Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, February 8, 2003 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

BuffaloSabresAway

1–3

Final

SOG 29–28

NY IslandersIslandersHome

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, February 8, 2003 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 29-28.

Goals came from Tim Connolly, Arron Asham, Oleg Kvasha and Shawn Bates.

Garth Snow made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 25 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	29
NYI	0	0	3	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Tim Connolly (6)James Patrick (10)1–003:45 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Arron Asham (8)Mark Parrish (15), Adrian Aucoin (20)1–101:35 NYI
Oleg Kvasha (8)Alexei Yashin (30), Shawn Bates (21)1–208:42 NYI
Shawn Bates (9)Unassisted1–319:51 NYI · SHG · EN

Team stats

BUFNYI

29Shots on goal28

40%Faceoff %60%

1/4Power play0/4

13Penalty minutes13

1Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 02:57Roman Hamrlik · hooking2 min
1st 04:25Eric Boulton · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 13:28Henrik Tallinder · holding the stick2 min
2nd 01:38Shawn Bates · tripping2 min
2nd 03:39Adrian Aucoin · slashing2 min
2nd 12:27Henrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
3rd 16:55Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
3rd 17:46Rhett Warrener · fighting5 min
3rd 17:46Arron Asham · fighting5 min
3rd 18:47Mark Parrish · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

18Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	-1	6	0	0	58	18:52
3James PatrickD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	–	21:26
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:36
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:19
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	–	10:45
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	–	13:15
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	–	06:09
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	25	13:33
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	42	15:03
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:17
71Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	16:27
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	46	13:19
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	–	17:48
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	13:32
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	14:38
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	–	23:32
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	–	20:10
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	–	19:53

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	L	27	25	2	.926	59:15
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

17Shawn BatesC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	60	19:54
12Oleg KvashaC	1	0	1	+1	6	0	–	15:29
37Mark ParrishR	0	1	1	+1	4	2	–	18:35
45Arron AshamR	1	0	1	+1	2	5	–	14:33
79Alexei YashinC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	38	19:42
3Adrian AucoinD	0	1	1	+2	3	2	–	23:04
11Mattias WeinhandlR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:21
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	08:21
27Michael PecaC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	53	22:08
28Jason WiemerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:33
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	85	10:49
49Eric GodardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:04
55Jason BlakeL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:56
2Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	12:29
4Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	22:41
24Radek MartinekD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:44
29Kenny JonssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	24:32
44Sven ButenschonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	11:54

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Garth SnowG	W	29	28	1	.966	59:58
39Rick DiPietroG		0	0	0	–	00:00