⚔️ Away Sabres 2-1 in series
5–2
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🐧 Home Penguins 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Sabres at Penguins — Second Round Game 4

Sabres, Second Round Game 4, beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on May 2, 2001.

🗓 Wed, May 2, 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
Stu Barnes
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:45 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
J-P Dumont
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:06 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Donald Audette
2 A
2 shots · 16:39 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PIT🐧
28 Shots on goal 17
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
31 Hits 32
8 Blocked shots 6
3 Takeaways 3
3 Giveaways 15
6 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 17.9% (5/28) PIT shooting 11.8% (2/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
15/17
.882 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
23/28
.821 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 53-34-4 (58% win rate, 91 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 55-30-6 (60% win rate, 91 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 53-34-4 (58% win rate, 91 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 55-30-6 (60% win rate, 91 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Satan · Audette 19:45
L2 Tsyplakov · Gilmour · Varada 15:24
L3 Brown · Dumont · Afinogenov 15:06
L4 Andreychuk · Gratton · Heinze 9:27
D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 22:43
D2 Kalinin · Patrick 19:08
D3 Smehlik · Woolley 18:13
🐧Penguins
L1 Lang · Jagr · Kovalev 19:50
L2 Lemieux · Straka · Morozov 18:46
L3 Stevens · Hrdina · Primeau 16:58
L4 Lacouture · Corbet 6:02
D1 Ference · Moran 19:00
D2 Boughner · Laukkanen 16:56
D3 Bergevin · Kasparaitis 15:06
D4 Jonsson 13:03

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 30, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs PIT, answered

Who won Sabres vs Penguins on May 2, 2001?

Sabres won 5–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Penguins?

The final score was Sabres 5, Penguins 2.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 15 saves on 17 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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 30
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · BUF won
Next game · May 5
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 30
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · BUF won
Next game · May 5
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on May 2, 2001
🏔️COL @ 👑LAK
3–0 final
Sabres season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule