🐧 Away Penguins 18-20-4 before this game
2–0
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 18-21-4 before this game
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PIT 1012
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Penguins at Sabres

Penguins beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on January 10, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Jan 10, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Stephane Richer
1 G
3 shots · 14:52 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Robert Lang
1 G
3 shots · 15:46 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Alex Kovalev
1 A
2 shots · 25:05 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐧 PIT
Johan Hedberg
36 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Stephane Richer Go-ahead 1st · 00:46
Assists: Randy Robitaille · beat Martin Biron
1–0
3rd period
🐧 Robert Lang 3rd · 18:40
Assists: Alex Kovalev, Andrew Ference · beat Martin Biron
2–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BUF⚔️
18 Shots on goal 36
19 Hits 28
12 Blocked shots 13
5 Takeaways 3
14 Giveaways 10
12 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 11.1% (2/18) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg Shutout
36/36
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
16/18
.889 SV% · 2 GA · 58:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–0
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 Lacouture · Hrdina · Kovalev 25:03
L2 Lang · Robitaille · Richer 15:32
L3 Petersen · Beech · Kostopoulos 13:34
L4 Oliwa 3:59
D1 Kasparaitis · Moran 21:29
D2 Rozsival · Ference 19:06
D3 Melichar · Jonsson 15:20
D4 Laukkanen · Jakopin 3:04
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Barnes · Satan 21:09
L2 Gratton · Varada · Dumont 16:15
L3 Pyatt · Brown · Rasmussen 14:47
L4 Hamel · Boulton · Ray 4:53
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 24:50
D2 Woolley · Kalinin 18:40
D3 McKee · Patrick 15:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
1–3 · Penguins won
Oct 14, 2001
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 · Sabres won
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

❓ PIT vs BUF, answered

Who won Penguins vs Sabres on January 10, 2002?

Penguins won 2–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Sabres?

The final score was Penguins 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Robert Lang, Stephane Richer.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 36 saves on 36 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 16 saves on 18 shots (.889 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?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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 · Jan 8
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · BOS won
Next game · Jan 12
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
4–1 · STL won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Jan 8
🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Next game · Jan 12
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Also on January 10, 2002
👑LAK @ 🐻BOS
0–5 final
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–4 final
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
2–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH
2–2 final
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
1–2 final
🌪️CAR @ 🛢️EDM
4–1 final
Penguins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule