Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2004 · Madison Square Garden

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4–3

39–40

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 40–39.

Jochen Hecht scored twice. Daniel Brière, Mark Messier, Thomas Pock, Dmitri Kalinin and Josh Green also scored.

Martin Biron made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 35 of 39.

Goals
BUF	1	2	1	4	39
NYR	1	1	1	3	40

Scoring

1st period

Daniel Brière (27)Jochen Hecht (35)1–003:59 BUF
Mark Messier (18)Jozef Balej (2), Cory Larose (1)1–119:03 NYR

2nd period

Jochen Hecht (14)Mike Grier (18), Brad Brown (3)2–103:27 BUF
Jochen Hecht (15)Mike Grier (19), Chris Drury (34)3–103:48 BUF
Thomas Pock (2)Karel Rachunek (17), Jozef Balej (3)3–211:00 NYR

3rd period

Dmitri Kalinin (10)Chris Drury (35), Jochen Hecht (36)4–202:56 BUF
Josh Green (5)Chris McAllister (1)4–309:12 NYR

Team stats

BUFNYR

3940

55%45%

0/20/1

79

1917

1215

58

45

Penalties

13:30 into the first periodAdam Mair · fighting5 min
13:30 into the first periodGarth Murray · fighting5 min
15:50 into the first periodJosh Green · hooking obstruction2 min
6:55 into the third periodBoris Mironov · high sticking2 min
16:06 into the third periodChris Taylor · holding obstruction2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

55Jochen HechtC	2	2	4	+4	4	0	0	0	100	19:31
23Chris DruryC	0	2	2	+3	3	2	1	0	67	20:36
25Mike GrierR	0	2	2	+4	5	1	2	0	–	17:46
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	46	17:51
4Brad BrownD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	19:25
45Dmitri KalininD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	3	0	–	25:26
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−3	2	1	0	0	38	13:05
15Milan BartovicR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	13:38
16Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	57	11:04
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	20:24
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	–	10:48
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−2	3	1	0	0	–	12:54
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:52
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	18:21
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	20:37
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	15:28
34Jeff JillsonD	0	0	0	−1	4	1	1	0	–	17:08
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	19:06

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Mika NoronenG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	40	37	3	.925	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

20Jozef BalejR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	17:47
11Mark MessierC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	69	18:06
18Cory LaroseC	0	1	1	+1	3	3	1	0	–	15:04
24Chris McAllisterL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	17:26
44Josh GreenC	1	0	1	+2	4	2	0	2	–	15:22
22Thomas PockD	1	0	1	−2	2	2	0	0	–	19:32
23Karel RachunekD	0	1	1	−2	1	1	3	0	–	19:42
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	13:32
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	0	63	14:17
21Jamie LundmarkC	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	24	16:43
25Garth MurrayC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	13:25
37Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	−3	5	0	0	0	–	15:14
39Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:43
47Mike GreenC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	13	11:07
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	06:21
28Lawrence NycholatD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:46
29Boris MironovD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	23:18
51Fedor TyutinD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	22:34

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Mike DunhamG	L	39	35	4	.897	59:00
33Jamie McLennanG		0	0	0	–	–