⚔️ Away Sabres 24-25-4 before this game
2–2
Final / OT
🐻 Home Bruins 33-15-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
BUF 10102
BOS 11002

Sabres at Bruins

Sabres beat Bruins 2–2 in overtime at TD Garden on February 5, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Feb 5, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Curtis Brown
1 G
4 shots · 17:22 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Rhett Warrener
1 G
3 shots · 23:49 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Vaclav Varada
1 A
5 shots · 18:55 TOI · +1
4rd star ⚔️ BUF
Martin Biron
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Curtis Brown Go-ahead 1st · 00:24
Assists: Erik Rasmussen, Vaclav Varada · beat Byron Dafoe
1–0
🐻 Jozef Stumpel Tying 1st · 18:14
Assists: Bill Guerin, Don Sweeney · beat Martin Biron
1–1
2nd period
🐻 Glen Murray Go-ahead 2nd · 01:15
Assists: Rob Zamuner, Sean O'Donnell · beat Martin Biron
1–2
3rd period
⚔️ Rhett Warrener Tying 3rd · 04:30
Assists: Chris Gratton, Denis Hamel · beat Byron Dafoe
2–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 39
15 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 10
11 Takeaways 11
8 Giveaways 13
9 Penalty minutes 15
BUF shooting 5.9% (2/34) BOS shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 24-25-4 (45% win rate, 53 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 33-15-7 (60% win rate, 55 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
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 18:55
L2 Connolly · Brown · Afinogenov 17:47
L3 Rasmussen · Gratton · Dumont 13:41
L4 Hamel · Pyatt · Ray 11:24
D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 23:58
D2 McKee · Woolley 19:32
D3 Smehlik · Kalinin 15:18
🐻Bruins
L1 Thornton · Murray · Guerin 22:26
L2 Samsonov · Stumpel · Rolston 19:32
L3 Zamuner · Axelsson · Knuble 15:52
L4 Hilbert · Hogue · Stock 3:01
D1 Gill · O'Donnell 29:42
D2 Sweeney · Boynton 21:44
D3 Murphy · Rivers 9:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 8, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Nov 17, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 4, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · Bruins won
Mar 6, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Sabres won
Jan 26, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 · Bruins won

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on February 5, 2002?

Sabres won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 2, Bruins 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown, Rhett Warrener.

Who scored for Bruins?

Glen Murray, Jozef Stumpel.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 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 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Jan 29
⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 · BUF won
Next game · Feb 8
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Feb 4
🐻BOS @ 🧥CBJ
8–0 · BOS won
Next game · Feb 9
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
1–4 · BOS won
Also on February 5, 2002
🎵STL @ 🏝️NYI
3–4 final
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
3–3 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐦ATL
2–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
1–0 final
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