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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at home.

Team Goals 2003-2004 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 37-34-7-4
at Minnesota Wild 3 30-29-20-3

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 1 2
Minnesota Wild 1 0 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 5 4 8 17
Minnesota Wild 5 11 8 24

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:49 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (8) Dmitri Kalinin (7), Maxim Afinogenov (5) Even strength BUF 1, MIN 0
1st 14:40 Minnesota Wild Jason Wiemer (3) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (9), Richard Park (7) Even strength BUF 1, MIN 1
3rd 01:05 Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury (5) Miroslav Satan (5), Curtis Brown (7) Even strength BUF 2, MIN 1
3rd 15:00 Minnesota Wild Antti Laaksonen (6) Wes Walz (6), Alex Henry (1) Even strength BUF 2, MIN 2
3rd 19:36 Minnesota Wild Jim Dowd (2) Sergei Zholtok (7), Andrew Brunette (11) Even strength BUF 2, MIN 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 17 24
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 5
Penalty minutes 15 11
Hits 5 3
Blocked shots 16 7
Giveaways 14 15
Takeaways 5 12
Faceoffs won 23/60 (38.3%) 37/60 (61.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 31.6% 17:08
12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:30
16 C. Taylor C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28.6% 04:59
17 J. Dumont R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15:04
23 C. Drury C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 66.7% 16:14
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 16:25
37 C. Brown C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 2 42.9% 20:17
48 D. Brière C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 28.6% 17:23
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19:30
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 1 1 +1 2 0 0 1 05:23
76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 01:32
81 M. Satan R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 19:50
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 5 18:45
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 17:26
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 1 21:22
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 3 24:12
45 D. Kalinin D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 21:09
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16:28
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 M. Noronen 24 21 3 .875 60:00 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
9 A. Daigle R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:11
10 M. Gaborik R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 19:14
11 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40% 13:41
12 M. Johnson L 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 05:14
15 A. Brunette L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 100% 16:12
18 R. Park R 0 1 1 +1 2 3 0 0 100% 15:29
24 A. Laaksonen L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13:30
28 J. Wiemer C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 62.5% 16:25
33 S. Zholtok C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 80% 17:28
34 J. Dowd C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 0 70% 12:43
37 W. Walz C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 46.7% 15:22
96 P. Bouchard C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 17:24
4 B. Brown D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 03:01
5 B. Bombardir D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:32
17 F. Kuba D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 23:21
20 A. Zyuzin D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 0 2 17:45
36 A. Henry D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 0 17:10
55 N. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 23:37
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
35 M. Fernandez 17 15 2 .882 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:55 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik Hooking obstruction 2
1st 06:13 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov Interference 2
1st 11:23 Buffalo Sabres Chris Taylor Holding 2
1st 11:53 Minnesota Wild Andrei Zyuzin Elbowing 2
1st 18:27 Minnesota Wild Richard Park Hooking 2
2nd 02:59 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Fighting (major) 5
2nd 02:59 Minnesota Wild Matt Johnson Fighting (major) 5
2nd 12:11 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder Holding the stick 2
2nd 12:52 Buffalo Sabres Rory Fitzpatrick High sticking 2
3rd 03:07 Minnesota Wild Jim Dowd High sticking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Minnesota Wild head coach
Jacques Lemaire
Referees
Terry Gregson, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Steve Miller, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Domenic Pittis, Jason Botterill, Eric Boulton, Jay McKee, Andy Delmore, Adam Mair, Norman Milley, Milan Bartovic, Doug Janik, Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville
Minnesota Wild scratches
Darby Hendrickson, Jason Marshall, Marc Chouinard, Willie Mitchell, Rickard Wallin, Kyle Wanvig, Travis Roche, Stephane Veilleux, Zbynek Michalek, Christoph Brandner, Brent Burns

2003-2004 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 13

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 0 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 0 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 5 at Washington Capitals 1 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 1 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Nashville Predators 2 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Calgary Flames 1 Final/OT Game page
Anaheim Ducks 0 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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