Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2002 · Centre Bell
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at Centre Bell. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 38-16.
Doug Gilmour scored twice. Yanic Perreault, Saku Koivu, Richard Zednik, Adam Mair, Chad Kilger and Miroslav Satan also scored.
Jose Theodore made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 6 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Yanic Perreault (17)Patrick Traverse (5), Randy Mckay (8)0–103:21 MTL
Doug Gilmour (7)Mariusz Czerkawski (8), Yanic Perreault (13)0–210:25 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Saku Koivu (11)Craig Rivet (7)0–303:43 MTL · PPG- Doug Gilmour (8)Yanic Perreault (14), Randy Mckay (9)0–406:43 MTL
Richard Zednik (16)Saku Koivu (18)0–516:02 MTL
Adam Mair (3)Brian Campbell (4)1–516:46 BUF
3rd period
Chad Kilger (5)Saku Koivu (19), Richard Zednik (11)1–606:29 MTL
Miroslav Satan (11)Alexei Zhitnik (6), Henrik Tallinder (5)2–618:02 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BUFMTL
38Shots on goal16
51%Faceoff %49%
1/7Power play2/8
18Penalty minutes16
1Hits3
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:21
Martin Biron · high sticking2 min - 1st 03:45
Jan Bulis · hooking2 min - 1st 04:50Miroslav Satan · slashing2 min
- 1st 09:50Norman Milley · holding2 min
- 1st 13:44Karl Dykhuis · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 02:37Dmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 07:11Saku Koivu · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 01:05Richard Zednik · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 02:23Craig Rivet · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 03:03Chris Gratton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:11Miroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:41Bench · abusive language2 min
- 3rd 09:41Norman Milley · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 14:30Radoslav Hecl · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:30Sylvain Blouin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:30Sylvain Blouin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:29Patrice Brisebois · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 15:41 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 27:20 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:02 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 13:55 |
| 19Norman MilleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 11:27 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:27 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 17:44 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 21Radoslav HeclD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 39:34 |
| 43Martin BironG | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 20:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:25 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 27Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 54Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:28 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 26Sylvain BlouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:11 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 71Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 82Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 60:00 |