🐋 Away Canucks 38-22-11 before this game
2–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 39-26-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 1012
BUF 1124

Canucks at Sabres

Sabres beat Canucks 4–2 at KeyBank Center on March 16, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Mar 16, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Steve Heinze
3 G
3 shots · 14:56 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Doug Gilmour
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:17 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Matt Cooke
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 12:42 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Steve Heinze PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:17
Assists: Doug Gilmour, Chris Gratton · beat Bob Essensa
0–1
🐋 Matt Cooke Tying 1st · 19:34
Assists: Markus Naslund, Drake Berehowsky · beat Dominik Hasek
1–1
2nd period
⚔️ Doug Gilmour Go-ahead 2nd · 19:56
Assists: Erik Rasmussen, J-P Dumont · beat Bob Essensa
1–2
3rd period
🐋 Henrik Sedin Tying 3rd · 05:46
Assists: Markus Naslund, Matt Cooke · beat Dominik Hasek
2–2
⚔️ Steve Heinze Go-ahead 3rd · 10:44
Assists: Alexei Zhitnik · beat Bob Essensa
2–3
⚔️ Steve Heinze Empty net 3rd · 19:23
Assists: Vaclav Varada
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN BUF⚔️
21 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
19 Hits 27
17 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 5
16 Giveaways 12
12 Penalty minutes 10
VAN shooting 9.5% (2/21) BUF shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Bob Essensa
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:18 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 38-22-11 (54% win rate, 71 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 39-26-4 (57% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Morrison · Cassels · Bertuzzi 18:00
L2 Schaefer · Naslund · Brashear 15:02
L3 Cooke · Pederson · Sedin 12:42
L4 Sedin · Stapleton · Klatt 11:35
D1 Jovanovski · Ohlund 23:52
D2 Lachance · Berehowsky 18:38
D3 Baron · Sopel 15:58
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Gilmour · Satan 19:05
L2 Gratton · Dumont · Heinze 15:13
L3 Brown · Afinogenov · Varada 13:56
L4 Andreychuk · Rasmussen · Ray 6:40
D1 Zhitnik · Patrick 22:30
D2 Warrener · Woolley 19:04
D3 Kalinin · McKee 18:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 14, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
0–4 · Canucks won
Mar 16, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
3–6 · Canucks won
Feb 17, 2000
🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 · Canucks won
Feb 28, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
2–0 · Sabres won
Mar 26, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN
5–2 · Sabres won

❓ VAN vs BUF, answered

Who won Canucks vs Sabres on March 16, 2001?

Sabres won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Sabres?

The final score was Canucks 2, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Canucks?

Henrik Sedin, Matt Cooke.

Who scored for Sabres?

Steve Heinze (3), Doug Gilmour.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Bob Essensa made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Sabres season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Mar 15
🐋VAN @ 🐻BOS
2–2 · VAN won
Next game · Mar 18
🐋VAN @ 🐦ATL
5–3 · VAN won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 14
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
3–6 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 17
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · BUF won
Also on March 16, 2001
🦆ANA @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 final
🧥CBJ @ 🐦ATL
3–0 final
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
6–3 final
🌵PHX @ ⭐DAL
1–1 final
Canucks season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule