⚔️ Away Sabres 2-0-0 before this game
0–3
Final
🪶 Home Blackhawks 0-1-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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CHI 1203

Sabres at Blackhawks

Blackhawks beat Sabres 3–0 at United Center on October 13, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Oct 13, 2002 · 19:00 CDT 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Alexei Zhamnov
1 G
4 shots · 22:34 TOI · +1
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Tyler Arnason
1 G
4 shots · 16:33 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Jon Klemm
1 G
1 shots · 15:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Jon Klemm Go-ahead 1st · 01:26
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Shawn Thornton
0–1
2nd period
🪶 Tyler Arnason PP 2nd · 04:04
Assists: Michael Nylander, Phil Housley
0–2
🪶 Alexei Zhamnov SH 2nd · 06:58
Assists: Garry Valk, Alexander Karpovtsev
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF CHI🪶
26 Shots on goal 32
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
4 Hits 5
21 Penalty minutes 19
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/26) CHI shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:01 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Jocelyn Thibault Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Gratton · Barnes · Satan 18:25
L2 Hecht · Connolly · Varada 16:48
L3 Pyatt · Brown · Dumont 14:53
L4 Boulton · Mair · Ray 5:07
D1 Zhitnik · Tallinder 23:04
D2 Warrener · McKee 17:42
D3 Woolley · Patrick 14:34
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Berezin · Calder · Zhamnov 18:17
L2 Sullivan · Arnason · Nylander 16:33
L3 Valk · Bell · Thomas 13:00
L4 Debrusk · Thornton · Korolev 8:50
D1 Mironov · Karpovtsev 22:12
D2 Odelein · Housley 18:32
D3 Poapst · Klemm 15:42

⚔️ Last meetings

Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 19, 2001
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
6–5 · Blackhawks won
Oct 28, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI
3–1 · Sabres won
Oct 5, 2000
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–4 · Sabres won
Dec 10, 1999
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Nov 4, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI
5–4 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs CHI, answered

Who won Sabres vs Blackhawks on October 13, 2002?

Blackhawks won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Sabres 0, Blackhawks 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Alexei Zhamnov, Jon Klemm, Tyler Arnason.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Sabres vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Blackhawks season series?

Blackhawks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Oct 12
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–1 · BUF won
Next game · Oct 17
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
4–4 · NYR won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Oct 10
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
1–2 · CBJ won
Next game · Oct 17
🐆FLA @ 🪶CHI
1–4 · CHI won
Also on October 13, 2002
🐙DET @ 🦆ANA
4–2 final
Sabres season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule