5–3

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 31-37-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	3	1	1	5
TBL	0	2	1	3

Sabres at Lightning

Sabres beat Lightning 5–3 at AMALIE Arena on April 7, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Apr 7, 2002 · 17:00 CDT 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · 23:59 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

2 G, 1 A

6 shots · 20:27 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Woolley

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 16:11 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jason Woolley PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:26

Assists: Tim Connolly, Miroslav Satan · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

1–0

⚔️ Curtis Brown 1st · 06:36

Assists: Jason Woolley · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

2–0

⚔️ Chris Gratton 1st · 08:55

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Erik Rasmussen · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

3–0

2nd period

⚡ Shane Willis 2nd · 00:56

Assists: Nolan Pratt · beat Martin Biron

3–1

⚡ Pavel Kubina PP 2nd · 06:35

Assists: Brad Richards, Vinny Prospal · beat Martin Biron

3–2

⚔️ Curtis Brown PP 2nd · 10:32

Assists: Miroslav Satan, Jason Woolley · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

4–2

3rd period

⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP 3rd · 12:22

Assists: Dan Boyle, Pavel Kubina · beat Martin Biron

4–3

⚔️ Miroslav Satan Empty net 3rd · 19:54

Assists: Curtis Brown

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF TBL⚡

24 Shots on goal 28

2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4

18 Hits 15

13 Blocked shots 6

6 Takeaways 8

8 Giveaways 14

8 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 20.8% (5/24) TBL shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

25/28

.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:39 TOI

⚡Lightning

Nikolai Khabibulin

19/23

.826 SV% · 4 GA · 58:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brown · Gratton · Satan 20:27

L2 Pyatt · Connolly · Varada 16:03

L3 Hamel · Rasmussen · Afinogenov 13:49

L4 Boulton · Corkum · Kotalik 8:06

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 23:13

D2 Warrener · McKee 19:45

D3 Woolley · Patrick 14:18

⚡Lightning

L1 Andreychuk · Prospal · Lecavalier 18:43

L2 Modin · Richards · St. Louis 16:41

L3 Olvestad · Willis · Clymer 11:33

L4 Cibak · Alexeev · Keefe 8:46

D1 Boyle · Kubina 22:48

D2 Cullimore · Sarich 19:46

D3 Pratt · Ledyard 15:02

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 17, 2002

⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL

2–2 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs TBL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Lightning on April 7, 2002?

Sabres won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Lightning?

The final score was Sabres 5, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Curtis Brown (2), Chris Gratton, Jason Woolley, Miroslav Satan.

Who scored for Lightning?

Pavel Kubina, Shane Willis, Vincent Lecavalier.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Lightning season series?

Sabres lead the season series 4–0 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 5

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Apr 4

Also on April 7, 2002

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