Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers 2-4, Dec 15, 2001: Box Score | AskScores

2

New York Rangers

4

Final · Madison Square Garden

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	2	2
NYR	1	2	1	4

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Dec 15, 2001 at Madison Square Garden.

Top performers

Maxim Afinogenov
Maxim Afinogenov had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Sabres.
Mika Noronen
Mika Noronen made 18 saves on 21 shots for the Sabres.
Mark Messier
Mark Messier had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Rangers.
Mike Richter
Mike Richter made 33 saves on 35 shots for the Rangers.

Before and after

Sabres · 2001-02 season · Previous Dec 14, 2001: CAR 2, BUF 3 · Next Dec 19, 2001: CHI 6, BUF 5
Rangers · 2001-02 season · Previous Dec 12, 2001: NSH 4, NYR 2 · Next Dec 17, 2001: FLA 2, NYR 4

Other Sabres vs Rangers games

Other Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers games

Nov 27, 2001	NYR at BUF	2-2	Regular
Nov 10, 2001	NYR at BUF	4-2	Regular
Oct 7, 2001	BUF at NYR	4-5	Regular
Apr 8, 2026	BUF at NYR	5-3	Regular
Jan 8, 2026	BUF at NYR	5-2	Regular
Oct 9, 2025	NYR at BUF	4-0	Regular

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 15, 2001

Maxim Afinogenov	1	1	2	-1	5	0	21:23
Vyacheslav Kozlov	1	0	1	-1	4	0	21:23
Stu Barnes	0	1	1	-2	2	0	18:56
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	1	-1	2	0	26:30
James Patrick	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:18
Rob Ray	0	0	0	0	0	4	6:53
Eric Boulton	0	0	0	0	0	4	7:19
Jay McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:12
Miroslav Satan	0	0	0	-2	6	0	21:10
Curtis Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:23
Rhett Warrener	0	0	0	-1	0	2	16:10
J.P. Dumont	0	0	0	-2	2	0	14:29
Tim Connolly	0	0	0	0	4	2	18:05
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:37
Vaclav Varada	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:22
Dmitri Kalinin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	18:34
Denis Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:55
Team	2	3	5	-11	32	12

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 15, 2001

Mika Noronen	21	18	3	.857	45:08
Martin Biron	5	5	0	1.000	13:53
Team	26	23	3	1.857

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

New York Rangers box score

Skaters

New York Rangers skaters, Dec 15, 2001

Mark Messier	1	1	2	0	5	0	21:17
Mikael Samuelsson	0	2	2	1	4	0	17:18
Mike York	1	1	2	1	3	0	18:23
Brian Leetch	0	1	1	2	1	0	26:42
Theoren Fleury	1	0	1	1	2	0	17:41
Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	1	2	0	0	23:30
Sandy McCarthy	0	1	1	1	0	2	12:23
Andreas Johansson	0	1	1	1	2	0	20:28
Jeff Toms	1	0	1	1	1	0	6:20
Radek Dvorak	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:26
Manny Malhotra	0	0	0	0	1	2	9:35
Petr Nedved	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:03
Matthew Barnaby	0	0	0	0	0	15	9:57
Sylvain Lefebvre	0	0	0	-1	0	2	14:38
Igor Ulanov	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:13
David Karpa	0	0	0	1	1	0	17:57
Bryan Berard	0	0	0	-1	1	0	18:02
Steve McKenna	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:29
Team	4	8	12	10	27	21

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

New York Rangers goalies, Dec 15, 2001
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Richter	35	33	2	.943	59:37

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%