Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Sunday, February 23, 2003 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–1

Final

SOG 25–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Sunday, February 23, 2003 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 31-25.

Goals came from Maxim Afinogenov, Alexei Zhitnik, Brad Richards, Miroslav Satan and Vaclav Varada.

Martin Biron made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; John Grahame stopped 21 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	0	2	4	25
TBL	0	0	1	1	31

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Afinogenov (1)Unassisted1–003:24 BUF
Alexei Zhitnik (2)Dmitri Kalinin (9), Stu Barnes (20)2–009:25 BUF

3rd period

Brad Richards (13)Martin St. Louis (28), Vinny Prospal (42)2–100:24 TBL · PPG
Miroslav Satan (21)Chris Gratton (27), Brian Campbell (13)3–112:14 BUF · PPG
Vaclav Varada (7)Chris Gratton (28), Alexei Zhitnik (13)4–119:14 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFTBL

25Shots on goal31

60%Faceoff %40%

1/2Power play1/4

19Penalty minutes25

16Hits11

7Blocked shots6

10Giveaways12

6Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 06:35Alexander Svitov · hooking2 min
1st 08:39Adam Mair · roughing2 min
1st 08:39Dan Boyle · roughing2 min
1st 10:05Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
1st 15:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 02:16Dmitri Kalinin · slashing2 min
2nd 19:06Vaclav Varada · fighting5 min
2nd 19:06Martin Biron · goalie leave crease2 min
2nd 19:06Denis Hamel · roughing2 min
2nd 19:06Brad Lukowich · roughing2 min
2nd 19:06Brad Lukowich · game misconduct10 min
2nd 19:06John Grahame · fighting5 min
3rd 11:17Cory Sarich · interference2 min
3rd 16:15Vaclav Varada · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 16:15Dave Andreychuk · roughing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

77Chris GrattonC	0	2	2	+1	2	4	0	0	82	14:41
44Alexei ZhitnikD	1	1	2	+2	3	4	1	2	–	28:21
25Vaclav VaradaR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	7	–	15:58
41Stu BarnesC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	40	17:37
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	10:53
81Miroslav SatanR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:29
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	–	27:29
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:10
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:06
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	12:44
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	25	11:11
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:29
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	100	08:38
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	72	19:42
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	12:13
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:30
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	16:56
21Radoslav HeclD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:58

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

19Brad RichardsC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	21:25
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	-2	1	0	0	0	67	20:04
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	–	21:34
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0	0	39	19:30
7Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	15:12
11Chris DingmanL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:35
15Nikita AlexeevR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:08
16Alexander SvitovC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	40	11:29
17Ruslan FedotenkoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:50
25Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	2	35	16:43
27Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	05:47
33Freddy ModinL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:36
2Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	20:31
21Cory SarichD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	–	21:03
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	2	–	30:12
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	12	–	12:16
38Darren RumbleD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:01
44Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:48

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Nikolai KhabibulinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47John GrahameG	L	24	21	3	.875	58:48