Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, November 19, 2002 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 34–25.
Goals came from Curtis Brown, Chris Gratton, Oleg Tverdovsky, John Madden, Jeff Friesen, J-P Dumont and Scott Niedermayer.
Martin Brodeur made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Curtis Brown (1)Miroslav Satan (6), Alexei Zhitnik (4)1–009:43 BUF ·
2nd period
Chris Gratton (8)Miroslav Satan (7)2–012:51 BUF ·
3rd period
Oleg Tverdovsky (1)Scott Niedermayer (6), Sergei Brylin (3)2–102:52 NJD · 
John Madden (6)Jeff Friesen (6)2–209:35 NJD
Jeff Friesen (3)Craig Darby (1), Scott Gomez (9)2–310:41 NJD
J-P Dumont (4)Stu Barnes (4), Brian Campbell (1)3–314:50 BUF
Overtime
Scott Niedermayer (1)Brian Rafalski (8), Joe Nieuwendyk (4)3–401:23 NJD
Team stats
BUFNJD
3425
51%49%
2/71/2
1020
04
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:06 into the first period
Scott Niedermayer · tripping2 min - 8:06 into the first periodColin White · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the first periodScott Niedermayer · cross checking2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodMartin Brodeur · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second period
Jochen Hecht · roughing2 min - 11:44 into the second periodJohn Madden · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodJohn Madden · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodRhett Warrener · cross checking2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodJ-P Dumont · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodOleg Tverdovsky · hooking2 min
- 7:28 into the third periodJohn Madden · holding the stick2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodTim Connolly · cross checking2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodAdam Mair · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodMichael Danton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 22:50 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 14:32 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 24:15 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:52 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:22 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 9Craig DarbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 11John MaddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:57 |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 14Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 17Christian BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 22Michael DantonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 24Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |