🏝️ Away Islanders 33-23-8 before this game

3–0

Final

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

Islanders at Sabres

Islanders beat Sabres 3–0 at KeyBank Center on March 12, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Mar 12, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Kip Miller

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 11:20 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Brad Isbister

2 A

1 shots · 11:54 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Jason Blake

1 G

4 shots · 15:32 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🏝️ Kip Miller Go-ahead 1st · 17:30

Assists: Dick Tarnstrom, Brad Isbister · beat Martin Biron

1–0

2nd period

🏝️ Dave Scatchard 2nd · 19:00

Assists: Kip Miller, Brad Isbister · beat Martin Biron

2–0

3rd period

🏝️ Jason Blake Empty net 3rd · 19:23

Assists: Mats Lindgren, Roman Hamrlik

3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

28 Shots on goal 28

19 Hits 22

8 Blocked shots 9

2 Takeaways 6

13 Giveaways 16

15 Penalty minutes 31

NYI shooting 10.7% (3/28) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Chris Osgood Shutout

28/28

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:03 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–0

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Bates · Peca · Parrish 17:12

L2 Blake · Lapointe · Yashin 15:32

L3 Kvasha · Lindgren · Czerkawski 14:28

L4 Isbister · Scatchard · Miller 11:45

D1 Hamrlik · Jonsson 28:24

D2 Cairns · Aucoin 16:51

D3 Tarnstrom · Mezei 6:22

⚔️Sabres

L1 Barnes · Gratton · Satan 21:04

L2 Brown · Afinogenov · Varada 15:16

L3 Connolly · Rasmussen · Dumont 14:50

L4 Pyatt · Boulton · Ray 7:37

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 24:12

D2 Warrener · McKee 19:00

D3 Campbell · Patrick 16:06

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on March 12, 2002?

Islanders won 3–0.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 3, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Islanders?

Dave Scatchard, Jason Blake, Kip Miller.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Sabres season series?

Sabres 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 10

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 10

Also on March 12, 2002

Islanders season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule