Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 2002 · First Union Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Saturday, December 14, 2002 at First Union Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 33-15.
Goals came from Donald Brashear and Eric Desjardins.
Robert Esche made 15 saves on 15 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Donald Brashear (2)Michal Handzus (3), Chris Therien (2)0–115:18 PHI
3rd period
Eric Desjardins (3)Mark Recchi (10), Eric Weinrich (8)0–214:05 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
15Shots on goal33
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play0/3
10Penalty minutes6
1Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 14:07
Donald Brashear · holding2 min - 2nd 02:59
Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min - 3rd 02:50Eric Boulton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 02:50Todd Fedoruk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 03:19Henrik Tallinder · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:53Henrik Tallinder · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:03Brian Campbell · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:03Mark Recchi · elbowing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 19Norman MilleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:26 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:01 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 27:00 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:04 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 59:04 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:42 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:47 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 20Radovan SomikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:04 |
| 27Andre SavageC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:44 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 39Marty MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 55Pavel BrendlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:41 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:40 |
| 28Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:51 |
| 36Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Roman CechmanekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |