Buffalo Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Sunday, November 3, 2002 · Nationwide Arena

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2–3

32–26

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Nationwide Arena. The Sabres outshot the Blue Jackets 32–26.

Goals came from Stu Barnes, Jochen Hecht, Tyler Wright, Andrew Cassels and Derrick Walser.

Marc Denis made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
BUF	2	0	0	2	32
CBJ	0	1	2	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Stu Barnes (3)Jochen Hecht (5)1–017:39 BUF
Jochen Hecht (4)Dmitri Kalinin (1), Alexei Zhitnik (3)2–018:02 BUF

2nd period

Tyler Wright (5)Rostislav Klesla (4), Sean Pronger (2)2–104:36 CBJ

3rd period

Andrew Cassels (3)Ray Whitney (7), Geoff Sanderson (3)2–204:06 CBJ ·
Derrick Walser (1)Rick Nash (3), Rostislav Klesla (5)2–310:10 CBJ ·

Team stats

BUFCBJ

3226

46%54%

0/52/7

2521

15

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00

00

Penalties

3:43 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
3:43 into the first periodJody Shelley · fighting5 min
13:45 into the first periodChris Gratton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
13:45 into the first periodKevin Dineen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
17:48 into the first periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
17:48 into the first periodJody Shelley · roughing2 min
19:15 into the first periodJaroslav Spacek · hooking obstruction2 min
2:26 into the second periodAles Kotalik · interference2 min
8:45 into the second periodEric Boulton · hooking2 min
12:45 into the second periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
15:34 into the second periodRhett Warrener · tripping2 min
3:25 into the third periodCurtis Brown · interference goalkeeper2 min
8:25 into the third periodEric Boulton · tripping2 min
10:35 into the third periodSean Pronger · charging2 min
15:34 into the third periodGeoff Sanderson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
15:34 into the third periodJaroslav Spacek · kneeing2 min
18:14 into the third periodChris Gratton · boarding2 min
18:14 into the third periodChris Gratton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:14 into the third periodKevin Dineen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
19:40 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

71Jochen HechtC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	21:58
41Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	38	21:56
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	27:08
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:04
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	100	13:45
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:46
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	38	19:55
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63	06:42
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:13
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:39
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	04:39
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	03:20
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	48	16:42
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	53	15:40
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:31
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	18:42
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:53
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:54

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	26	23	3	.885	59:20

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

44Rostislav KleslaD	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:21
8Geoff SandersonL	0	1	1	−1	4	0	0	2	33	16:46
14Ray WhitneyL	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:46
19Sean ProngerC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	100	11:21
25Andrew CasselsC	1	0	1	−1	6	1	0	0	53	17:05
28Tyler WrightC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	69	15:42
61Rick NashL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:54
23Derrick WalserD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:43
9David VybornyR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	15:27
11Kevin DineenR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	6	–	11:22
16Mike SillingerC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	59	18:54
21Espen KnutsenC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	33	17:47
29Grant MarshallR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	13:48
45Jody ShelleyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	03:08
3Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	4	–	24:49
7Scott LachanceD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:41
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	21:24
34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:04

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG	W	32	30	2	.938	59:58
35Jean-Francois LabbeG		0	0	0	–	00:00