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

Sabres, Second Round Game 3, beat Penguins 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena on April 30, 2001.

🗓 Mon, Apr 30, 2001 · 18:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 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 ⚔️ BUF
James Patrick
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 19:12 TOI · +2
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Woolley
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 17:19 TOI · +1
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
2 A
4 shots · 15:05 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
30 Shots on goal 20
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
17 Hits 26
11 Blocked shots 13
4 Takeaways 6
2 Giveaways 9
16 Penalty minutes 28
BUF shooting 13.3% (4/30) PIT shooting 5.0% (1/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 57:29 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 52-34-4 (58% win rate, 90 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 55-29-6 (61% win rate, 90 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 52-34-4 (58% win rate, 90 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 55-29-6 (61% win rate, 90 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Brown · Satan 18:34
L2 Gilmour · Varada · Audette 16:37
L3 Tsyplakov · Afinogenov · Dumont 13:29
L4 Andreychuk · Gratton · Heinze 7:42
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:06
D2 Warrener · Patrick 19:18
D3 Smehlik · Woolley 18:02
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Kovalev 26:09
L2 Stevens · Lang · Primeau 16:50
L3 Corbet · Hrdina · Morozov 13:19
L4 Oliwa · Lacouture 1:12
D1 Ference · Bergevin 21:40
D2 Jonsson · Laukkanen 18:24
D3 Boughner · Kasparaitis 15:34
D4 Moran 0:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 28, 2001
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · Penguins won
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

❓ BUF vs PIT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Penguins on April 30, 2001?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Penguins?

The final score was Sabres 4, Penguins 1.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 28
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · PIT won
Next game · May 2
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · BUF won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 28
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 · PIT won
Next game · May 2
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · BUF won
Also on April 30, 2001
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
4–3 final
Sabres season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule