🐧 Away Penguins 2-2 in series
2–3
Final / OT
PIT leads 4–3
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
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Penguins at Sabres — Second Round Game 5

Sabres, Second Round Game 5, beat Penguins 3–2 in overtime at KeyBank Center on May 5, 2001.

🗓 Sat, May 5, 2001 · 12:00 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 ⚔️ BUF
Curtis Brown
1 G
4 shots · 19:58 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Chris Gratton
1 G
2 shots · 12:41 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Stu Barnes
1 G
2 shots · 20:46 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 30
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
19 Hits 36
13 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 7
25 Giveaways 20
20 Penalty minutes 12
PIT shooting 7.4% (2/27) BUF shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 68:34 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 68:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 55-31-6 (60% win rate, 92 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 54-34-4 (59% win rate, 92 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 55-31-6 (60% win rate, 92 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 54-34-4 (59% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Lemieux · Straka · Jagr 26:11
L2 Lang · Hrdina · Kovalev 19:37
L3 Stevens · Primeau · Morozov 13:37
L4 Lacouture · Corbet · Kraft 8:15
D1 Laukkanen · Ference 24:41
D2 Kasparaitis · Moran 20:23
D3 Jonsson · Boughner 19:08
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Satan · Varada 21:12
L2 Brown · Gilmour · Audette 18:48
L3 Tsyplakov · Dumont · Afinogenov 16:53
L4 Andreychuk · Gratton · Heinze 11:18
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 27:57
D2 Smehlik · Warrener 21:39
D3 Woolley · Patrick 18:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 2, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Sabres won
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

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on May 5, 2001?

Sabres won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 2, Sabres 3, in overtime.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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 · May 2
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · BUF won
Next game · May 8
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 2
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · BUF won
Next game · May 8
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
Also on May 5, 2001
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
3–2 final
Penguins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule