The Buffalo Sabres emerged victorious over the Boston Bruins, 4 to 2, on December 18, 2002.

Final

Bruins

19-8-3-1

2

Sabres

8-16-5-1

4

Team

BOS

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

BUF

Chris Gratton (EV) assisted by J-P Dumont and Henrik Tallinder

Taylor Pyatt (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Chris Gratton

2nd period

BOS

BUF

Mike Knuble (PP) assisted by Joe Thornton and Glen Murray

J-P Dumont (PP) assisted by Chris Gratton and Tim Connolly

3rd period

BOS

BUF

Sergei Samsonov (EV) assisted by Joe Thornton

Stu Barnes (PP) assisted by J-P Dumont and Chris Gratton

Bruins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	16:56
Nick Boynton N. Boynton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	19:13
Sean Brown S. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	6:11
Hal Gill H. Gill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	22:32
Jonathan Girard J. Girard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	25:36
Ivan Huml I. Huml	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	12:22
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		0	13:27
Martin Lapointe M. Lapointe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	15:14
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0	2	5	40.0	0	15:11
Glen Murray G. Murray	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	4	0.0	1	2	50.0	1	22:19
Sean O'Donnell S. O'Donnell	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	19:27
Brian Rolston B. Rolston	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	0.0	5	10	50.0	0	18:18
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	18:34
P.J. Stock	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	4:24
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8	19	42.1	0	16:42
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	12:50
Joe Thornton J. Thornton	0	2	2	+1	4	0	1	2	0.0	12	26	46.2	0	20:46
Rob Zamuner R. Zamuner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	9:05

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron (W) M. Biron	1	0	0	0	29	27	.931	2	2.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0	6	12	50.0	0	18:53
Eric Boulton E. Boulton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	5:25
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	14	28	50.0	0	18:57
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	19:34
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0		1	2	50.0	0	14:55
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	1	2	3	+1	0	1	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	14:55
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	1	3	4	+2	0	0	2	0	1	100.0	13	19	68.4	0	17:28
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	20:26
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	16:04
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	7:30
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	17:30
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	14:31
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	2	4:35
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	23:04
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	19:42
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	15:25
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	15:44
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	26:28