Phoenix Coyotes vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 31–36

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Game summary

The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Thursday, December 4, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Coyotes 36-31.

Goals came from David Tanabe, J-P Dumont, Chris Gratton, Daniel Brière and Branko Radivojevic.

Brian Boucher made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PHX	0	2	1	3	31
BUF	0	1	1	2	36

Scoring

2nd period

David Tanabe (4)Mike Sillinger (4), Shane Doan (15)1–003:55 PHX
J-P Dumont (9)Jochen Hecht (3)1–113:23 BUF
Chris Gratton (5)Branko Radivojevic (4), Brian Savage (4)2–114:38 PHX

3rd period

Daniel Brière (9)Jochen Hecht (4), J-P Dumont (13)2–211:52 BUF · PPG
Branko Radivojevic (6)Paul Mara (13), Shane Doan (16)3–215:57 PHX

Team stats

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31Shots on goal36

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play1/6

46Penalty minutes19

13Hits9

13Blocked shots10

10Giveaways17

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 02:29Daniel Cleary · hooking2 min
1st 07:41Andrei Nazarov · instigator2 min
1st 07:41Andrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
1st 07:41Andrei Nazarov · game misconduct10 min
1st 07:41Andrei Nazarov · instigator misconduct10 min
1st 08:08Jochen Hecht · slashing2 min
1st 08:08Cale Hulse · slashing2 min
1st 12:12Jochen Hecht · tripping2 min
1st 15:28Adam Mair · slashing2 min
1st 15:28Adam Mair · fighting5 min
1st 15:28Matthew Spiller · slashing2 min
1st 15:28Matthew Spiller · fighting5 min
1st 19:29Ossi Vaananen · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 10:11Adam Mair · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:39Curtis Brown · holding2 min
3rd 01:26Dmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
3rd 10:27Matthew Spiller · holding2 min
3rd 14:50J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
3rd 14:50Chris Gratton · roughing2 min

Phoenix Coyotes

Phoenix Coyotes skaters

19Shane DoanR	0	2	2	+2	5	1	1	0	–	22:43
29Branko RadivojevicR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	18:15
16Mike SillingerC	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	68	17:09
49Brian SavageL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100	14:14
77Chris GrattonC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	2	35	14:22
5David TanabeD	1	0	1	+3	2	0	0	0	–	22:02
23Paul MaraD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	0	0	–	24:13
8Daniel ClearyR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	100	09:00
11Daymond LangkowC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	21	22:39
14Jeff TaffeL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	08:21
17Ladislav NagyL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	100	21:43
18Tyson NashL	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	–	11:00
20Fredrik SjostromL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:21
44Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	–	00:36
4Ossi VaananenD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	2	–	17:23
6Matthew SpillerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	–	10:07
15Radoslav SuchyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:01
32Cale HulseD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	2	–	22:20

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sean BurkeG		0	0	0	–	–
33Brian BoucherG	W	36	34	2	.944	59:46

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	2	–	18:13
55Jochen HechtC	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	4	100	16:08
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	67	19:21
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	50	17:37
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	9	20	07:24
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	30	20:15
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:51
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	04:04
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	79	16:06
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:53
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:20
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	20:12
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	17:50
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	19:34
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:15
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	–	26:47
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	2	–	18:09
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	–	17:03

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:58
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–