Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, March 28, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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27–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Friday, March 28, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Canadiens 31–27.

Taylor Pyatt scored a hat trick. Jochen Hecht and Yanic Perreault also scored.

Martin Biron made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mathieu Garon stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
MTL	0	0	1	1	27
BUF	1	3	0	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Taylor Pyatt (11)Daniel Brière (30), Alexei Zhitnik (16)0–101:00 BUF

2nd period

Jochen Hecht (10)J-P Dumont (18), Daniel Brière (31)0–200:30 BUF
Taylor Pyatt (12)Alexei Zhitnik (17), Miroslav Satan (44)0–310:43 BUF ·
Taylor Pyatt (13)Miroslav Satan (45)0–412:16 BUF

3rd period

Yanic Perreault (22)Andreas Dackell (16), Patrice Brisebois (25)1–408:07 MTL

Team stats

MTLBUF

2731

58%42%

0/21/4

84

1118

1411

129

26

Penalties

10:17 into the first periodAdam Mair · cross checking2 min
9:20 into the second periodAndreas Dackell · holding2 min
18:57 into the second periodCurtis Brown · holding the stick2 min
3:23 into the third periodStephane Quintal · slashing2 min
10:11 into the third periodMarcel Hossa · diving2 min
17:41 into the third periodPatrick Traverse · high sticking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

24Andreas DackellR	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	15:05
94Yanic PerreaultC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	80	13:29
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	21:26
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	52	17:42
20Richard ZednikR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:37
21Randy MckayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:10
25Chad KilgerL	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	54	13:11
37Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:04
38Jan BulisC	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	50	15:56
71Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	57	15:22
81Marcel HossaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	16:27
82Donald AudetteR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	16:55
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	17:47
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	–	17:37
28Karl DykhuisD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	08:19
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−3	2	0	1	0	–	20:19
54Patrick TraverseD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	20:09
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	2	0	–	21:58

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Mathieu GaronG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:39
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

24Taylor PyattL	3	0	3	+1	4	1	1	0	–	16:57
48Daniel BrièreC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	55	17:24
81Miroslav SatanR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	20:37
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	23:44
17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	15:53
71Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	17:05
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	45	15:48
19Norman MilleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:27
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	44	12:30
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	12:19
28Jason BotterillL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:30
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	15	13:45
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:25
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	0	–	20:19
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	20:49
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	18:04
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	21:11
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	14:30

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	27	26	1	.963	59:43