Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 20, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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3–0

31–30

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–0 on Friday, December 20, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 31–30.

Goals came from Jaroslav Bednar, Ryan Johnson and Viktor Kozlov.

Roberto Luongo made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 28 of 30.

Goals
FLA	2	0	1	3	31
BUF	0	0	0	0	30

Scoring

1st period

Jaroslav Bednar (3)Sandis Ozolinsh (15), Kristian Huselius (8)1–010:21 FLA ·
Ryan Johnson (2)Niklas Hagman (6)2–014:45 FLA

3rd period

Viktor Kozlov (6)Jaroslav Bednar (13)3–019:46 FLA ·

Team stats

FLABUF

3130

45%55%

1/50/3

1115

14

00

00

00

Penalties

2:41 into the first periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
2:41 into the first periodPeter Worrell · fighting5 min
3:12 into the first periodOlli Jokinen · hooking2 min
9:23 into the first periodVaclav Varada · roughing2 min
9:23 into the first periodJ-P Dumont · elbowing2 min
17:22 into the first periodOlli Jokinen · roughing2 min
9:05 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
11:51 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · roughing2 min
15:21 into the second periodAles Kotalik · closing hand on puck2 min
10:20 into the third periodLance Ward · holding2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

27Jaroslav BednarC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:29
14Niklas HagmanL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	13:53
17Ryan JohnsonC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	50	12:01
22Kristian HuseliusL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:21
25Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	53	24:19
44Sandis OzolinshD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	25:40
8Peter WorrellL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	11:33
9Stephen WeissC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	39	16:40
12Olli JokinenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	33	08:29
18Marcus NilsonL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	47	13:45
23Juraj KolnikR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	13:53
39Ivan NovoseltsevR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:39
49Lance WardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:57
4Jay BouwmeesterD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:14
5Branislav MezeiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:52
6Andreas LiljaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:42
55Igor UlanovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:33
56Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:30

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
1Roberto LuongoG	W	30	30	0	1.000	60:00
30Jani HurmeG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−2	6	1	0	2	–	17:10
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	–	17:21
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	70	18:34
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	78	06:51
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:58
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	19:19
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	02:55
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	03:27
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	55	17:28
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	44	18:12
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	48	18:53
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	21:05
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:39
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	17:13
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	28:08
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	21:36
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	15:08
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:09

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	30	28	2	.933	58:40