Minnesota Wild vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 2002 · HSBC Arena

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4–3

29–40

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Saturday, December 28, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Wild 40–29.

Goals came from Miroslav Satan, Marian Gaborik, Filip Kuba, Jim Dowd, Ales Kotalik, Antti Laaksonen and Stu Barnes.

Manny Fernandez made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
MIN	1	1	2	4	29
BUF	1	0	2	3	40

Scoring

1st period

Miroslav Satan (12)Curtis Brown (7), Alexei Zhitnik (7)0–102:57 BUF ·
Marian Gaborik (23)Jeremy Stevenson (1), Andrei Zyuzin (4)1–103:24 MIN

2nd period

Filip Kuba (3)Jim Dowd (9), Marian Gaborik (13)2–115:23 MIN ·

3rd period

Jim Dowd (3)Andrew Brunette (12), Marian Gaborik (14)3–111:50 MIN
Ales Kotalik (6)Miroslav Satan (16), Chris Gratton (19)3–218:29 BUF
Antti Laaksonen (8)Brad Bombardir (10)4–218:46 MIN ·
Stu Barnes (7)Chris Gratton (20), Brian Campbell (6)4–319:04 BUF

Team stats

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2940

36%64%

1/51/4

810

22

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Penalties

2:25 into the first periodMatt Johnson · elbowing2 min
6:58 into the first periodAdam Mair · elbowing2 min
16:42 into the first periodVaclav Varada · tripping2 min
17:16 into the first periodSergei Zholtok · holding2 min
5:15 into the second periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
9:04 into the second periodCliff Ronning · tripping2 min
14:24 into the second periodDmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min
2:42 into the third periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
8:51 into the third periodWes Walz · tripping2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

10Marian GaborikR	1	2	3	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:55
34Jim DowdC	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	32	16:35
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	50	14:41
24Antti LaaksonenL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:01
28Jeremy StevensonL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:33
5Brad BombardirD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	22:27
17Filip KubaD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	24:27
20Andrei ZyuzinD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	21:49
7Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	40	17:47
11Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	15:49
12Matt JohnsonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	09:26
18Richard ParkR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:23
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:05
33Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	36	19:19
37Wes WalzC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	27	09:42
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:40
55Nick SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:12
77Lubomir SekerasD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	17:17

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Manny FernandezG	W	40	37	3	.925	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

77Chris GrattonC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	2	74	16:27
81Miroslav SatanR	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	–	23:18
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	50	17:43
37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	67	17:03
41Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	67	20:03
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:12
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	0	–	20:05
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:49
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	08:21
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	2	57	12:59
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	13:24
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	2	–	17:17
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	03:51
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:46
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:25
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	–	21:11
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	21:03
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	18:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:53