⚡ Away Lightning 21-24-4 before this game
1–4
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 21-25-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
TBL 0101
BUF 2204

Lightning at Sabres

Sabres beat Lightning 4–1 at KeyBank Center on January 25, 2002.

🗓 Fri, Jan 25, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Taylor Pyatt
2 G
3 shots · 12:57 TOI · +3
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
2 A
1 shots · 11:22 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G
8 shots · 13:50 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Taylor Pyatt Go-ahead 1st · 11:58
Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Tim Connolly · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–1
⚔️ Curtis Brown 1st · 13:01
Unassisted · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–2
2nd period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 09:02
Assists: Tim Connolly, Jay McKee · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–3
⚔️ Taylor Pyatt 2nd · 13:16
Assists: J-P Dumont, Chris Gratton · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
0–4
⚡ Freddy Modin 2nd · 13:58
Assists: Brad Richards, Dan Boyle · beat Martin Biron
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BUF⚔️
22 Shots on goal 33
9 Hits 24
13 Blocked shots 13
4 Takeaways 1
10 Giveaways 9
17 Penalty minutes 19
TBL shooting 4.5% (1/22) BUF shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Nikolai Khabibulin
29/33
.879 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
21/22
.955 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Modin · Lecavalier · Richards 17:12
L2 Ylonen · Taylor · Clymer 15:19
L3 Ciger · Andreychuk · Prospal 13:23
L4 Olvestad · Dwyer · Alexeev 10:28
D1 Kubina · Boyle 23:04
D2 Biron · Neckar 20:10
D3 Cullimore · Sarich 15:38
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brown · Barnes · Satan 20:11
L2 Varada · Dumont · Afinogenov 17:20
L3 Pyatt · Gratton · Connolly 12:22
L4 Boulton · Milley · Ray 6:19
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:52
D2 Woolley · McKee 18:14
D3 Warrener · Patrick 15:37

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 2, 2001
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 · Sabres won
Apr 1, 2001
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
4–2 · Sabres won
Feb 25, 2001
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
4–5 · Sabres won
Feb 1, 2001
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
2–4 · Lightning won
Jan 16, 2001
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won

❓ TBL vs BUF, answered

Who won Lightning vs Sabres on January 25, 2002?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Sabres?

The final score was Lightning 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Lightning?

Freddy Modin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Taylor Pyatt (2), Curtis Brown, Maxim Afinogenov.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 29 saves on 33 shots (.879 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 21 saves on 22 shots (.955 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sabres season series?

Sabres 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
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Jan 23
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
1–5 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 26
⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI
2–6 · NYI won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Jan 23
🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 · STL won
Next game · Jan 27
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
3–2 · BUF won
Also on January 25, 2002
🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR
1–1 final
🌵PHX @ 🐙DET
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
1–2 final
🦆ANA @ ⭐DAL
6–1 final
🍁TOR @ 🐋VAN
1–6 final
Lightning season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule