Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, November 12, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 37-20.
Joe Thornton scored twice and Chris Gratton scored twice. J-P Dumont, Marty Mcinnis and P.J. Axelsson also scored.
Steve Shields made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (7)Hal Gill (5)1–000:21 BOS
J-P Dumont (3)Adam Mair (1)1–113:53 BUF
2nd period
Marty Mcinnis (3)Jozef Stumpel (9), Michal Grosek (5)2–103:30 BOS- Joe Thornton (8)Mike Knuble (8), Glen Murray (10)3–107:30 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (4)Michal Grosek (6), Bryan Berard (4)4–108:38 BOS
3rd period
Chris Gratton (5)J-P Dumont (4), Tim Connolly (4)4–217:26 BUF · PPG- Chris Gratton (6)Jochen Hecht (7), Taylor Pyatt (4)4–319:28 BUF
Team stats
BOSBUF
20Shots on goal37
42%Faceoff %58%
0/6Power play1/9
53Penalty minutes24
1Hits2
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:53
Jonathan Girard · cross checking2 min - 1st 05:00
Bench · delaying game bench2 min - 1st 07:40Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 1st 07:40Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:02Jonathan Girard · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:11Stu Barnes · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:45Bryan Berard · hooking2 min
- 2nd 04:35Brantt Myhres · interference2 min
- 2nd 09:30Brantt Myhres · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 09:30Rhett Warrener · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 11:29Brian Rolston · tripping2 min
- 2nd 13:11Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 02:59Glen Murray · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:17James Patrick · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:44P.J. Stock · hooking2 min
- 3rd 12:23Brantt Myhres · instigator2 min
- 3rd 12:23Brantt Myhres · fighting5 min
- 3rd 12:23Brantt Myhres · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 12:23Brantt Myhres · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 12:23P.J. Stock · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 12:23Eric Boulton · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:08 |
| 22Michal GrosekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:39 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 55Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:23 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 60:00 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:35 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:02 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 17:59 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:27 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:27 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:58 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:34 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 28:38 |
| 43Martin BironG | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30:29 |