San Jose Sharks vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 2003 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 6–4 on Saturday, March 8, 2003 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Sharks 31–20.
Niko Dimitrakos scored twice and Ladislav Nagy scored twice. Mike Ricci, Jonathan Cheechoo, Shane Doan, Branko Radivojevic, Brian Savage and Ossi Vaananen also scored.
Sean Burke made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 25 of 30.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SJS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
 PHX | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 31 |
Scoring
1st period
Niko Dimitrakos (3)Jim Fahey (12), Scott Hannan (17)1–010:43 SJS · 
Mike Ricci (11)Jim Fahey (13), Teemu Selanne (31)2–013:33 SJS · 
Jonathan Cheechoo (9)Adam Graves (6)3–016:07 SJS
2nd period
Ladislav Nagy (16)Shane Doan (26), Todd Simpson (5)3–106:45 PHX
Shane Doan (19)Teppo Numminen (21), Daniel Brière (29)3–217:51 PHX · 
Branko Radivojevic (9)Brian Savage (10), Shane Doan (27)3–319:05 PHX
Brian Savage (4)Shane Doan (28), Branko Radivojevic (11)3–419:34 PHX
3rd period
- Ladislav Nagy (17)Mike Johnson (36), Daymond Langkow (26)3–503:21 PHX
- Niko Dimitrakos (4)Vincent Damphousse (33), Jim Fahey (14)4–518:43 SJS ·
Ossi Vaananen (2)Unassisted4–619:37 PHX ·
Team stats
SJSPHX
2031
44%56%
3/51/5
1721
2320
167
57
46
Penalties
- 3:39 into the first periodChad Wiseman · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:20 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · attempt to injure10 min
- 16:14 into the first periodBrad May · fighting5 min
- 16:14 into the first periodTodd Harvey · fighting5 min
- 16:44 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · tripping2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodTeemu Selanne · interference2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodOssi Vaananen · roughing2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodJim Fahey · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodDrake Berehowsky · delaying game2 min
- 16:58 into the second periodKyle McLaren · roughing2 min
- 14:49 into the third periodMark Smith · holding the stick2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodOssi Vaananen · cross checking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 21Jim FaheyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 23Niko DimitrakosR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 16:10 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:13 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 28:19 |
| 10Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:49 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 49Chad WisemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 2Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:39 |
| 4Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 19Shane DoanR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 22:15 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 29Branko RadivojevicR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:32 |
| 12Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:55 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 18Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:09 |
| 32Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:02 |
| 44Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 5Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:05 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 28:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 33Brian BoucherG | 0 | 0 | – |