🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
3–0
Final
PIT leads 4–3
⚔️ Home Sabres 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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BUF 0000

Penguins at Sabres — Second Round Game 1

Penguins, Second Round Game 1, beat Sabres 3–0 at KeyBank Center on April 26, 2001.

🗓 Thu, Apr 26, 2001 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2000-01 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

PIT vs BUF · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–0
Final · PIT
Game 2
3–1
Final · PIT
Game 3
4–1
Final · BUF
Game 4
5–2
Final · BUF
Game 5
2–3
OT · BUF
Game 6
2–3
OT · PIT
Game 7
3–2
OT · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 24:07 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jan Hrdina
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:02 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Josef Beranek
2 A
2 shots · 07:44 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 1st · 05:07
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jan Hrdina
1–0
3rd period
🐧 Jan Hrdina 3rd · 14:02
Assists: Josef Beranek
2–0
🐧 Wayne Primeau 3rd · 17:40
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Josef Beranek
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 25
22 Hits 32
9 Blocked shots 8
5 Takeaways 4
12 Giveaways 19
12 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 9.4% (3/32) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg Shutout
25/25
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:53 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Lang · Kovalev 20:23
L2 Straka · Jagr · Morozov 17:17
L3 Stevens · Hrdina · Primeau 15:45
L4 Beranek · Corbet 5:09
D1 Ference · Jonsson 22:02
D2 Kasparaitis · Laukkanen 17:20
D3 Bergevin · Boughner 16:00
D4 Moran 2:36
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gilmour · Brown · Satan 17:14
L2 Barnes · Audette · Varada 16:14
L3 Tsyplakov · Gratton · Heinze 12:06
L4 Andreychuk · Dumont · Afinogenov 10:29
D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 23:38
D2 McKee · Woolley 19:25
D3 Patrick · Kalinin 17:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 27, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won
Dec 26, 2000
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 · Penguins won
Dec 2, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Sabres won
Dec 1, 2000
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
6–4 · Penguins won
Apr 7, 2000
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on April 26, 2001?

Penguins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 3, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jan Hrdina, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Primeau.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on 25 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 23
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 28
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · PIT won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 21
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
0–8 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 28
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · PIT won
Also on April 26, 2001
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
2–0 final
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
4–3 final
Penguins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule