Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2003 · MCI Center

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3–1

Final

SOG 40–22

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at MCI Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 40-22.

Goals came from Peter Bondra, Miroslav Satan, Daniel Brière and Jochen Hecht.

Mika Noronen made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 37 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	3	40
WSH	1	0	0	1	22

Scoring

1st period

Peter Bondra (15)Mike Grier (8), Jason Doig (8)0–107:55 WSH
Miroslav Satan (10)Unassisted1–116:47 BUF

3rd period

Daniel Brière (11)Miroslav Satan (7), Adam Mair (8)2–104:19 BUF
Jochen Hecht (3)Miroslav Satan (8), Daniel Brière (14)3–119:20 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFWSH

40Shots on goal22

35%Faceoff %65%

0/0Power play0/1

4Penalty minutes2

16Hits20

17Blocked shots13

11Giveaways20

3Takeaways10

Penalties

3rd 12:13Rory Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
3rd 12:13Jaromir Jagr · cross checking2 min
3rd 14:40Ales Kotalik · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

81Miroslav SatanR	1	2	3	+3	5	0	2	0	–	19:10
48Daniel BrièreC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	35	16:42
22Adam MairC	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	08:37
55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	+2	6	1	0	0	–	17:36
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	57	18:14
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	–	17:55
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	20	07:55
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	16:21
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	06:03
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:22
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	38	18:07
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:44
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	–	21:10
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	2	–	13:17
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	5	2	1	0	–	26:30
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	–	24:11
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:01
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	2	0	–	23:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG	W	22	21	1	.955	59:47
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	21:03
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100	14:48
3Jason DoigD	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	14:49
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	53	20:25
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	61	18:19
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	11:54
14Kip MillerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:52
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:07
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	12:51
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	74	18:15
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	100	13:55
36Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	04:47
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	20:55
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	16:26
8Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:17
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	-1	2	6	3	0	–	23:21
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:54
55Sergei GoncharD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	30:21

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Maxime OuelletG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	39	37	2	.949	59:36