National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, NY Rangers 3
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Referees: Kerry Fraser, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18200
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1214
NY Rangers 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:59 - Sabres Daniel Briere (EV) Assists: Jochen Hecht
19:03 - Rangers Mark Messier (EV) Assists: Jozef Balej , Cory Larose
Penalties
13:30 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 13:30 - Rangers Garth Murray (5) Fighting
 15:50 - Rangers Josh Green (2) Hooking - Obstruction
2nd Period
Scoring
3:27 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Mike Grier , Brad Brown
3:48 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Mike Grier , Chris Drury
11:00 - Rangers Thomas Pock (EV) Assists: Karel Rachunek , Jozef Balej
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
2:56 - Sabres Dmitri Kalinin (EV) Assists: Chris Drury , Jochen Hecht
9:12 - Rangers Josh Green (EV) Assists: Chris McAllister
Penalties
6:55 - Rangers Boris Mironov (2) High sticking
 16:06 - Sabres Chris Taylor (2) Holding - Obstruction
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mika Noronen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:00 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Patrick D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 25 20:37 19:21 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Brown D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 19:25 18:41 0:00 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 19 13:05 12:31 0:34 0:00 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 15:28 14:30 0:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Bartovic RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:38 13:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Taylor C 0 0 0 E 2 1 16 11:04 11:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 8 6 57
J.P. Dumont RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 20:24 18:39 1:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 E 5 1 16 10:48 10:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Drury C 0 2 2 +3 0 3 23 20:36 16:27 2:53 1:16 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Mike Grier RW 0 2 2 +4 0 5 22 17:46 15:49 0:41 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Jillson D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 22 17:08 15:58 1:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 1 0 1 +2 0 2 27 25:26 21:08 3:02 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Briere C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 20 17:51 15:06 2:45 0:00 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Jochen Hecht C 2 2 4 +4 0 4 24 19:31 16:46 2:01 0:44 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 21 12:54 11:28 1:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 19:06 18:22 0:00 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 4:52 4:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Miroslav Satan RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 18:21 14:52 2:45 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
New York Rangers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mike Dunham G 0 0 0 0 0 59:00 53:00 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie McLennan G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sandy McCarthy RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19 13:32 13:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Messier C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 22 18:06 16:50 1:16 0:00 0 0 - - 11 5 69
Bobby Holik C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 14:17 12:27 1:16 0:34 0 0 - - 12 7 63
Cory Larose C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 16 15:04 13:44 0:44 0:36 0 0 - - - 1 0
Jozef Balej RW 0 2 2 +1 0 3 21 17:47 17:03 0:44 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie Lundmark C 0 0 0 E 0 5 20 16:43 13:09 0:44 2:50 0 0 - - 4 13 24
Thomas Pock D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 26 19:32 16:44 0:44 2:04 0 0 - - - - -
Karel Rachunek D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 26 19:42 16:54 0:44 2:04 0 0 - - - - -
Chris McAllister D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 17:26 16:56 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Garth Murray LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 18 13:25 13:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - 1 0
Lawrence Nycholat D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 25 17:46 17:16 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Boris Mironov D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 27 23:18 20:36 1:16 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hlavac LW 0 0 0 -3 0 5 18 15:14 13:58 1:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dan LaCouture LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 17:43 14:53 0:00 2:50 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Green LW 1 0 1 +2 2 4 20 15:22 14:45 0:00 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Green C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14 11:07 11:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 7 12
Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 22:34 19:52 1:16 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Jaromir Jagr RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8 6:21 5:47 0:00 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron W (26-15-3) 40 37 3 .925 0 60:00
NY Rangers
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mike Dunham L (16-25-5) 39 35 4 .897 0 59:00