🏔️ Away Avalanche 17-12-0 before this game

4–1

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	1	1	2	4
BUF	1	0	0	1

Avalanche at Sabres

Avalanche beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on December 7, 2001.

🗓 Fri, Dec 7, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 20:25 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Rob Blake

2 A

3 shots · 25:25 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Dan Hinote

1 G

2 shots · 11:11 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ J-P Dumont Go-ahead 1st · 04:24

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Rhett Warrener · beat David Aebischer

0–1

🏔️ Joe Sakic Tying 1st · 12:46

Assists: Rob Blake · beat Martin Biron

1–1

2nd period

🏔️ Dan Hinote Go-ahead 2nd · 17:51

Assists: Rob Blake, Eric Messier · beat Martin Biron

2–1

3rd period

🏔️ Steve Reinprecht PP 3rd · 09:41

Assists: Radim Vrbata, Pascal Trepanier · beat Martin Biron

3–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP 3rd · 19:46

Assists: Joe Sakic · beat Martin Biron

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 27

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

16 Hits 21

10 Blocked shots 11

2 Takeaways 6

9 Giveaways 15

8 Penalty minutes 8

COL shooting 15.4% (4/26) BUF shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

David Aebischer

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

22/26

.846 SV% · 4 GA · 59:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 17-12 (59% win rate, 29 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 13-13-3 (45% win rate, 29 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 17:55

L2 Messier · Drury · Reinprecht 16:03

L3 Nieminen · Podein · Yelle 13:26

L4 Hinote · Vrbata · Parker 10:09

D1 Foote · Blake 27:01

D2 De Vries · Skoula 23:06

D3 Trepanier · Berry 9:52

⚔️Sabres

L1 Barnes · Satan · Varada 19:23

L2 Kozlov · Connolly · Dumont 15:51

L3 Gratton · Brown · Afinogenov 14:26

L4 Hamel · Rasmussen · Ray 6:56

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 23:18

D2 Warrener · McKee 19:32

D3 Woolley · Patrick 16:16

⚔️ Last meetings

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

Mar 3, 2001

⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL

3–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ COL vs BUF, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Sabres on December 7, 2001?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Sabres?

The final score was Avalanche 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Dan Hinote, Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Steve Reinprecht.

Who scored for Sabres?

J-P Dumont.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

David Aebischer made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Sabres season series?

Avalanche 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 5

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 4

Also on December 7, 2001

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