Dallas Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 28, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 5–3 on Friday, February 28, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Stars outshot the Sabres 34–20.
Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Brian Campbell, Philippe Boucher, Stu Barnes, Jere Lehtinen, Derian Hatcher, Curtis Brown and Jason Botterill.
Martin Biron made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Ales Kotalik (15)Miroslav Satan (31), Alexei Zhitnik (14)0–104:42 BUF
Brian Campbell (1)Miroslav Satan (32), Jason Botterill (1)0–205:33 BUF
Philippe Boucher (5)Mike Modano (44), Scott Young (16)1–209:24 DAL
2nd period
Stu Barnes (10)Rhett Warrener (4), Miroslav Satan (33)1–312:17 BUF · 
Jere Lehtinen (26)Niko Kapanen (24), Steve Ott (2)2–317:48 DAL
Derian Hatcher (6)Mike Modano (45), Philippe Boucher (17)3–319:09 DAL ·
3rd period
Curtis Brown (13)Ales Kotalik (12), Dmitri Kalinin (11)3–407:38 BUF
Jason Botterill (1)J-P Dumont (15), Stu Barnes (21)3–518:31 BUF ·
Team stats
DALBUF
3420
44%56%
1/51/4
1012
1214
710
212
22
Penalties
- 5:59 into the first period
Darryl Sydor · boarding2 min - 12:37 into the first period
Tim Connolly · hooking2 min - 16:03 into the first periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
- 18:54 into the first periodChris Gratton · slashing2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodAdam Mair · holding2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodAaron Downey · roughing2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodSteve Ott · kneeing2 min
- 18:28 into the second periodAles Kotalik · interference2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 17:53 into the third periodMike Modano · tripping2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 18:33 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17:07 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:59 |
| 39Niko KapanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:56 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 25:00 |
| 11Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:28 |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 47Aaron DowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:31 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 3John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:57 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 17Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | 23:17 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 28Jason BotterillL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 28:10 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:39 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:28 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 21Radoslav HeclD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |