2–3

Final

🧥 Home Blue Jackets 4-5-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	2	0	0	2
CBJ	0	1	2	3

Sabres at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets beat Sabres 3–2 at Nationwide Arena on November 3, 2002.

🗓 Sun, Nov 3, 2002 · 16:00 CST 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🧥 CBJ

Rostislav Klesla

2 A

22:21 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jochen Hecht

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 21:58 TOI · +1

3rd star 🧥 CBJ

Andrew Cassels

1 G

6 shots · 17:05 TOI · -1

4rd star 🧥 CBJ

Marc Denis

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Stu Barnes Go-ahead 1st · 17:39

Assists: Jochen Hecht · beat Marc Denis

1–0

⚔️ Jochen Hecht 1st · 18:02

Assists: Dmitri Kalinin, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Marc Denis

2–0

2nd period

🧥 Tyler Wright 2nd · 04:36

Assists: Rostislav Klesla, Sean Pronger · beat Martin Biron

2–1

3rd period

🧥 Andrew Cassels PP Tying 3rd · 04:06

Assists: Ray Whitney, Geoff Sanderson · beat Martin Biron

2–2

🧥 Derrick Walser PP Go-ahead 3rd · 10:10

Assists: Rick Nash, Rostislav Klesla · beat Martin Biron

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF CBJ🧥

32 Shots on goal 26

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7

1 Hits 5

25 Penalty minutes 21

BUF shooting 6.2% (2/32) CBJ shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:20 TOI

🧥Blue Jackets

Marc Denis

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Barnes · Connolly 21:56

L2 Brown · Gratton · Varada 16:39

L3 Pyatt · Dumont · Kotalik 13:45

L4 Boulton · Mair · Ray 4:39

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:06

D2 McKee · Warrener 18:48

D3 Tallinder · Patrick 16:42

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Whitney · Sillinger · Knutsen 18:46

L2 Sanderson · Cassels · Wright 16:46

L3 Nash · Vyborny · Marshall 13:48

L4 Shelley · Pronger · Dineen 11:21

D1 Spacek · Klesla 23:35

D2 Richardson · Lachance 20:32

D3 Grand-Pierre · Walser 12:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 29, 2001

⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ

2–2 (OT) · Sabres won

Oct 19, 2001

🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF

3–1 · Blue Jackets won

Jan 23, 2001

🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF

2–1 · Blue Jackets won

❓ BUF vs CBJ, answered

Who won Sabres vs Blue Jackets on November 3, 2002?

Blue Jackets won 3–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Blue Jackets?

The final score was Sabres 2, Blue Jackets 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jochen Hecht, Stu Barnes.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Andrew Cassels, Derrick Walser, Tyler Wright.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Blue Jackets season series?

Blue Jackets 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 · Nov 1

🧥Blue Jackets

Previous game · Nov 1

Also on November 3, 2002

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