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1/1/2004
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Shots: 27 - 19
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/81=80 %, Challenges:26/48=53 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:68/75=90 %, Challenges:17/48=34 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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15:37 1-0
Patrick Marleau [18] (Alexander Frolov)
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21:19 1-1
Vaclav Varada [2] (Teppo Numminen, Adam Foote)
32:36 2-1
Ilya Kovalchuk [16] (Ronald Petrovicky)
36:23 3-1
Alexander Frolov [15] (Pat Rissmiller, Brian Campbell)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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04:03
Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for roughing)
04:03
Lubomir Visnovsky (2 min for roughing)
12:27
Jeff Szwez (5 min for fighting)
12:27
Wade Belak (5 min for fighting)
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47:18
Jirí Tlustý (5 min for fighting)
47:18
Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jeff Szwez 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 5.30 5
R Vitaly Yachmenev 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 18.00 5
R Pat Rissmiller 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 18.30 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 5 0 1 0 5 1 18.00 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 -1 18.10 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 17.50 8
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 18.20 6
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.50 5
L Chris Simon 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 -1 18.00 5
L Alexander Frolov 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 17.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 17.50 9
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 7 1 8 0 -1 18.00 9
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 2 19.50 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 22.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 18.20 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 18.00 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 0 7.00 7
R Valeri Bure 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 15.30 6
R Jason Williams 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 18.20 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 19.10 7
C Colin Murphy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 2 1 2 2 5 1 14.40 5
C Michael Peca 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C Mats Sundin 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -2 20.10 6
L Michael Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Vaclav Varada 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 15.30 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 1 10 1 2 0 17.50 4
L Éric Dazé 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 -3 18.30 7
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 1 17.10 5
D Philippe Boucher 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 17.30 5
D Cory Sarich 0 0 2 5 2 4 0 -2 25.10 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 2 6 0 6 0 -2 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Marc Denis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Frolov
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Marleau scored the 600th point of his career.
-Alexander Frolov scored his 15th goal of the season.
Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Michael Peca had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Jeff Szwez fought Wade Belak in a fight.
-Jirí Tlustý beat Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 27) , St. Johns Maple Leafs 4( 25)
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0-1 SJM Jared Aulin (Brooks Laich)
0-2 SJM Mark Hartigan (Martin Sagat)
1-2 ROC Ryan Clowe
2-2 ROC Ryan Flinn (Juha Alén)
2-3 SJM Martin Sagat (Mark Hartigan)
2-4 SJM Jared Aulin (Tony Salmelainen)
3-4 ROC Ryan Barnes
4-4 ROC Ryan Flinn (Mike Commodore)
5-4 ROC Marc-Antoine Pouliot
Goalies: Martin Prusek - Todd Ford
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1/1/2004
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Washington Capitals 4 , Florida Panthers 1
Shots: 23 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:23/62=36 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/79=79 %, Challenges:16/42=37 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:52 1-0
John Erskine [2] (Josef Melichar, David Legwand)
19:27 1-1
Rostislav Olesz [3] (Kenndal McArdle, Chris Gratton)
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26:39 2-1
Josef Melichar [5] (Bill Guerin, Chad Kilger)
29:04 3-1
Mikael Samuelsson [10] (Ryan Smyth, Pavel Kubina)
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51:47 4-1
Bill Guerin [11] (Josef Melichar, Kimmo Timonen)
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Penalty summary:
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04:24
Olli Jokinen (5 min for fighting)
04:24
Brad Boyes (5 min for fighting)
17:09
Juraj Kolnik (2 min for hooking)
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21:47
David Legwand (5 min for fighting)
21:47
Alexandre Picard (5 min for fighting)
24:12
Brendan Witt (2 min for roughing)
24:12
Pavel Kubina (2 min for roughing)
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52:34
Brendan Witt (5 min for fighting)
52:34
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marcus Kristoffersson 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 11.20 6
R Corey Perry 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 13.30 6
R Bill Guerin 1 1 2 2 3 0 5 2 16.40 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 1 0 3 2 4 2 0 1 17.40 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.10 5
C Brad Boyes 0 0 2 2 2 1 5 1 13.50 6
C David Legwand 0 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 14.50 7
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19.10 5
L Rico Fata 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 16.20 6
L Chad Kilger 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 3 15.20 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 18.20 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14.10 5
D Josef Melichar 1 2 1 3 2 3 0 3 18.50 10
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 27.10 6
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 16.50 5
D John Erskine 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 19.20 8
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 8 3 8 2 0 24.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Thomas Greiss 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Juraj Kolnik 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7.50 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 2 5 1 5 0 -2 15.50 8
R Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 -1 17.30 5
R Nathan Horton 0 0 2 10 4 10 0 -1 18.10 9
C Rostislav Olesz 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 7.50 7
C Chris Gratton 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 -2 17.50 5
C Travis Zajac 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 -1 15.50 5
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 -1 18.30 7
L Kenndal McArdle 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.50 4
L Patrick Anderson 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 15.40 4
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 0 5 0 4 5 0 16.10 8
L Todd Bertuzzi 0 0 4 4 2 4 0 -2 18.50 8
D Ben Shutron 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -2 16.10 5
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 -1 19.30 7
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24.30 6
D Paul Ranger 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -2 17.10 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 23.00 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 19.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alex Auld 4 0 19 0 0 60.00 5
G Michael Leighton 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Josef Melichar
2nd star: Bill Guerin
3rd star: Mikael Samuelsson
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chad Kilger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Mikael Samuelsson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Ryan Smyth notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Rostislav Olesz ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Olli Jokinen beat Brad Boyes in a fight.
-Alexandre Picard beat David Legwand in a fight.
-Brendan Witt fought Bill Guerin in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 5( 33) , Louisville Panthers 2( 9)
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1-0 POR Brett Engelhardt (Trevor Byrne)
1-1 LOU Jean-Michel Rizk (Drew Larman)
2-1 POR Quintin Laing (Chris Bourque)
3-1 POR David Steckel (Lawrence Nycholat)
3-2 LOU Branislav Mezei (Maxim Yushkov, Armands Berzins)
4-2 POR Jason Lehoux (Ivan Nepryaev)
5-2 POR Matt Stafanishion (David Steckel)
Goalies: Kyle Moir - Craig Anderson