Game 3 Preview: Hartford at Buffalo
2003-04 Regular Season
| Day | Game | Visitor | S | Home | S | OT | Boxscore | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 215 |  | Hartford WHALERS | 4 |  | Buffalo SABRES | 0 | - | Boxscore |
| 54 | 309 | | Hartford WHALERS | 4 | | Buffalo SABRES | 5 | - | Boxscore |
| 122 | 722 | | Buffalo SABRES | - | | Hartford WHALERS | - | - | - |
| 141 | 848 | | Hartford WHALERS | - | | Buffalo SABRES | - | - | - |
| 142 | 852 | | Buffalo SABRES | - | | Hartford WHALERS | - | - | - |
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WINS VERSUS SABRES : 1
Last 10 Games : 5-5-0 (L2)
Away Record : 4-5-0
Overall Record : 12-11-0
Last 10 Games : 5-5-0 (L2)
Away Record : 4-5-0
Overall Record : 12-11-0
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Black | 96 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 2 |
| Glen Wesley | 99 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -5 | 6 |
| Brian Campbell | 99 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 10 |
| Jochen Hecht | 97 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 6 |
| Sylvain Cote | 98 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 2 |
| Geoff Sanderson | 99 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Petr Nedved | 97 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Kariya | 97 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 0 |
| Marco Sturm | 98 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 |
| Danton Cole | 100 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 0 |
| Nick Boynton | 100 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| Boyd Devereaux | 100 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Barnaby | 100 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 39 |
| Eric Cairns | 100 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 21 |
| Cory Stillman | 98 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Brian Savage | 100 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | 100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Gilchrist | 100 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | 100 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Injured Reserve | |||||||
| Michal Sykora | 90 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Belfour | 98 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2.76 | 0.909 | 2 |
| Craig Billington | 100 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.20 | 0.927 | 1 |
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WINS VERSUS WHALERS : 1
Last 10 Games : 6-4-0 (W1)
Home Record : 6-4-3
Overall Record : 12-7-3
Last 10 Games : 6-4-0 (W1)
Home Record : 6-4-3
Overall Record : 12-7-3
Skaters
| Name | CON | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Fast | 100 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 24 |
| Marian Hossa | 99 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 25 |
| Jason Allison | 100 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| Mark Recchi | 99 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 40 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 100 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 6 |
| Daniel Briere | 100 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Damien Surma | 100 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Patrick Marleau | 99 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 4 |
| Brian Leetch | 100 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 4 |
| Mark Tinordi | 99 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 59 |
| Filip Kuba | 100 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| Martin St.Louis | 100 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| Patrik Elias | 99 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Odelein | 100 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| Shane Doan | 100 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Paul Gaustad | 100 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 18 |
| Mattias Norstrom | 100 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Mike Rupp | 100 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
Goalies
| Name | CON | GP | W | L | OT | GAA | Sv % | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeni Nabokov | 97 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3.50 | 0.893 | 0 |
| Marty Biron | 100 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.24 | 0.897 | 0 |