🏝️ Away Islanders 39-27-9 before this game

1–1

Final / OT

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

Islanders at Sabres

Islanders beat Sabres 1–1 in overtime at KeyBank Center on April 3, 2002.

🗓 Wed, Apr 3, 2002 · 19:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Shawn Bates

1 G

8 shots · 21:08 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Mark Parrish

1 A

2 shots · 17:47 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Alexei Yashin

1 A

1 shots · 20:58 TOI · +1

4rd star 🏝️ NYI

Chris Osgood

34 saves

0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

2 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Curtis Brown Go-ahead 1st · 19:52

Assists: Tim Connolly, Ales Kotalik · beat Chris Osgood

0–1

3rd period

🏝️ Shawn Bates Tying 3rd · 13:50

Assists: Mark Parrish, Alexei Yashin · beat Martin Biron

1–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 35

26 Hits 32

13 Blocked shots 10

2 Takeaways 4

12 Giveaways 6

8 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 3.7% (1/27) BUF shooting 2.9% (1/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Chris Osgood

34/35

.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 64:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–1

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 · Yashin · Peca 20:58

L2 Miller · Parrish · Czerkawski 17:05

L3 Blake · Kvasha · Lapointe 12:00

L4 Isbister · Scatchard · Webb 11:16

D1 Aucoin · Van Impe 28:12

D2 Hamrlik · Jonsson 24:16

D3 Cairns · Korolev 12:46

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brown · Satan · Varada 20:20

L2 Connolly · Gratton · Kotalik 17:42

L3 Pyatt · Rasmussen · Afinogenov 13:59

L4 Hamel · Boulton · Corkum 10:22

D1 Zhitnik · Warrener 26:06

D2 Smehlik · McKee 19:40

D3 Patrick · Kalinin 15:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

Jan 27, 2001

⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI

2–1 · Sabres won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on April 3, 2002?

Islanders won 1–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 1, Sabres 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Islanders?

Shawn Bates.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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 · Apr 1

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 1

Also on April 3, 2002

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