Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Friday, March 15, 2002 · National Car Rental Center
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday, March 15, 2002 at National Car Rental Center. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 30-23.
Goals came from Peter Worrell, Sandis Ozolinsh, Ivan Novoseltsev, Chris Gratton, Robert Svehla, Byron Ritchie and Miroslav Satan.
Roberto Luongo made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 3 of 6.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Worrell (3)Darren Van Impe (6), Bill Lindsay (7)0–103:01 FLA
Sandis Ozolinsh (10)Niklas Hagman (15), Pavel Bure (26)0–205:58 FLA
Ivan Novoseltsev (11)Kristian Huselius (19), Byron Ritchie (4)0–306:06 FLA
Chris Gratton (10)Miroslav Satan (28), Stu Barnes (31)1–316:46 BUF
2nd period
Robert Svehla (6)Valeri Bure (9), Pavel Bure (27)1–409:43 FLA · PPG
3rd period
Byron Ritchie (3)Valeri Bure (10), Kristian Huselius (20)1–506:13 FLA
Miroslav Satan (25)Alexei Zhitnik (31), Curtis Brown (13)2–514:28 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFFLA
30Shots on goal23
53%Faceoff %47%
1/9Power play1/5
36Penalty minutes40
13Hits19
5Blocked shots7
9Giveaways6
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 03:47
Jason Wiemer · hooking2 min - 1st 13:35
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 14:44Pavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 03:36J-P Dumont · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:36Robert Svehla · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:47Brad Ference · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 08:07Taylor Pyatt · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:23Taylor Pyatt · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:23Jason Wiemer · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:23Jason Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 2nd 15:33Rob Ray · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 19:05Dmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:16Byron Ritchie · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:24Peter Worrell · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:13Eric Boulton · instigator2 min
- 3rd 11:13Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:13Eric Boulton · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 11:13Jason Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:13Marcus Nilson · deliberate injury10 min
- 3rd 11:53Robert Svehla · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:15Roberto Luongo · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 16:57Rhett Warrener · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:57Jay McKee · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:57Peter Worrell · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:29 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:42 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:34 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 03:45 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:22 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:05 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 19:25 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 53:54 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 06:04 |
Florida Panthers
| 10Pavel BureR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 25:27 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 22Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 43Byron RitchieC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:39 |
| 8Peter WorrellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:33 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 39Ivan NovoseltsevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:40 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:18 |
| 29Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 44Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29:24 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 36Joey TetarenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 5Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 42Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 45Brad FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |