Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Saturday, December 7, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 44-25.
Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Brian Sutherby, Miroslav Satan, Peter Bondra, Jaromir Jagr, Dmitri Kalinin and Adam Mair.
Martin Biron made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sebastien Charpentier stopped 40 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Ales Kotalik (3)Miroslav Satan (12), Brian Campbell (3)0–110:06 BUF
2nd period
Brian Sutherby (2)Jean-Francois Fortin (1), Peter Bondra (9)1–113:00 WSH
Miroslav Satan (9)Henrik Tallinder (3), Curtis Brown (3)1–215:26 BUF · PPG
Peter Bondra (11)Unassisted2–216:35 WSH · SHG
3rd period
Jaromir Jagr (15)Michael Nylander (21)3–202:51 WSH
Dmitri Kalinin (3)Chris Gratton (13), J-P Dumont (6)3–316:49 BUF
Adam Mair (2)Taylor Pyatt (6), James Patrick (6)3–417:57 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
25Shots on goal44
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
0Hits2
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 07:11
Henrik Tallinder · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:56
Jeff Halpern · cross checking2 min - 2nd 03:29Peter Bondra · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:32Rory Fitzpatrick · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:43Jean-Francois Fortin · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:39Kip Miller · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:59Sergei Gonchar · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 46Brian SutherbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 58Jean-Francois FortinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:17 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 14Kip MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 06:37 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 21Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:30 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 27Ivan CiernikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 36Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:36 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:44 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:59 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 28:10 |
| 54Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 27:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Sebastien CharpentierG | L | 44 | 40 | 4 | .909 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:35 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:01 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:02 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:41 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 17:17 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 60:00 |