New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 19, 2003 · HSBC Arena

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5–2

18–33

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Friday, December 19, 2003 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 33–18.

Brian Gionta scored twice. Ales Kotalik, Jeff Friesen, Adam Mair, John Madden and Sergei Brylin also scored.

Martin Brodeur made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 13 of 18.

Goals
NJD	0	2	3	5	18
BUF	0	1	1	2	33

Scoring

2nd period

Brian Gionta (6)John Madden (10), Colin White (5)1–005:27 NJD
Ales Kotalik (8)Unassisted1–111:05 BUF
Jeff Friesen (6)Paul Martin (5), Scott Niedermayer (10)2–118:45 NJD ·

3rd period

Brian Gionta (7)Scott Gomez (13), Jay Pandolfo (6)3–104:57 NJD
Adam Mair (2)Chris Taylor (4), Eric Boulton (1)3–205:47 BUF
John Madden (6)Brian Gionta (3)4–208:06 NJD
Sergei Brylin (5)Scott Gomez (14), Igor Larionov (9)5–214:16 NJD ·

Team stats

NJDBUF

1833

51%49%

2/50/4

810

1219

1219

917

14

Penalties

16:56 into the first periodJay McKee · high sticking2 min
19:37 into the first periodJohn Madden · holding2 min
2:29 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
17:50 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
0:46 into the third periodBrian Gionta · high sticking2 min
0:46 into the third periodBrian Gionta · high sticking2 min
12:32 into the third periodAdam Mair · interference2 min
17:56 into the third periodColin White · cross checking2 min
19:54 into the third periodCurtis Brown · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

14Brian GiontaR	2	1	3	+3	3	0	0	4	100	14:02
11John MaddenC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	1	2	50	14:22
23Scott GomezC	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	64	14:41
8Igor LarionovC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	58	11:51
12Jeff FriesenL	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	17:55
18Sergei BrylinL	1	0	1	−1	1	2	0	0	–	18:47
20Jay PandolfoL	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	50	17:03
5Colin WhiteD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	2	–	16:40
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:24
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	25:39
9Jiri BicekR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	11:30
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	39	15:15
16Mike RuppL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	13:44
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	22:41
32Rob SkrlacL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	24:05
6Tommy AlbelinD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	12:54
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	21:26

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00
35Corey SchwabG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:55
16Chris TaylorC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	50	11:43
22Adam MairC	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	2	–	09:44
26Eric BoultonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	06:52
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	27	13:40
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−1	3	2	1	0	100	18:45
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−2	2	3	1	0	–	16:44
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	55	17:28
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	−2	3	1	1	0	58	17:26
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	17:16
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	4	–	13:20
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	19:21
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	–	17:47
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	2	0	–	18:28
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	3	0	–	23:04
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	22:34
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	18:54
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	17:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	L	18	13	5	.722	59:49