Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 2004 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 29-23.
Goals came from Cliff Ronning, Kenny Jonsson, Chris Taylor, Dave Scatchard, Janne Niinimaa and James Patrick.
Rick DiPietro made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Cliff Ronning (1)Adrian Aucoin (24), Mattias Weinhandl (3)0–103:45 NYI · PPG
Kenny Jonsson (4)Oleg Kvasha (20), Adrian Aucoin (25)0–205:27 NYI · PPG
Chris Taylor (5)Alexei Zhitnik (16)1–212:29 BUF
2nd period
Dave Scatchard (6)Arron Asham (8), Kenny Jonsson (8)1–303:28 NYI
Janne Niinimaa (4)Arron Asham (9), Roman Hamrlik (13)1–409:09 NYI · PPG
3rd period
James Patrick (3)Adam Mair (11)2–415:01 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
29Shots on goal23
51%Faceoff %49%
0/5Power play3/6
17Penalty minutes15
11Hits13
8Blocked shots15
5Giveaways11
6Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 02:20
Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min - 1st 03:00Alexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 1st 03:00Alexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 1st 06:44Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 1st 06:44
Eric Godard · fighting5 min - 1st 13:39Mattias Weinhandl · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:05Eric Cairns · boarding2 min
- 2nd 05:06Radek Martinek · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 05:56Curtis Brown · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 07:51Adam Mair · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 09:31Michael Peca · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:18Alexei Zhitnik · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 16:53Rick DiPietro · delaying game2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Chris TaylorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 07:11 |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:28 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:35 |
| 28Jason BotterillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:20 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:19 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 58:36 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Islanders
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26:44 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 11Mattias WeinhandlR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:04 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:05 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:17 |
| 26Justin PapineauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 49Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:26 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:53 |