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Wednesday, December 19, 2001 · HSBC Arena

Blackhawks 6 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 74OVR Tim Connolly Sabres First Star 3A · 2 SOG L 87OVR Kyle Calder Blackhawks Second Star 2G · 2 SOG R 75OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:56 Kyle Calder (11) Alexei Zhamnov (23) · Wrist CHI 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 2:19 Rob Ray (2) Jason Woolley (8), Chris Gratton (7) · Tip-in CHI 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 3:46 Boris Mironov (3) Alexei Zhamnov (24), Tony Amonte (19) · Snap CHI 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 6:15 Stu Barnes (12) PPG Dmitri Kalinin (2) · Slap CHI 2 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:11 Vyacheslav Kozlov (8) Tim Connolly (14), Maxim Afinogenov (7) · Snap CHI 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 3:13 Kyle Calder (12) Jaroslav Spacek (5), Tony Amonte (20) · Wrist CHI 3 – 3 BUF
  3. 8:47 Eric Daze (19) Michael Nylander (21) · Wraparound CHI 4 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:21 Maxim Afinogenov (12) Tim Connolly (15), Dmitri Kalinin (3) · Slap CHI 4 – 4 BUF
  2. 6:59 Peter White (1) Unassisted · Wrist CHI 5 – 4 BUF
  3. 14:00 Jason Woolley (4) PPG Tim Connolly (16), Vyacheslav Kozlov (10) · Wrist CHI 5 – 5 BUF
  4. 15:11 Steve Sullivan (10) Eric Daze (16) · Backhand CHI 6 – 5 BUF

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kyle Calder L 2 0 2 1 0 +3 16:00 2.15
Eric Daze L 1 1 4 1 0 +2 16:44 1.98
Tony Amonte R 0 2 1 0 1 +3 20:50 1.73
Alexei Zhamnov C 0 2 0 0 0 +2 21:12 1.55
Boris Mironov D 1 0 2 1 1 +2 28:04 1.10
Steve Sullivan L 1 0 1 1 0 +2 18:37 1.03
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 2 0 0 0 14:03 0.78
Michael Nylander C 0 1 0 0 0 +2 12:52 0.73
Peter White C 1 0 1 0 0 0 10:37 0.68
Phil Housley D 0 0 2 1 0 +1 18:05 0.30
Chris Mcalpine D 0 0 0 3 2 +1 13:55 0.10
Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 0 0 1 3 +2 23:37 0.10
Aaron Downey R 0 0 1 1 0 0 6:49 0.08
Igor Korolev C 0 0 2 0 1 -1 17:13 0.00
Bob Probert L 0 0 0 1 0 0 9:32 -0.05
Jon Klemm D 0 0 1 1 1 0 21:34 -0.13
Jim Campbell R 0 0 2 0 0 -2 10:56 -0.15
Mark Bell C 0 0 0 1 1 -2 10:26 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault W 29 24 5 .828 60:00 -1.35

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Connolly C 0 3 2 1 0 +2 18:29 2.33
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 1 5 0 0 +2 15:15 2.05
Vyacheslav Kozlov L 1 1 3 1 0 +2 18:36 1.85
Jason Woolley D 1 1 3 1 1 0 18:18 1.65
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 2 1 2 3 +1 21:12 1.53
Rob Ray R 1 0 1 2 0 +1 6:34 0.98
Stu Barnes C 1 0 2 0 0 -2 16:13 0.70
Chris Gratton C 0 1 0 2 1 0 10:19 0.68
Jay McKee D 0 0 1 4 0 0 15:01 0.08
Denis Hamel L 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:27 0.00
Rhett Warrener D 0 0 1 4 1 0 15:09 -0.08
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 2 3 0 -1 16:58 -0.10
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 14:49 -0.15
Curtis Brown C 0 0 3 2 0 -3 18:59 -0.27
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 1 1 0 -2 25:55 -0.28
J-P Dumont R 0 0 1 2 0 -3 15:02 -0.42
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 1 0 2 -5 19:32 -0.58
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 0 0 0 -5 22:12 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Essensa L 5 3 2 .600 30:08 -1.20
Martin Biron — 16 12 4 .750 28:47 -1.80