🐧 Away Penguins 1-0 in series
3–1
Final
PIT leads 4–3
⚔️ Home Sabres 0-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Penguins at Sabres — Second Round Game 2

Penguins, Second Round Game 2, beat Sabres 3–1 at KeyBank Center on April 28, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Apr 28, 2001 · 14:00 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
Alex Kovalev
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:41 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Martin Straka
2 A
24:18 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Andrew Ference
1 G
3 shots · 24:55 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
15 Shots on goal 22
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
19 Hits 39
12 Blocked shots 14
6 Takeaways 6
18 Giveaways 19
14 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 20.0% (3/15) BUF shooting 4.5% (1/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
12/14
.857 SV% · 2 GA · 58:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 54-29-6 (61% win rate, 89 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 52-33-4 (58% win rate, 89 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 54-29-6 (61% win rate, 89 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 52-33-4 (58% win rate, 89 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Kovalev 24:18
L2 Lang · Hrdina · Primeau 15:45
L3 Stevens · Corbet · Morozov 12:47
L4 Beranek · Oliwa 5:02
D1 Ference · Jonsson 22:28
D2 Bergevin · Kasparaitis 18:08
D3 Laukkanen · Boughner 16:05
D4 Moran 3:13
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Gilmour · Satan 21:47
L2 Brown · Varada · Audette 18:43
L3 Gratton · Dumont · Heinze 11:56
L4 Andreychuk · Afinogenov · Ray 7:49
D1 Kalinin · Warrener 25:50
D2 Patrick · Woolley 22:44
D3 McKee · Zhitnik 8:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 26, 2001
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · Penguins won
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

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on April 28, 2001?

Penguins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 3, Sabres 1.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 12 saves on 14 shots (.857 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 26
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 30
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · BUF won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 26
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–0 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 30
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · BUF won
Also on April 28, 2001
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
0–2 final
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
5–6 final
Penguins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule