The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Vancouver Canucks, 3 to 2, on January 8, 2002.

Final

Canucks

18-23-4-0

2

Sabres

17-21-4-1

3

Team

VAN

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

VAN

BUF

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Chris Gratton

2nd period

VAN

BUF

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Richard Smehlik

Brendan Morrison (EV) assisted by Matt Cooke and Bryan Helmer

Tim Connolly (EV) assisted by Jay McKee

3rd period

VAN

BUF

Todd Bertuzzi (PP) assisted by Brent Sopel and Markus Naslund

Canucks

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canucks

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Peter Skudra (L) P. Skudra	0	1	0	0	26	23	.885	3	3.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0		1	5	0	1	16:17
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	7	14.3	1	2	50.0	3	0	0	1	20:48
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	10	18	55.6	2	0	0	0	16:21
Artem Chubarov A. Chubarov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	9	55.6	0	0	0	0	9:15
Matt Cooke M. Cooke	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	1	14:51
Bryan Helmer B. Helmer	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	12:47
Jan Hlavac J. Hlavac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	2	0	16:11
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	2	24:36
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	1	18:35
Trevor Letowski T. Letowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	1	12:26
Trevor Linden T. Linden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	8	16	50.0	2	0	0	2	18:19
Brendan Morrison B. Morrison	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	9	16	56.3	2	0	0	0	13:53
Markus Naslund M. Naslund	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	18:33
Mattias Ohlund M. Ohlund	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		5	2	1	0	24:16
Jarkko Ruutu J. Ruutu	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	1	9:26
Daniel Sedin D. Sedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	2	11:13
Henrik Sedin H. Sedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	10	60.0	0	0	0	0	15:55
Brent Sopel B. Sopel	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	23:22

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron (W) M. Biron	1	0	0	0	28	26	.929	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	0	14:25
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0		13	22	59.1	0	0	2	1	15:55
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0	7	16	43.8	4	2	0	0	19:42
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	50.0	5	18	27.8	0	0	1	1	17:18
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	15:38
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	1	1	+2	0	0	5	0.0	6	9	66.7	2	0	1	2	17:31
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	2	1	1	0	8:58
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	1	22:32
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	5	0	0	20:34
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	0	0	0	8:24
Erik Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	0	0	0	13:35
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	5:27
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	1	18:31
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	2	25:00
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	2	0	2	+2	0	0	4	50.0	0	0		2	1	0	1	19:28
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	2:48
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	18:08
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	7	0	1	30:58