Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 30-26.
Goals came from Kristian Huselius, Chris Taylor and Daniel Brière.
Mika Noronen made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Kristian Huselius (20)Pavel Trnka (7), Niklas Hagman (14)1–005:31 FLA
Chris Taylor (1)Norman Milley (2), Eric Boulton (4)1–112:05 BUF
2nd period
Daniel Brière (21)Miroslav Satan (43), Jochen Hecht (15)1–219:21 BUF · PPG
Team stats
FLABUF
30Shots on goal26
49%Faceoff %51%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits22
8Blocked shots15
15Giveaways21
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 00:28
Olli Jokinen · hooking2 min - 2nd 10:21
Alexei Zhitnik · delaying game2 min - 2nd 14:13Pavel Trnka · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:58Olli Jokinen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:06Ivan Novoseltsev · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:05Rory Fitzpatrick · holding2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 22Kristian HuseliusL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:39 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:07 |
| 16Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 18Marcus NilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 19Byron RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:47 |
| 21Denis ShvidkiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 26Pierre DagenaisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 39Ivan NovoseltsevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 29Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 34Mathieu BironD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 56Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 56:36 |
| 30Jani HurmeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 02:24 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Chris TaylorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:28 |
| 19Norman MilleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:39 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:36 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 28Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 21Radoslav HeclD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:01 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 29:24 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |