Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2003 · Xcel Energy Center
Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Sabres 24–17.
Goals came from Miroslav Satan, Jason Wiemer, Chris Drury, Antti Laaksonen and Jim Dowd.
Manny Fernandez made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (8)Dmitri Kalinin (7), Maxim Afinogenov (5)1–008:49 BUF
Jason Wiemer (3)Pierre-Marc Bouchard (9), Richard Park (7)1–114:40 MIN
3rd period
Chris Drury (5)Miroslav Satan (5), Curtis Brown (7)2–101:05 BUF
Antti Laaksonen (6)Wes Walz (6), Alex Henry (1)2–215:00 MIN
Jim Dowd (2)Sergei Zholtok (7), Andrew Brunette (11)2–319:36 MIN
Team stats
BUFMIN
1724
38%62%
0/30/5
1511
53
167
1415
512
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Ales Kotalik · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:13 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · interference2 min
- 11:23 into the first periodChris Taylor · holding2 min
- 11:53 into the first period
Andrei Zyuzin · elbowing2 min - 18:27 into the first periodRichard Park · hooking2 min
- 2:59 into the second periodAndrew Peters · fighting5 min
- 2:59 into the second periodMatt Johnson · fighting5 min
- 12:11 into the second periodHenrik Tallinder · holding the stick2 min
- 12:52 into the second periodRory Fitzpatrick · high sticking2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodJim Dowd · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:23 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 16Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:32 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 24:12 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota Wild
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 18Richard ParkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 24Antti LaaksonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 28Jason WiemerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 33Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:28 |
| 34Jim DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 37Wes WalzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 96Pierre-Marc BouchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 36Alex HenryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 9Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:14 |
| 11Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 12Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:14 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:01 |
| 5Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 17Filip KubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:21 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |