The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Minnesota Wild, 4 to 3, on December 28, 2002.

Final

Wild

19-11-7-1

4

Sabres

8-21-5-1

3

Team

MIN

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MIN

BUF

Miroslav Satan (PP) assisted by Curtis Brown and Alexei Zhitnik

Marian Gaborik (EV) assisted by Jeremy Stevenson and Andrei Zyuzin

2nd period

MIN

BUF

Filip Kuba (PP) assisted by Jim Dowd and Marian Gaborik

3rd period

MIN

BUF

Jim Dowd (EV) assisted by Andrew Brunette and Marian Gaborik

Ales Kotalik (EV) assisted by Miroslav Satan and Chris Gratton

Antti Laaksonen (EV-EN) assisted by Brad Bombardir

Stu Barnes (EV) assisted by Chris Gratton and Brian Campbell

Wild

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Wild

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Manny Fernandez (W) M. Fernandez	1	0	0	0	40	37	.925	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Brad Bombardir B. Bombardir	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	22:27
Brad Brown B. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	11:40
Andrew Brunette A. Brunette	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	50.0	0	14:41
Jim Dowd J. Dowd	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	7	22	31.8	0	16:35
Pascal Dupuis P. Dupuis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	15:49
Marian Gaborik M. Gaborik	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	18:55
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	9:26
Filip Kuba F. Kuba	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	24:27
Antti Laaksonen A. Laaksonen	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	15:01
Richard Park R. Park	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	18:23
Cliff Ronning C. Ronning	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	10	40.0	0	17:47
Nick Schultz N. Schultz	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	18:12
Lubomir Sekeras L. Sekeras	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	17:17
Jeremy Stevenson J. Stevenson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	11:33
Stephane Veilleux S. Veilleux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	10:05
Wes Walz W. Walz	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	11	27.3	0	9:42
Sergei Zholtok S. Zholtok	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	8	22	36.4	0	19:19
Andrei Zyuzin A. Zyuzin	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	21:49

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Biron (L) M. Biron	0	1	0	0	28	25	.893	3	3.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	TOI
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0	12	18	66.7	0	20:03
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0	12	18	66.7	0	17:03
Brian Campbell B. Campbell	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	20:05
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	40.0	0	8:21
J-P Dumont J. Dumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	9:49
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	14	19	73.7	0	16:27
Denis Hamel D. Hamel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	11:46
Dmitri Kalinin D. Kalinin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	21:03
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	0	17:43
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	5	0.0	4	7	57.1	0	12:59
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	18:01
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	17:25
Taylor Pyatt T. Pyatt	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	13:24
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	3:51
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	6	16.7	0	0		0	23:18
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	21:11
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	17:17
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.0	0	0		0	22:12