The New York Rangers emerged victorious over the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 2, on December 15, 2001.

Final

Sabres

14-17-2-1

2

Rangers

18-13-2-2

4

Team

BUF

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

NYR

Mike York (EV) assisted by Sandy McCarthy and Vladimir Malakhov

2nd period

BUF

NYR

Theo Fleury (PP) assisted by Mark Messier and Mike York

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Mikael Samuelsson and Andreas Johansson

3rd period

BUF

NYR

Vyacheslav Kozlov (EV) assisted by Maxim Afinogenov

Maxim Afinogenov (PP) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Stu Barnes

Jeff Toms (EV-EN) assisted by Brian Leetch and Mikael Samuelsson

Sabres

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mika Noronen (L) M. Noronen	0	1	0	0	21	18	.857	3	3.99	0	45
Martin Biron M. Biron					5	5	1.000	0	0.00	0	14

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	21:23
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0	6	19	31.6	0	1	2	0	18:56
Eric Boulton E. Boulton	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	7:19
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	10	50.0	3	1	0	0	17:23
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0	4	12	33.3	0	0	1	0	18:05
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	2	14:29
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	8	13	61.5	0	0	0	0	10:51
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	50.0	0	0	0	1	7:55
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	4	0	1	18:34
Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	4	25.0	0	0	1	2	21:23
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	1	16:12
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	18:18
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0		3	0	0	0	6:53
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	21:10
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	2	17:37
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	13:22
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	1	0	16:10
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		4	0	1	0	26:30

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	0	35	33	.943	2	2.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	9:57
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	18:02
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	1	15:26
Theo Fleury T. Fleury	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	7	10	70.0	0	0	0	1	17:41
Andreas Johansson A. Johansson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	1	4	1	20:28
Dave Karpa D. Karpa	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	2	0	17:57
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	1	2	0	26:42
Sylvain Lefebvre S. Lefebvre	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	1	1	14:38
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	1	0	23:30
Manny Malhotra M. Malhotra	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	9:35
Sandy McCarthy S. McCarthy	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	1	1	12:23
Steve McKenna S. McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	5:29
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	20.0	17	27	63.0	0	1	0	3	21:17
Petr Nedved P. Nedved	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	7	17	41.2	0	2	1	1	17:03
Mikael Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	17:18
Jeff Toms J. Toms	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	4	8	50.0	1	0	1	0	6:20
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	1	0	19:13
Mike York M. York	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	1	2	1	18:23