Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, January 30, 2004 · Madison Square Garden

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3–1

Final

SOG 35–34

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Friday, January 30, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 35-34.

Goals came from Daniel Brière, Chris Drury, Dale Purinton and Ales Kotalik.

Martin Biron made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 32 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	1	3	35
NYR	0	1	0	1	34

Scoring

1st period

Daniel Brière (16)Jochen Hecht (19), Alexei Zhitnik (17)1–012:36 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Chris Drury (10)Daniel Brière (20), Alexei Zhitnik (18)2–018:02 BUF · PPG
Dale Purinton (1)Bobby Holik (21), Matthew Barnaby (16)2–118:47 NYR

3rd period

Ales Kotalik (12)Chris Drury (23), J-P Dumont (19)3–119:23 BUF · EN

Team stats

BUFNYR

35Shots on goal34

42%Faceoff %58%

2/4Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes8

11Hits17

17Blocked shots8

9Giveaways13

11Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 09:51Boris Mironov · high sticking2 min
1st 09:51Boris Mironov · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:31Taylor Pyatt · tripping2 min
2nd 15:52Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 17:11Martin Rucinsky · boarding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

23Chris DruryC	1	1	2	+1	4	3	2	0	44	19:01
48Daniel BrièreC	1	1	2	0	6	0	1	0	43	22:12
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	2	2	+1	3	2	0	0	–	26:02
12Ales KotalikR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	2	0	–	20:12
17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	3	0	–	20:35
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	04:14
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	15:08
15Milan BartovicR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	03:57
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:04
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	–	16:06
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	57	15:51
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:38
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	22:54
5Andy DelmoreD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:06
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	20:51
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:17
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	26:37
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	34	33	1	.971	59:58

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Bobby HolikC	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	0	71	17:35
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:31
5Dale PurintonD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	12:03
10Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	05:41
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	60	19:43
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	16:39
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	57	07:48
25Paul HealeyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:55
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	19:31
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	50	15:36
41Jed OrtmeyerR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:01
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	20:53
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	36	17:26
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	26:08
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	23:41
24Jamie PushorD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	13:55
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	19:58
74Joel BouchardD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:52

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mike DunhamG	L	34	32	2	.941	59:42
40Jussi MarkkanenG		0	0	0	–	–