Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday, December 26, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Senators outshot the Sabres 23-22.
Goals came from Henrik Tallinder, J-P Dumont, Magnus Arvedson, Todd White and Daniel Alfredsson.
Martin Prusek made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Henrik Tallinder (2)Curtis Brown (6), Miroslav Satan (15)0–108:43 BUF
J-P Dumont (8)Chris Gratton (18)0–213:39 BUF · PPG
Magnus Arvedson (6)Daniel Alfredsson (23), Todd White (17)1–215:26 OTT
Todd White (12)Daniel Alfredsson (24), Martin Havlat (18)2–218:19 OTT
2nd period
Daniel Alfredsson (12)Magnus Arvedson (8), Karel Rachunek (9)3–203:16 OTT
Team stats
OTTBUF
23Shots on goal22
51%Faceoff %49%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
1Hits3
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:14
Shane Hnidy · hooking2 min - 1st 09:35Anton Volchenkov · elbowing2 min
- 1st 13:10Shane Hnidy · holding2 min
- 1st 15:45Chris Neil · interference2 min
- 2nd 08:12
Jay McKee · holding2 min - 2nd 13:34Tim Connolly · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:46Martin Havlat · high sticking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:36 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 15Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 16Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 21Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:18 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:43 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin PrusekG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:59 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:58 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:41 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:42 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:19 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:41 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:09 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:50 |