Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2004 · Office Depot Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 2–1 on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at Office Depot Center. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 24–23.
Goals came from Miroslav Satan, Derek Roy and Vaclav Nedorost.
Martin Biron made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Roberto Luongo stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (29)Jochen Hecht (30), Maxim Afinogenov (13)1–006:29 BUF · 
Derek Roy (8)Milan Bartovic (5), Jeff Jillson (12)2–017:56 BUF
2nd period
Vaclav Nedorost (3)Olli Jokinen (25), Stephen Weiss (16)2–101:41 FLA ·
Team stats
BUFFLA
2324
51%49%
1/91/8
2022
1311
1212
310
38
Penalties
- 5:15 into the first period
Pavel Trnka · roughing2 min - 10:35 into the first periodVaclav Nedorost · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:10 into the first period
Adam Mair · interference2 min - 15:53 into the first periodChristian Berglund · tripping2 min
- 19:17 into the first periodChris Drury · closing hand on puck2 min
- 1:25 into the second periodJay McKee · boarding2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodPavel Trnka · slashing2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodDmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:11 into the second periodMilan Bartovic · interference2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodMikael Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodMatt Cullen · holding2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodDerek Roy · interference2 min
- 1:12 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodMike Van Ryn · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
- 9:16 into the third periodPavel Trnka · elbowing2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodMilan Bartovic · roughing2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodMilan Bartovic · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodLyle Odelein · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 15Milan BartovicR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:56 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:38 |
| 34Jeff JillsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 16Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:47 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:55 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:30 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 4Brad BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:28 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 12Olli JokinenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:14 |
| 40Vaclav NedorostC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 11Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 13Juraj KolnikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 14Niklas HagmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 17Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:41 |
| 20Josh OlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:55 |
| 22Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:12 |
| 24Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:35 |
| 27Christian BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 2Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:38 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 5Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 6Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 26Mike Van RynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – |