3	2
Petr Nedved	0	2	+2	0	4	17:40	0	1	0	2
Dale Purinton	0	0	+1	2	2	10:50	2	1	0	0
Igor Ulanov	0	1	+2	0	0	19:45	1	2	1	0
Mike York	0	0	-1	0	0	9:35	0	1	0	0