1–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	1	0	1
BOS	1	2	0	3

Sabres at Bruins

Bruins beat Sabres 3–1 at TD Garden on November 17, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Nov 17, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Jamie Rivers

2 G

4 shots · 09:08 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Bill Guerin

1 G

6 shots · 19:45 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Jozef Stumpel

1 A

2 shots · 19:53 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Jamie Rivers Go-ahead 1st · 14:11

Assists: John Emmons, Andrei Nazarov · beat Bob Essensa

0–1

2nd period

⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP Tying 2nd · 03:02

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Byron Dafoe

1–1

🐻 Jamie Rivers Go-ahead 2nd · 08:18

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Martin Lapointe · beat Bob Essensa

1–2

🐻 Bill Guerin 2nd · 17:00

Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Mike Knuble · beat Bob Essensa

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF BOS🐻

21 Shots on goal 27

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

14 Hits 18

13 Blocked shots 13

1 Takeaways 12

3 Giveaways 15

10 Penalty minutes 37

BUF shooting 4.8% (1/21) BOS shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Bob Essensa

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:29 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

20/21

.952 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Barnes · Satan · Varada 20:01

L2 Kozlov · Connolly · Afinogenov 16:19

L3 Hamel · Brown · Dumont 14:10

L4 Gratton · Rasmussen · Ray 7:46

D1 Zhitnik · Patrick 25:26

D2 Smehlik · McKee 18:32

D3 Woolley · Fitzpatrick 13:23

🐻Bruins

L1 Stumpel · Rolston · Guerin 19:53

L2 Axelsson · Murray · Lapointe 17:48

L3 Samsonov · Emmons · Knuble 12:48

L4 Nazarov · Thornton 4:08

D1 Gill · O'Donnell 29:02

D2 Sweeney · Boynton 19:30

D3 McLaren · Rivers 9:56

D4 Kolarik 0:17

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on November 17, 2001?

Bruins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 1, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Maxim Afinogenov.

Who scored for Bruins?

Jamie Rivers (2), Bill Guerin.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Bob Essensa made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 20 saves on 21 shots (.952 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Bruins season series?

Bruins 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Nov 16

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Nov 15

Also on November 17, 2001

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