Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2003 · Mellon Arena

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1–2

22–26

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 26–22.

Goals came from Miroslav Satan, Brian Holzinger and Konstantin Koltsov.

Sebastien Caron made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 24 of 26.

Goals
BUF	1	0	0	1	22
PIT	1	0	1	2	26

Scoring

1st period

Miroslav Satan (9)Curtis Brown (8), Alexei Zhitnik (9)1–012:04 BUF
Brian Holzinger (5)Unassisted1–115:06 PIT

3rd period

Konstantin Koltsov (3)Tomas Surovy (1), Martin Strbak (2)1–205:54 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

2226

47%53%

0/10/4

82

1211

1113

53

34

Penalties

4:50 into the first periodDaniel Brière · tripping obstruction2 min
3:41 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
9:03 into the third periodTomas Surovy · slashing2 min
10:36 into the third periodRory Fitzpatrick · tripping2 min
19:36 into the third periodDaniel Brière · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	48	15:59
81Miroslav SatanR	1	0	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	19:00
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	0	–	23:38
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	21	12:56
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	15:12
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55	09:18
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:41
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33	08:32
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	01:32
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	13:43
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	55	19:47
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:23
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:17
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	21:02
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	14:04
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:18
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	–	19:38
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:51

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG	L	26	24	2	.923	59:15
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

15Brian HolzingerC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	57	14:34
43Tomas SurovyL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	100	10:47
71Konstantin KoltsovL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	13:38
6Martin StrbakD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:52
7Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	10:22
8Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	13:49
9Rico FataL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	3	0	46	17:25
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	20:00
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	43	12:40
20Mike EastwoodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	69	10:33
22Matt MurleyL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	10:53
23Steve McKennaL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	05:23
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:58
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	17:16
4Dan FochtD	0	0	0	+2	1	5	1	0	–	19:47
32Dick TarnstromD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:23
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	12:20
55Drake BerehowskyD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	2	0	–	19:14

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	–
31Sebastien CaronG	W	22	21	1	.955	60:00