2–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 30-16-3 before this game

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

Sabres at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Sabres 3–2 at Ball Arena on January 21, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Jan 21, 2002 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Chris Drury

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:03 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Adam Foote

1 G

6 shots · 25:55 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

1 G

3 shots · 19:33 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Adam Foote Go-ahead 1st · 00:28

Assists: Chris Drury · beat Martin Biron

0–1

⚔️ Curtis Brown Tying 1st · 07:20

Assists: Taylor Pyatt, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Patrick Roy

1–1

2nd period

🏔️ Chris Drury Go-ahead 2nd · 12:09

Assists: Ville Nieminen, Stephane Yelle · beat Martin Biron

1–2

3rd period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk 3rd · 05:01

Assists: Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay · beat Martin Biron

1–3

⚔️ Tim Connolly PP 3rd · 08:22

Assists: Stu Barnes, J-P Dumont · beat Patrick Roy

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF COL🏔️

28 Shots on goal 41

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

36 Hits 35

13 Blocked shots 13

11 Takeaways 24

6 Giveaways 13

13 Penalty minutes 15

BUF shooting 7.1% (2/28) COL shooting 7.3% (3/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

38/41

.927 SV% · 3 GA · 58:42 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

26/28

.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 21-23-4 (44% win rate, 48 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 30-16-3 (61% win rate, 49 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Barnes · Connolly · Satan 19:18

L2 Hamel · Brown · Dumont 16:55

L3 Pyatt · Rasmussen · Afinogenov 15:34

L4 Boulton · Gratton · Ray 6:45

D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 21:33

D2 Kalinin · McKee 19:15

D3 Patrick · Smehlik 17:28

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 19:33

L2 Podein · Yelle · Drury 16:03

L3 Nieminen · Willsie · Vrbata 13:34

L4 Hahl · Fairchild · Parker 8:20

D1 Foote · Blake 25:51

D2 De Vries · Skoula 22:22

D3 Trepanier · Gill 11:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs COL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on January 21, 2002?

Avalanche won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sabres 2, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Foote, Chris Drury, Milan Hejduk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 19

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Jan 19

Also on January 21, 2002

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