Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, December 6, 2002 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Friday, December 6, 2002 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 33-26.
Miroslav Satan scored a hat trick. Eric Lindros and Dmitri Kalinin also scored.
Martin Biron made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (8)Vladimir Malakhov (7), Darius Kasparaitis (6)0–117:00 NYR · PPG
Miroslav Satan (6)Brian Campbell (2), Chris Gratton (12)1–119:38 BUF · PPG
2nd period
- Miroslav Satan (7)Jay McKee (3)2–109:30 BUF
Dmitri Kalinin (2)Vaclav Varada (4), Jochen Hecht (9)3–110:28 BUF
3rd period
- Miroslav Satan (8)Jochen Hecht (10)4–118:21 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFNYR
26Shots on goal33
45%Faceoff %55%
1/7Power play1/5
14Penalty minutes28
1Hits4
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 08:04
Darius Kasparaitis · high sticking2 min - 1st 09:17
James Patrick · tripping2 min - 1st 14:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 14:20Rob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 17:54Bobby Holik · hooking2 min
- 1st 18:55Ronald Petrovicky · cross checking2 min
- 1st 19:20J-P Dumont · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:20Tom Poti · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:07Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:05Tom Poti · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:52Eric Lindros · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:40Curtis Brown · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:22Adam Mair · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 15:52Martin Biron · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 15:52Bobby Holik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 19:03Dale Purinton · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:03Dale Purinton · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 19:51 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:20 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:47 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:32 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 59:57 |
New York Rangers
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:06 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 25:34 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 9Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:09 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:38 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:37 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 27Rico FataL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:31 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:02 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:36 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 57:34 |
| 34Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |