🐧 Away Penguins 0-3-0 before this game
1–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-2-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0011
BUF 1034

Penguins at Sabres

Sabres beat Penguins 4–1 at KeyBank Center on October 14, 2001.

🗓 Sun, Oct 14, 2001 · 13:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Vyacheslav Kozlov
2 G
3 shots · 15:21 TOI · +2
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Vaclav Varada
2 A
1 shots · 16:56 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G
4 shots · 22:24 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Miroslav Satan PP Go-ahead 1st · 19:33
Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Vaclav Varada · beat Johan Hedberg
0–1
3rd period
⚔️ Vyacheslav Kozlov 3rd · 02:33
Unassisted · beat Johan Hedberg
0–2
🐧 Martin Straka 3rd · 03:18
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
1–2
⚔️ James Patrick 3rd · 13:40
Assists: Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown · beat Johan Hedberg
1–3
⚔️ Vyacheslav Kozlov 3rd · 18:01
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov · beat Johan Hedberg
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
15 Hits 21
12 Blocked shots 7
3 Takeaways 9
20 Giveaways 16
28 Penalty minutes 30
PIT shooting 3.8% (1/26) BUF shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 59:53 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–1
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 22:19
L2 Straka · Hrdina · Richer 16:29
L3 Lacouture · Beech · Morozov 13:15
L4 Stevens · Kraft 8:54
D1 Ference · Kasparaitis 19:23
D2 Rozsival · Melichar 17:30
D3 Wilson · Moran 14:06
D4 Jakopin 8:35
⚔️Sabres
L1 Barnes · Connolly · Satan 20:19
L2 Brown · Varada · Afinogenov 16:19
L3 Kozlov · Rasmussen · Gratton 12:50
L4 Hamel · Dumont · Ray 7:36
D1 Zhitnik · Woolley 24:29
D2 Smehlik · McKee 19:52
D3 Patrick · Warrener 15:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
May 10, 2001
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 (OT) · Penguins won
May 8, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won
May 5, 2001
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 (OT) · Sabres won
May 2, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Sabres won
Apr 30, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · Sabres won

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on October 14, 2001?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Martin Straka.

Who scored for Sabres?

Vyacheslav Kozlov (2), James Patrick, Miroslav Satan.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 10
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
6–3 · NYI won
Next game · Oct 16
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · PIT won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Oct 12
⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET
2–4 · DET won
Next game · Oct 16
🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF
3–3 · NSH won
Also on October 14, 2001
🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN
3–3 final
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
2–2 final
⚡TBL @ 🦆ANA
3–2 final
Penguins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule