Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 2003 · United Center

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3–2

Final

SOG 28–24

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at United Center. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 28-24.

Goals came from Daniel Brière, Bryan Berard, Dmitri Kalinin, Maxim Afinogenov and Brett McLean.

Mika Noronen made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Michael Leighton stopped 25 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	2	3	28
CHI	0	1	1	2	24

Scoring

2nd period

Daniel Brière (8)J-P Dumont (12)1–010:53 BUF
Bryan Berard (3)Mikhail Yakubov (1), Steve Sullivan (10)1–112:59 CHI

3rd period

Dmitri Kalinin (4)Ales Kotalik (3), Taylor Pyatt (6)2–101:29 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (5)Daniel Brière (13), Dmitri Kalinin (5)3–112:13 BUF
Brett McLean (6)Scott Nichol (3), Nathan Dempsey (6)3–218:01 CHI

Team stats

BUFCHI

28Shots on goal24

40%Faceoff %60%

0/3Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

12Hits18

10Blocked shots9

2Giveaways5

1Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 08:56Brian Campbell · cross checking2 min
2nd 03:56Adam Mair · slashing2 min
2nd 15:37Ville Nieminen · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:35Stephane Robidas · holding2 min
3rd 07:10Henrik Tallinder · slashing2 min
3rd 09:52Stephane Robidas · tripping2 min
3rd 15:20Curtis Brown · interference2 min

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

48Daniel BrièreC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	29	17:44
45Dmitri KalininD	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	21:58
12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	3	4	1	0	–	14:05
17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:40
24Taylor PyattL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:59
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:10
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	67	07:45
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	08:17
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	60	19:28
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	05:57
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	32	18:25
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	–	18:56
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:54
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	4	0	–	21:07
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	20:45
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	14:31
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	–	25:00
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	14:23

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

12Scott NicholC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	61	15:35
26Steve SullivanL	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	25	19:10
36Mikhail YakubovC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	73	13:29
53Brett McLeanC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	64	16:27
3Bryan BerardD	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	–	22:55
43Nathan DempseyD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	24:20
15Tuomo RuutuL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:30
19Kyle CalderL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:46
20Ville NieminenL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	2	–	11:41
22Igor KorolevC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	60	10:28
28Mark BellC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	16:47
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	50	19:46
50Igor RadulovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:56
59Travis MoenL	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	14:31
2Deron QuintD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	12:12
8Steve PoapstD	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	–	23:32
17Stephane RobidasD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	20:51
34Jason StrudwickD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:50

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	–
49Michael LeightonG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:19