New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2004 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Saturday, January 31, 2004 at HSBC Arena. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 32-29.
Goals came from J-P Dumont, Maxim Afinogenov, Joel Bouchard and Miroslav Satan.
Martin Biron made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jussi Markkanen stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (14)Unassisted0–107:54 BUF · PPG
Maxim Afinogenov (10)Daniel Brière (21), Miroslav Satan (13)0–215:00 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Joel Bouchard (1)Bobby Holik (22), Jed Ortmeyer (3)1–207:26 NYR
3rd period
Miroslav Satan (18)Ales Kotalik (7)1–319:46 BUF · EN
Team stats
NYRBUF
32Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
0/5Power play2/6
16Penalty minutes14
13Hits11
4Blocked shots16
4Giveaways13
0Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 00:33
Chris Drury · high sticking2 min - 1st 01:07Alexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 1st 07:34
Alex Kovalev · cross checking2 min - 1st 07:34Jed Ortmeyer · holding2 min
- 1st 08:52Alexei Zhitnik · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 1st 12:03Milan Bartovic · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:03Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:25Tom Poti · holding2 min
- 1st 19:13Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 19:13Brian Leetch · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:35Chris Simon · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 05:14Bobby Holik · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:03Joel Bouchard · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:43Rory Fitzpatrick · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:05Rory Fitzpatrick · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:40 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 74Joel BouchardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 10Garth MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:21 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 21Jamie LundmarkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 25Paul HealeyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:48 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 25:44 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 30:20 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:24 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 24Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 29Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Jussi MarkkanenG | L | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 58:49 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:27 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 12:34 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 15Milan BartovicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:08 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:35 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 5Andy DelmoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:56 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:49 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:39 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 28:41 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 27:07 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 59:52 |