🐻 Away Bruins 41-21-8 before this game
2–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 34-30-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0202
BUF 0101

Bruins at Sabres

Bruins beat Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center on March 21, 2002.

🗓 Thu, Mar 21, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Nick Boynton
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 22:09 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
1 G
4 shots · 17:52 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Jozef Stumpel
1 A
1 shots · 18:11 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Sergei Samsonov Go-ahead 2nd · 06:49
Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Nick Boynton · beat Martin Biron
1–0
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov Tying 2nd · 07:37
Assists: Brian Campbell, James Patrick · beat Byron Dafoe
1–1
🐻 Nick Boynton Go-ahead 2nd · 14:07
Assists: P.J. Stock, Dennis Bonvie · beat Martin Biron
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 26
13 Hits 22
16 Blocked shots 8
1 Takeaways 5
15 Giveaways 12
15 Penalty minutes 13
BOS shooting 7.4% (2/27) BUF shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:17 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 41-21-8 (59% win rate, 70 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 34-30-5 (49% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Mcinnis · Murray · Rolston 20:00
L2 Stumpel · Samsonov · Guerin 17:52
L3 Axelsson · Zamuner · Lapointe 15:40
L4 Stock · Bonvie 4:48
D1 McLaren · Boynton 22:36
D2 Gill · Brown 18:52
D3 Sweeney · Norton 16:34
D4 Rivers 4:57
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gratton · Satan · Afinogenov 19:16
L2 Brown · Varada · Dumont 16:33
L3 Pyatt · Connolly · Kotalik 15:29
L4 Corkum · Rasmussen · Ray 8:58
D1 Zhitnik · McKee 22:16
D2 Kalinin · Warrener 18:12
D3 Campbell · Patrick 16:21

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 2002
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
3–4 · Sabres won
Feb 5, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–2 (OT) · Sabres won
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

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on March 21, 2002?

Bruins won 2–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Nick Boynton, Sergei Samsonov.

Who scored for Sabres?

Maxim Afinogenov.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

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

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sabres season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Mar 19
🌵PHX @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · BOS won
Next game · Mar 23
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
3–1 · BOS won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 19
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
1–5 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 23
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
0–2 · TOR won
Also on March 21, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT
5–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🏝️NYI
2–3 final
🦆ANA @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR
2–3 final
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
3–2 final
🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR
4–3 final
😈NJD @ 🐯NSH
4–3 final
🦈SJS @ 🔥CGY
4–1 final
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