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New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Saturday, January 31, 2004 at home.

Team Goals 2003-2004 record
New York Rangers 1 27-40-7-8
at Buffalo Sabres 3 37-34-7-4

Goals by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 0 1 0 1
Buffalo Sabres 2 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
New York Rangers 10 11 11 32
Buffalo Sabres 9 9 11 29

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:54 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (14) Unassisted Power play NYR 0, BUF 1
1st 15:00 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (10) Daniel Brière (21), Miroslav Satan (13) Power play NYR 0, BUF 2
2nd 07:26 New York Rangers Joel Bouchard (1) Bobby Holik (22), Jed Ortmeyer (3) Even strength NYR 1, BUF 2
3rd 19:46 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (18) Ales Kotalik (7) Even strength, Empty net NYR 1, BUF 3

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

Team stats

Stat New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 32 29
Power play 0 of 5 2 of 6
Penalty minutes 16 14
Hits 13 11
Blocked shots 4 16
Giveaways 4 13
Takeaways 0 1
Faceoffs won 37/69 (53.6%) 32/69 (46.4%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
10 G. Murray C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:21
11 M. Messier C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 20:26
16 B. Holik C 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 58.3% 21:40
17 C. Simon L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 10:32
21 J. Lundmark C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33.3% 12:31
25 P. Healey R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:48
26 M. Rucinsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 50% 21:25
27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 0 18:01
36 M. Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 100% 11:01
41 J. Ortmeyer R 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0 08:53
68 J. Jagr R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 25:44
93 P. Nedved C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 43.8% 17:49
2 B. Leetch D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 0 0 30:20
3 T. Poti D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 24:24
5 D. Purinton D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10:33
24 J. Pushor D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:05
29 B. Mironov D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 20:53
74 J. Bouchard D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 0 0 19:03
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
40 J. Markkanen 28 26 2 .929 58:49 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 46.2% 11:13
12 A. Kotalik R 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 17:10
15 M. Bartovic R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11:59
17 J. Dumont R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 16:54
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 07:08
23 C. Drury C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 2 0 43.5% 20:14
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 16:59
26 E. Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 00:35
37 C. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 55.6% 13:21
48 D. Brière C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 46.2% 20:59
61 M. Afinogenov R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 1 12:34
81 M. Satan R 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 21:27
5 A. Delmore D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:56
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 +1 4 2 1 3 0 22:49
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 0 24:39
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 1 0 0 28:41
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 2 0 27:07
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:48
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
43 M. Biron 32 31 1 .969 59:52 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:33 Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury High sticking 2
1st 01:07 Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik Hooking 2
1st 07:34 New York Rangers Alex Kovalev Cross checking 2
1st 07:34 New York Rangers Jed Ortmeyer Holding 2
1st 08:52 Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik Holding stick obstruction 2
1st 12:03 Buffalo Sabres Milan Bartovic Roughing 2
1st 12:03 New York Rangers Matthew Barnaby Roughing 2
1st 13:25 New York Rangers Tom Poti Holding 2
1st 19:13 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 19:13 New York Rangers Brian Leetch High sticking 2
2nd 02:35 New York Rangers Chris Simon Tripping obstruction 2
2nd 05:14 New York Rangers Bobby Holik Interference 2
2nd 16:03 New York Rangers Joel Bouchard Interference 2
3rd 04:43 Buffalo Sabres Rory Fitzpatrick Holding 2
3rd 09:05 Buffalo Sabres Rory Fitzpatrick Hooking obstruction 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
Glen Sather
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Marc Joannette, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Derek Nansen
New York Rangers scratches
Vladimir Malakhov, Eric Lindros, Darius Kasparaitis, Jason MacDonald, Greg De Vries, Jan Hlavac, Dan Lacouture, Jason LaBarbera, Mike Siklenka, Phil Osaer, Layne Ulmer, Lawrence Nycholat, Richard Scott, Cory Larose, Dominic Moore, Chad Wiseman, Benoit Dusablon, Fedor Tyutin, Bryce Lampman
Buffalo Sabres scratches
James Patrick, Chris Taylor, Domenic Pittis, Jason Botterill, Jay McKee, Jochen Hecht, Andrew Peters, Norman Milley, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville

2003-2004 season series

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at New York Rangers 1 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at New York Rangers 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 31

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Montreal Canadiens 0 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 6 at Washington Capitals 1 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final/OT Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final/OT Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at St. Louis Blues 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 2 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/OT Game page
Dallas Stars 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page

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