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Monday, December 30, 2002 · MCI Center

Sabres 3 at Capitals 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Dainius Zubrus Capitals First Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG D 71OVR Alexei Zhitnik Sabres Second Star 2A · 1 SOG R 95OVR Miroslav Satan Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:43 Dainius Zubrus (4) Ken Klee (8) · Slap BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 14:52 Dmitri Kalinin (4) Stu Barnes (9), Miroslav Satan (17) · Backhand BUF 1 – 1 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 14:30 Mike Grier (10) Sergei Gonchar (22), Dainius Zubrus (5) · Slap BUF 1 – 2 WSH
  2. 17:37 Miroslav Satan (13) PPG Alexei Zhitnik (8), Stu Barnes (10) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 4:29 Jaromir Jagr (18) Michael Nylander (26), Kip Miller (18) · Wrist BUF 2 – 3 WSH
  2. 11:36 Ivan Ciernik (3) Calle Johansson (6) · Snap BUF 2 – 4 WSH
  3. 11:56 Vaclav Varada (5) Alexei Zhitnik (9) · Slap BUF 3 – 4 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 2 1 0 +1 25:43 1.33
Miroslav Satan R 1 1 4 0 -3 21:53 1.23
Dmitri Kalinin D 1 0 2 0 +1 23:33 1.05
Vaclav Varada R 1 0 1 0 +1 12:48 0.98
Stu Barnes C 0 2 1 0 -2 18:26 0.87
J-P Dumont R 0 0 2 1 +1 13:57 0.30
Tim Connolly C 0 0 2 0 0 14:58 0.15
Adam Mair C 0 0 1 1 0 11:16 0.08
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 1 0 0 14:16 0.08
Denis Hamel L 0 0 1 0 0 15:56 0.08
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 2 0 -1 18:40 0.00
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 1 0 16:12 0.00
Curtis Brown C 0 0 1 0 -1 15:27 -0.08
James Patrick D 0 0 1 0 -1 17:13 -0.08
Brian Campbell D 0 0 1 0 -1 20:14 -0.08
Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 -1 3:48 -0.15
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 1 -2 18:03 -0.30
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 0 -2 14:36 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron L 28 24 4 .857 58:50 -0.60

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT +/- TOI GS
Dainius Zubrus C 1 1 2 0 +3 17:04 1.98
Mike Grier R 1 0 3 0 0 21:49 0.98
Jaromir Jagr R 1 0 3 0 0 13:45 0.98
Ivan Ciernik L 1 0 2 0 +1 15:17 0.90
Kip Miller C 0 1 1 0 +1 13:29 0.85
Michael Nylander C 0 1 1 0 +1 17:02 0.85
Ken Klee D 0 1 3 1 0 23:55 0.85
Calle Johansson D 0 1 1 0 +1 19:25 0.85
Sergei Gonchar D 0 1 2 0 +1 26:00 0.78
Brendan Witt D 0 0 3 0 +1 25:40 0.38
Peter Bondra R 0 0 2 0 +1 14:04 0.30
Alex Henry D 0 0 2 1 +1 4:09 0.30
Robert Lang C 0 0 2 0 0 14:04 0.15
Brian Sutherby C 0 0 0 0 +1 6:22 0.15
Jean-Francois Fortin D 0 0 0 0 0 9:38 0.00
Steve Konowalchuk L 0 0 1 1 -1 20:32 -0.08
Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 -1 20:02 -0.15
Jason Doig D 0 0 0 0 0 11:57 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Olie Kolzig W 21 18 3 .857 60:00 -0.45