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Sunday, November 3, 2002 · Nationwide Arena

Sabres 2 at Blue Jackets 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 77OVR Jochen Hecht Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG G 63OVR Marc Denis Blue Jackets Second Star 30 SV · .938 D 57OVR Rostislav Klesla Blue Jackets Third Star 2A · 0 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 17:39 Stu Barnes (3) Jochen Hecht (5) · Wrist BUF 1 – 0 CBJ
  2. 18:02 Jochen Hecht (4) Dmitri Kalinin (1), Alexei Zhitnik (3) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 0 CBJ

2nd Period

  1. 4:36 Tyler Wright (5) Rostislav Klesla (4), Sean Pronger (2) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 1 CBJ

3rd Period

  1. 4:06 Andrew Cassels (3) PPG Ray Whitney (7), Geoff Sanderson (3) · Slap BUF 2 – 2 CBJ
  2. 10:10 Derrick Walser (1) PPG Rick Nash (3), Rostislav Klesla (5) · Slap BUF 2 – 3 CBJ

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jochen Hecht C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 21:58 1.83
Stu Barnes C 1 0 4 0 0 0 21:56 1.05
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 2 1 0 +1 19:04 0.93
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 27:08 0.78
Tim Connolly C 0 0 1 0 0 +2 19:55 0.38
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 4 0 0 0 16:39 0.30
Curtis Brown C 0 0 5 0 0 0 16:42 0.23
Jay McKee D 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:54 0.15
Adam Mair C 0 0 1 0 0 0 6:42 0.08
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:13 0.08
James Patrick D 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:31 0.08
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:53 0.08
J-P Dumont R 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:46 0.00
Rhett Warrener D 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:42 -0.08
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 13:45 -0.15
Chris Gratton C 0 0 3 0 0 0 15:40 -0.22
Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:39 -0.30
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:20 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron L 26 23 3 .885 59:20 0.05

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Rostislav Klesla D 0 2 0 0 0 0 22:21 1.25
Andrew Cassels C 1 0 6 1 0 -1 17:05 1.05
Tyler Wright C 1 0 2 2 0 +1 15:42 1.05
Derrick Walser D 1 0 1 0 0 0 11:43 0.83
Rick Nash L 0 1 1 0 0 0 12:54 0.70
Geoff Sanderson L 0 1 4 0 0 -1 16:46 0.63
Sean Pronger C 0 1 0 0 0 +1 11:21 0.63
Ray Whitney L 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18:46 0.55
David Vyborny R 0 0 0 0 0 +1 15:27 0.15
Mike Sillinger C 0 0 2 1 0 0 18:54 0.15
Scott Lachance D 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:41 0.15
Grant Marshall R 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:48 0.08
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre D 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:04 0.08
Luke Richardson D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 21:24 -0.08
Espen Knutsen C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17:47 -0.15
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 24:49 -0.30
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 2 1 0 -1 11:22 -0.45
Jody Shelley L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:08 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Marc Denis W 32 30 2 .938 59:58 1.50