New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 2003 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Friday, December 12, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 34–20.
Goals came from Alex Kovalev, Curtis Brown, Anson Carter and Petr Nedved.
Jussi Markkanen made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Kovalev (5)Eric Lindros (9), Martin Rucinsky (13)1–005:12 NYR
Curtis Brown (4)Brian Campbell (2), Chris Drury (14)1–117:48 BUF ·
2nd period
Anson Carter (8)Bobby Holik (11), Tom Poti (5)2–119:50 NYR ·
3rd period
Petr Nedved (6)Anson Carter (3), Jan Hlavac (8)3–108:05 NYR
Team stats
NYRBUF
3420
47%53%
1/41/5
2812
1412
410
1311
01
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Eric Lindros · high sticking2 min - 13:24 into the first period
Adam Mair · holding2 min - 16:10 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
- 13:54 into the second periodAdam Mair · hooking2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodChris Drury · high sticking2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodBobby Holik · tripping2 min
- 9:03 into the third periodAdam Mair · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the third periodAdam Mair · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the third periodBoris Mironov · game misconduct10 min
- 17:19 into the third periodBoris Mironov · attempt to injure10 min
- 18:00 into the third periodJochen Hecht · holding2 min
- 19:01 into the third periodBobby Holik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 22Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:22 |
| 37Jan HlavacL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:48 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:46 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 43Jason MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:26 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:43 |
| 4Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 6Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21:09 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 16Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:06 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:24 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |