Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers

Friday, November 1, 2002, 9:00 PM ET Skyreach Centre, Edmonton Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers tied 1–1 on Friday, November 1, 2002.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Buffalo Sabres	1	27-37-10-8
at Edmonton Oilers	1	36-26-11-9

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	0	1	0	1
Edmonton Oilers	0	1	0	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Buffalo Sabres	8	10	11	4	33
Edmonton Oilers	15	10	11	4	40

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	08:22	Edmonton Oilers	Janne Niinimaa (3)	Georges Laraque (1), Jiri Dopita (3)	Even strength	BUF 0, EDM 1
3rd	06:39	Buffalo Sabres	Dmitri Kalinin (1)	Jochen Hecht (4), Chris Gratton (9)	Power play	BUF 1, EDM 1

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

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		11:25
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		13:58
Number 18 T. Connolly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	60%	18:55
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	85.7%	07:29
Number 24 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:47
Number 25 V. Varada	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	100%	22:09
Number 26 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		01:30
Number 37 C. Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50%	16:56
Number 41 S. Barnes	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	66.7%	19:39
Number 71 J. Hecht	C	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	0		21:05
Number 77 C. Gratton	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	35.3%	17:04
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:41
Number 3 J. Patrick	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:03
Number 4 R. Warrener	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		23:49
Number 5 J. Woolley	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		16:33
Number 44 A. Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	-1	6	3	0	0		23:55
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1		22:05
Number 74 J. McKee	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		24:02

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Noronen	40	39	1	.975	65:00	T

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 S. Horcoff	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100%	08:58
Number 12 J. Green	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		10:08
Number 16 M. York	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		20:05
Number 18 E. Moreau	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		10:25
Number 19 M. Reasoner	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0		15:03
Number 22 A. Carter	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		24:22
Number 26 T. Marchant	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	61.5%	12:13
Number 27 G. Laraque	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0		14:34
Number 33 J. Dopita	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	60%	17:50
Number 37 B. Swanson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40%	10:10
Number 89 M. Comrie	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	31.6%	24:05
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	0		24:02
Number 2 E. Brewer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0		22:14
Number 21 J. Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3		21:08
Number 24 S. Staios	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		23:01
Number 29 K. Haakana	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		05:27
Number 32 S. Ferguson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:58
Number 44 J. Niinimaa	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0		33:43

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 T. Salo	33	32	1	.970	65:00	T

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Edmonton Oilers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:25	Buffalo Sabres	Ales Kotalik	Elbowing	2
1st	09:57	Edmonton Oilers	Steve Staios	Cross checking	2
1st	11:18	Buffalo Sabres	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	18:23	Edmonton Oilers	Ryan Smyth	Hooking	2
2nd	01:40	Buffalo Sabres	J-P Dumont	Roughing	2
2nd	04:20	Edmonton Oilers	Ryan Smyth	Holding	2
2nd	12:38	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair	Boarding	2
2nd	17:51	Buffalo Sabres	Vaclav Varada	Charging	2
3rd	01:37	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	High sticking	2
3rd	05:05	Edmonton Oilers	Josh Green	Slashing	2
3rd	10:14	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	High sticking	2
3rd	10:14	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	High sticking	2
3rd	10:14	Edmonton Oilers	Todd Marchant	Interference goalkeeper	2

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Edmonton Oilers head coach: Craig MacTavish
Referees: Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Mike Cvik
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Doug Houda, Rob Ray, Chris Taylor, Jason Botterill, Denis Hamel, Henrik Tallinder, Maxim Afinogenov, Brian Campbell, Norman Milley, Jaroslav Kristek, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Paul Gaustad, Sean McMorrow, Radoslav Hecl
Edmonton Oilers scratches: Fernando Pisani, Daniel Cleary, Jason Chimera, Bobby Allen, Alex Henry, Jani Rita, Alexei Semenov, Jarret Stoll, Ales Hemsky, Marc-Andre Bergeron

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Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals, Fri, Nov 1, 2002
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 2	Final/OT	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Nov 1, 2002
Dallas Stars 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final	Game page: Dallas Stars at Columbus Blue Jackets, Fri, Nov 1, 2002