Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 7, 2003 · First Union Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at First Union Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 24–23.
Ales Kotalik scored twice. Keith Primeau, Jeremy Roenick and Justin Williams also scored.
Robert Esche made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Ales Kotalik (9)Jay McKee (4)1–019:45 BUF
2nd period
Ales Kotalik (10)Miroslav Satan (19), Chris Gratton (21)2–011:04 BUF ·
Keith Primeau (11)Kim Johnsson (16), Mark Recchi (14)2–112:42 PHI ·
Jeremy Roenick (13)Justin Williams (15), Mark Recchi (15)2–219:33 PHI
3rd period
Justin Williams (8)Simon Gagne (14), Jeremy Roenick (14)2–309:12 PHI
Team stats
BUFPHI
2324
34%66%
1/21/2
1111
03
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:00 into the first period
Chris McAllister · tripping2 min
- 7:08 into the second period
Chris Gratton · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the second period
Donald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 12:10 into the second period
Rob Ray · roughing2 min
- 12:10 into the second period
Todd Fedoruk · roughing2 min
- 12:33 into the second period
Curtis Brown · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:24 into the second period
Rob Ray · fighting5 min
- 14:24 into the second period
Todd Fedoruk · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ales KotalikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:59 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:07 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:49 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:09 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:42 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| 25Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 5Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:16 |
| 18Tomi KallioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 20Radovan SomikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 24Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 29Todd FedorukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:46 |
| 39Marty MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:00 |
| 55Pavel BrendlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:04 |
| 23Jim VandermeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 36Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Roman CechmanekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |