Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at home.

Final score, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2002-2003 record
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 44-28-7-3
at Buffalo Sabres 4 27-37-10-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 1 1 2
Buffalo Sabres 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Toronto Maple Leafs 8 11 14 33
Buffalo Sabres 6 10 10 26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 01:46 Toronto Maple Leafs Shayne Corson (6) Wade Belak (5) Even strength TOR 1, BUF 0
2nd 04:05 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (24) Rory Fitzpatrick (2), Dmitri Kalinin (12) Even strength TOR 1, BUF 1
2nd 14:44 Buffalo Sabres Taylor Pyatt (8) Dmitri Kalinin (13), Chris Gratton (29) Even strength TOR 1, BUF 2
3rd 04:36 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown (14) Miroslav Satan (35), Tim Connolly (10) Power play TOR 1, BUF 3
3rd 18:37 Toronto Maple Leafs Robert Svehla (6) Mats Sundin (27), Alexander Mogilny (44) Power play TOR 2, BUF 3
3rd 19:50 Buffalo Sabres Curtis Brown (15) Miroslav Satan (36) Even strength, Empty net TOR 2, BUF 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Toronto Maple Leafs Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 33 26
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 28 30
Hits 9 11
Blocked shots 13 7
Giveaways 18 15
Takeaways 0 4
Faceoffs won 35/71 (49.3%) 36/71 (50.7%)

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 2 W. Belak R 0 1 1 +1 7 5 1 1 0 11:55
Number 7 G. Roberts L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 19:32
Number 11 N. Antropov C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 30.8% 14:51
Number 13 M. Sundin C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 1 0 60.9% 19:55
Number 14 J. Hoglund R 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:20
Number 19 M. Renberg R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:47
Number 21 R. Reichel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 53.8% 14:10
Number 22 A. Ponikarovsky L 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 09:08
Number 26 P. Healey R 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 0 0 14:02
Number 27 S. Corson L 1 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 62.5% 14:57
Number 39 T. Green C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 38.5% 17:03
Number 89 A. Mogilny R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 19:45
Number 8 A. Berg D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 14:17
Number 15 T. Kaberle D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 0 24:22
Number 24 B. McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 5 2 1 1 0 22:01
Number 55 R. Jackman D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 21:11
Number 67 R. Svehla D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 1 1 26:40
Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 20 E. Belfour 25 22 3 .880 58:37 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16:13
Number 17 J. Dumont R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 14:28
Number 18 T. Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 18:46
Number 22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 +1 5 0 1 0 0 75% 09:10
Number 24 T. Pyatt L 1 0 1 +2 2 1 2 1 0 17:49
Number 26 E. Boulton L 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 05:09
Number 32 R. Ray R 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 04:27
Number 37 C. Brown C 2 0 2 +2 0 4 1 1 1 33.3% 19:06
Number 41 S. Barnes C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 71.4% 17:24
Number 61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 13:22
Number 77 C. Gratton C 0 1 1 +1 5 5 1 0 0 55.6% 15:14
Number 81 M. Satan R 1 2 3 +2 0 4 0 0 0 21:14
Number 4 R. Warrener D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 18:54
Number 8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 1 0 17:54
Number 21 R. Hecl D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
Number 44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 26:47
Number 45 D. Kalinin D 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 3 0 23:03
Number 51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:26
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 43 M. Biron 33 31 2 .939 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:42 Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Healey High sticking 2
1st 02:42 Toronto Maple Leafs Paul Healey High sticking 2
1st 11:00 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Roughing 2
1st 11:00 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:00 Toronto Maple Leafs Alexei Ponikarovsky Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:23 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:23 Toronto Maple Leafs Bryan McCabe Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:54 Buffalo Sabres Chris Gratton Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:54 Toronto Maple Leafs Shayne Corson Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:59 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Fighting (major) 5
1st 13:59 Toronto Maple Leafs Wade Belak Fighting (major) 5
2nd 02:49 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 02:49 Toronto Maple Leafs Wade Belak Roughing 2
2nd 12:20 Buffalo Sabres Rory Fitzpatrick Closing hand on puck 2
2nd 16:49 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov Hooking obstruction 2
3rd 04:13 Toronto Maple Leafs Travis Green Roughing 2
3rd 17:22 Buffalo Sabres Taylor Pyatt Roughing 2

Game information

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
Pat Quinn
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Paul Stewart
Linesmen
Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll
Toronto Maple Leafs scratches
Tie Domi, Tom Fitzgerald, Jyrki Lumme, Aaron Gavey, Anders Eriksson, Darcy Tucker, Josh Holden, Jamie Hodson, Mikael Tellqvist, Carlo Colaiacovo, Karel Pilar
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Doug Houda, James Patrick, Chris Taylor, Jason Botterill, Jay McKee, Jochen Hecht, Denis Hamel, Henrik Tallinder, Norman Milley, Jaroslav Kristek, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Paul Gaustad, Sean McMorrow

2002-2003 season series

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