Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 21, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday, February 21, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Kings outshot the Sabres 41-32.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice and Bryan Smolinski scored twice. Eric Boulton also scored.
Jamie Storr made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (25)Unassisted1–008:56 LAK
Bryan Smolinski (13)Steve Heinze (7), Lubomir Visnovsky (9)2–015:03 LAK
2nd period
Eric Boulton (1)Brian Campbell (12), Chris Gratton (26)2–102:58 BUF- Bryan Smolinski (14)Alex Frolov (12), Eric Belanger (14)3–104:11 LAK
3rd period
- Ziggy Palffy (26)Unassisted4–113:52 LAK · SHG
Team stats
LAKBUF
41Shots on goal32
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes2
18Hits14
14Blocked shots12
10Giveaways18
1Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 10:52
Lubomir Visnovsky · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 07:42Ian Laperriere · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 10:47
Curtis Brown · tripping2 min - 2nd 19:07Lubomir Visnovsky · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:28Jaroslav Modry · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:28Jaroslav Modry · high sticking2 min
Los Angeles Kings
| 21Bryan SmolinskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 16:10 |
| 33Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 16:49 |
| 24Alex FrolovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 09:15 |
| 25Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 17Lubomir VisnovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 27Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 32Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 42Mikko ElorantaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 51Chris SchmidtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:16 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 10Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 22:08 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 44Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 63Brad NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| 35Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Eric BoultonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 12:00 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:22 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:21 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:00 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 21Radoslav HeclD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 26:49 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 41 | 37 | 4 | .902 | 59:55 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |