New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, February 15, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Saturday, February 15, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 52-32.
Goals came from Darius Kasparaitis, Chris Gratton, Rory Fitzpatrick, Adam Mair, Miroslav Satan, Petr Nedved, Vladimir Malakhov, Curtis Brown and Matthew Barnaby.
Martin Biron made 48 saves on 52 shots for the win; Dan Blackburn stopped 21 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Darius Kasparaitis (3)Ronald Petrovicky (7), Petr Nedved (21)1–005:22 NYR
Chris Gratton (15)Miroslav Satan (28), Taylor Pyatt (9)1–107:17 BUF
Rory Fitzpatrick (1)Ales Kotalik (9), Brian Campbell (9)1–208:37 BUF
Adam Mair (5)Brian Campbell (10), Ales Kotalik (10)1–318:20 BUF
2nd period
Miroslav Satan (19)Unassisted1–401:15 BUF · SHG
Petr Nedved (21)Darius Kasparaitis (10), Eric Lindros (25)2–408:00 NYR
Vladimir Malakhov (3)Radek Dvorak (15), Sandy McCarthy (7)3–414:37 NYR
3rd period
Curtis Brown (10)Unassisted3–501:29 BUF · SHG
Matthew Barnaby (12)Mark Messier (17), Jamie Lundmark (5)4–510:40 NYR
Team stats
NYRBUF
52Shots on goal32
42%Faceoff %58%
0/6Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes14
12Hits8
4Blocked shots4
9Giveaways7
2Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 01:14
Eric Lindros · interference2 min - 1st 09:15
Ales Kotalik · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 09:15Radek Dvorak · diving2 min
- 1st 09:59Chris Gratton · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:40Dmitri Kalinin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:58Alexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:18Sandy McCarthy · slashing2 min
- 2nd 19:56Adam Mair · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:41Ales Kotalik · roughing2 min
- 3rd 05:20J-P Dumont · boarding2 min
- 3rd 14:41Vladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:46Matthew Barnaby · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:40 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 04:58 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 26Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 17:00 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:28 |
| 38Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:35 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:38 |
| 8Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 13:51 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 39Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:33 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 26:36 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 24:28 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 13:18 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 10 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 22:10 | |
| 31Dan BlackburnG | L | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 37:15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:17 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 22Adam MairC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:59 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:55 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 04:47 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:20 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 30:11 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:05 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 52 | 48 | 4 | .923 | 60:00 |