New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 10, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Thursday, October 10, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 23–21.
Goals came from Dave Scatchard, Stu Barnes, Chris Gratton, Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly and J-P Dumont.
Martin Biron made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Chris Osgood stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Scatchard (1)Mattias Timander (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)1–001:01 NYI · 
Stu Barnes (1)J-P Dumont (1), James Patrick (1)1–104:36 BUF · 
Chris Gratton (1)Unassisted1–213:13 BUF
Jochen Hecht (1)Tim Connolly (1)1–314:44 BUF
2nd period
Tim Connolly (1)Alexei Zhitnik (1), Miroslav Satan (1)1–409:44 BUF · 
J-P Dumont (1)Chris Gratton (1), Miroslav Satan (2)1–517:01 BUF
Team stats
NYIBUF
2321
45%55%
1/92/7
6585
22
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Stu Barnes · tripping2 min - 2:49 into the first period
Alexei Yashin · tripping2 min - 5:32 into the first periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 5:32 into the first periodArron Asham · fighting5 min
- 10:25 into the first periodRob Ray · instigator2 min
- 10:25 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 10:25 into the first periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 10:25 into the first periodSteve Webb · roughing2 min
- 10:25 into the first periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
- 13:48 into the first periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 13:48 into the first periodRay Schultz · slashing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodEric Cairns · elbowing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodEric Cairns · roughing2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodJason Woolley · tripping2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodTaylor Pyatt · attempt to injure10 min
- 7:46 into the second periodRay Schultz · roughing2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodTrent Hunter · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodShawn Bates · interference2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodAdam Mair · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 17:59 into the second periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodAlexei Yashin · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 5:29 into the third periodJason Blake · interference2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodEric Boulton · roughing2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodEric Boulton · roughing2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodRay Schultz · roughing2 min
- 8:19 into the third periodArron Asham · roughing2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodJochen Hecht · hooking2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 13:48 into the third periodRay Schultz · instigator2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodRay Schultz · fighting5 min
- 13:48 into the third periodRay Schultz · misconduct10 min
- 15:06 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 17:50 into the third periodEric Boulton · game misconduct10 min
- 17:50 into the third periodJason Wiemer · slashing2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodJason Wiemer · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the third periodTim Connolly · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodTim Connolly · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodJason Blake · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 2Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 23:14 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:38 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 20Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:31 |
| 21Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:33 |
| 37Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:29 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 79Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:34 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 30:02 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 39Ray SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Chris OsgoodG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:43 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:25 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:17 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |