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17/11/2001
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 30 - 30
PP: 1 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:62/84=73 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 1 of 8 (24 shots), Passing:64/90=71 %, Challenges:38/45=82 %
Attendance: 20595 of 20595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 644623 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:07 1-0
Chris Gratton [1] (Jason Woolley)
15:45 2-0
Chris Gratton [2] (Slava Kozlov, Alexei Zhitnik)PP
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26:08 2-1
Adam Oates [11] (Chris Simon)PP
29:27 3-1
Miroslav Satan [8] (Mark Recchi, Curtis Brown)
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41:15 3-2
Jaromir Jagr [9] (Kimmo Timonen, Brendan Witt)
46:11 3-3
Dmitri Khristich [1] (Adam Oates, Brendan Witt)
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Penalty summary:
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02:45
Jay McKee (2 min for tripping)
06:44
Chris Simon (2 min for roughing)
06:44
Jay McKee (2 min for roughing)
11:52
Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for tripping)
14:34
Ken Klee (2 min for tripping)
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24:49
Rhett Warrener (2 min for boarding)
27:21
Ken Klee (2 min for holding the stick)
29:47
Brendan Witt (5 min for fighting)
29:47
Erik Rasmussen (5 min for fighting)
34:27
Rhett Warrener (2 min for tripping)
35:45
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for slashing)
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41:37
Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for tripping)
44:15
Jason Woolley (2 min for holding the stick)
48:28
Joe Sacco (2 min for elbowing)
51:27
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
54:18
Eric Belanger (2 min for holding the stick)
58:31
Chris Gratton (2 min for tripping)
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61:45
Ken Klee (2 min for elbowing)
62:51
Steve Konowalchuk (2 min for boarding)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 6
R Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8.40 6
R Mark Recchi 0 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 24.00 9
C Francois Methot 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Eric Belanger 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 9.10 5
C Chris Gratton 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 23.10 7
C Curtis Brown 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 23.30 7
L Denis Hamel 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 4
L Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 16.20 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 5
L Miroslav Satan 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Aaron Miller 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18.10 4
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16.30 5
D Jason Woolley 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 33.50 7
D Richard Smehlik 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9.30 5
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 20.30 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 4 7 1 0 4 0 32.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Bob Essensa 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joe Sacco 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 8.50 7
R Dmitri Khristich 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 15.40 6
R Ulf Dahlen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 9
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
C Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 18.50 6
C David Legwand 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
C Adam Oates 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 7
L Chris Simon 0 1 5 2 0 2 2 0 24.10 8
L Dainius Zubrus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
L Steve Konowalchuk 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 -1 13.30 6
L Cliff Ronning 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Frantisek Kucera 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.30 5
D Sylvain Cote 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Brendan Witt 0 2 2 1 0 1 5 1 32.10 7
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 8.10 5
D Calle Johansson 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 30.30 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 7 2 0 3 0 0 28.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 27 0 0 65.00 8
G Craig Billington 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jaromir Jagr
2nd star: Chris Gratton
3rd star: Adam Oates
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Chris Gratton finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Adam Oates notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Dmitri Khristich finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Dmitri Khristich finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Brendan Witt beat Erik Rasmussen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 28) , Hershey Bears 2( 21)
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1-0 ROC Chris Taylor (Paul Traynor)
2-0 ROC Christian Matte (Taylor Pyatt, Craig Charron)
3-0 ROC Dmitri Kalinin (Christian Matte)
4-0 ROC Rob Ray (Quinn Hancock )
5-0 ROC Quinn Hancock (Chris Taylor, Paul Traynor)
5-1 HER Glen Metropolit (Nick Naumenko, Colin Forbes)
5-2 HER Chris Ferraro (Stephen Peat)
Goalies: Mika Noronen - Corey Hirsch