Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 2002 · Centre Bell

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6–1

31–20

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–1 on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 31–20.

Taylor Pyatt scored twice. Patrice Brisebois, Tim Connolly, Miroslav Satan, Jochen Hecht and Vaclav Varada also scored.

Martin Biron made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 25 of 31.

Goals
BUF	0	3	3	6	31
MTL	0	1	0	1	20

Scoring

2nd period

Taylor Pyatt (1)Chris Gratton (2)1–002:11 BUF
Patrice Brisebois (1)Chad Kilger (2), Jan Bulis (1)1–103:48 MTL
Tim Connolly (2)J-P Dumont (2)2–106:16 BUF
Taylor Pyatt (2)Chris Gratton (3), Tim Connolly (2)3–114:27 BUF ·

3rd period

Miroslav Satan (1)Rhett Warrener (1)4–100:52 BUF
Jochen Hecht (2)J-P Dumont (3), Jay McKee (1)5–106:17 BUF
Vaclav Varada (1)James Patrick (2)6–109:38 BUF ·

Team stats

BUFMTL

3120

50%50%

2/50/4

810

21

00

00

00

Penalties

6:27 into the first periodCurtis Brown · holding2 min
10:02 into the first periodMariusz Czerkawski · hooking obstruction2 min
18:11 into the first periodJochen Hecht · slashing2 min
10:39 into the second periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
10:39 into the second periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
6:34 into the third periodBill Lindsay · high sticking2 min
6:34 into the third periodBill Lindsay · high sticking2 min
13:16 into the third periodVaclav Varada · interference2 min
19:01 into the third periodJochen Hecht · high sticking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	14:05
18Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	43	16:57
24Taylor PyattL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:40
77Chris GrattonC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	60	17:06
25Vaclav VaradaR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	100	15:12
71Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	4	–	16:31
81Miroslav SatanR	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	20:49
3James PatrickD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:25
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:19
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	20:24
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	38	09:06
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	07:27
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	07:16
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	38	17:00
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	64	18:17
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:58
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	–	20:30
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	23:51

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

25Chad KilgerL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	67	08:06
38Jan BulisC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:53
43Patrice BriseboisD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	24:20
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	35	18:10
14Oleg PetrovR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	13:42
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	−3	2	0	0	0	–	17:19
22Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	4	–	05:06
24Andreas DackellR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:40
27Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	15:30
82Donald AudetteR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	16:55
90Joe JuneauC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	29	18:04
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	57	14:36
94Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	67	17:07
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	–	18:54
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:49
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	22:14
65Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	–	12:02
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	20:59

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Jeff HackettG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	L	31	25	6	.806	60:00