Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 2004 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Saturday, February 21, 2004 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 36–25.
Goals came from Arron Asham, Shawn Bates, Dmitri Kalinin, Adrian Aucoin and Cliff Ronning.
Rick DiPietro made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Arron Asham (11)Jason Blake (20), Kenny Jonsson (16)0–101:23 NYI
2nd period
Shawn Bates (8)Trent Hunter (21), Michael Peca (23)0–207:46 NYI
Dmitri Kalinin (6)Maxim Afinogenov (8)1–208:53 BUF
Adrian Aucoin (4)Shawn Bates (21)1–310:08 NYI
Cliff Ronning (5)Adrian Aucoin (28)1–419:22 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
2536
49%51%
0/20/1
24
1624
1716
719
711
Penalties
- 7:54 into the third period
Andy Delmore · high sticking2 min - 16:56 into the third period
Adrian Aucoin · interference2 min - 18:01 into the third periodShawn Bates · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:59 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:17 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 5Andy DelmoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:20 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:55 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
New York Islanders
| 17Shawn BatesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 3Adrian AucoinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 25:58 |
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:23 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:39 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 11Mattias WeinhandlR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:44 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:00 |
| 20Eric ManlowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:09 |
| 26Justin PapineauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 4Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:17 |
| 33Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 24:29 |
| 52Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |