New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 17, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (1)Petr Nedved (1), Brian Leetch (5)1–014:39 NYR · - Eric Lindros (2)Tom Poti (4), Pavel Bure (2)2–015:05 NYR ·
2nd period
Miroslav Satan (2)Jochen Hecht (1), Jason Woolley (1)2–101:06 BUF · 
Chris Gratton (2)Unassisted2–203:11 BUF
Bobby Holik (1)Darius Kasparaitis (1), Mikael Samuelsson (1)3–207:57 NYR
Tim Connolly (3)Jason Woolley (2), Jochen Hecht (2)3–312:27 BUF · - Miroslav Satan (3)Chris Gratton (4), Taylor Pyatt (1)3–416:01 BUF
3rd period
Pavel Bure (3)Brian Leetch (6), Tom Poti (5)4–411:09 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
3628
52%48%
3/92/5
1220
20
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first period
Eric Lindros · holding the stick2 min - 9:25 into the first period
Jay McKee · hooking2 min - 12:41 into the first periodRob Ray · elbowing2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodRob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:21 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodRob Ray · slashing2 min
- 0:30 into the second periodPetr Nedved · hooking2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodRhett Warrener · roughing2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodJay McKee · hooking2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodTom Poti · hooking2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodDixon Ward · holding the stick2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
- 10:08 into the third periodJ-P Dumont · holding the stick2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodSylvain Lefebvre · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Pavel BureR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 25:55 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 25:32 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 31:42 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29:21 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:05 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:25 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 12Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:21 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:24 |
| 26Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:21 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | T | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:24 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 23:58 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:03 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:54 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:41 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:17 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:32 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | T | 36 | 4 | .889 |