The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Chicago Blackhawks, 6 to 5, on December 19, 2001.

Final

Blackhawks

18-11-8-0

6

Sabres

14-18-2-1

5

Team

CHI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CHI

BUF

Kyle Calder (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhamnov

Rob Ray (EV) assisted by Jason Woolley and Chris Gratton

Boris Mironov (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhamnov and Tony Amonte

Stu Barnes (PP) assisted by Dmitri Kalinin

2nd period

CHI

BUF

Vyacheslav Kozlov (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Maxim Afinogenov

Kyle Calder (EV) assisted by Jaroslav Spacek and Tony Amonte

Eric Daze (EV) assisted by Michael Nylander

3rd period

CHI

BUF

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Dmitri Kalinin

Peter White (EV) unassisted

Jason Woolley (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly and Vyacheslav Kozlov

Steve Sullivan (EV) assisted by Eric Daze

Blackhawks

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Blackhawks

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	0	29	24	.828	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Tony Amonte T. Amonte	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	2	20:50
Mark Bell M. Bell	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	1	10:26
Kyle Calder K. Calder	2	0	2	+3	0	0	2	100.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	16:00
Jim Campbell J. Campbell	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	10:56
Eric Daze E. Daze	1	1	2	+2	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	16:44
Aaron Downey A. Downey	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	6:49
Phil Housley P. Housley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	18:05
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0		0	0		1	3	0	4	23:37
Jon Klemm J. Klemm	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	2	21:34
Igor Korolev I. Korolev	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0	1	17:13
Chris McAlpine C. McAlpine	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0		0	0		3	2	0	0	13:55
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	3	28:04
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0		6	10	60.0	0	0	0	1	12:52
Bob Probert B. Probert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	9:32
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	14:03
Steve Sullivan S. Sullivan	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	100.0	8	15	53.3	1	0	0	2	18:37
Peter White P. White	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	100.0	6	13	46.2	0	0	0	0	10:37
Alexei Zhamnov A. Zhamnov	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0		12	24	50.0	0	0	0	0	21:12

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron M. Biron					16	12	.750	4	8.34	0	29
Bob Essensa (L) B. Essensa	0	1	0	0	5	3	.600	2	3.98	0	30

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	+2	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:15
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	2	50.0	5	16	31.3	0	0	2	0	16:13
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0	18	28	64.3	2	0	0	1	18:59
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	2	0.0	7	14	50.0	1	0	0	0	18:29
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	15:02
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		7	17	41.2	2	1	0	0	10:19
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	10:27
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0	0		2	3	0	2	21:12
Vyacheslav Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	1	0	1	2	18:36
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	15:01
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	14:49
Rob Ray R. Ray	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	6:34
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	22:12
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	19:32
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	2	16:58
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	1	0	1	15:09
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	0	0	18:18
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	25:55