🎵 Away Blues 34-15-7 before this game
3–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 18-27-8 before this game
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BUF 2002

Blues at Sabres

Blues beat Sabres 3–2 at KeyBank Center on February 11, 2003.

🗓 Tue, Feb 11, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Blues lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Keith Tkachuk
1 G
3 shots · 21:46 TOI
2nd star 🎵 STL
Steve Martins
1 G
2 shots · 13:48 TOI · +1
3rd star 🎵 STL
Jeff Finley
1 G
1 shots · 12:33 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Adam Mair Go-ahead 1st · 05:01
Assists: Dmitri Kalinin · beat Brent Johnson
0–1
⚔️ Tim Connolly 1st · 16:09
Unassisted · beat Brent Johnson
0–2
2nd period
🎵 Keith Tkachuk PP 2nd · 14:15
Assists: Pavol Demitra, Al MacInnis · beat Martin Biron
1–2
🎵 Steve Martins Tying 2nd · 15:33
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
2–2
3rd period
🎵 Jeff Finley Go-ahead 3rd · 15:01
Assists: Justin Papineau, Cory Stillman · beat Martin Biron
3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL BUF⚔️
25 Shots on goal 29
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
18 Hits 14
9 Blocked shots 6
5 Takeaways 2
14 Giveaways 16
19 Penalty minutes 19
STL shooting 12.0% (3/25) BUF shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Brent Johnson
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:04 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Blues
Blues: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–2
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 34-15-7 (61% win rate, 56 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 18-27-8 (34% win rate, 53 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · Demitra · Mellanby 21:46
L2 Stillman · Papineau · Drake 13:58
L3 Nash · Martins · Boguniecki 12:10
L4 Podein · Weight · Low 6:16
D1 MacInnis · Jackman 27:00
D2 Khavanov · Salvador 22:28
D3 Finley · Backman 9:34
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Connolly · Satan 17:40
L2 Pyatt · Barnes · Gratton 16:33
L3 Brown · Afinogenov · Dumont 14:55
L4 Mair · Kotalik · Ray 11:02
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 23:54
D2 Patrick · Campbell 19:34
D3 Warrener · McKee 14:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Blues lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 30, 2003
⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL
1–2 (OT) · Blues won
Mar 28, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL
1–4 · Blues won
Jan 23, 2002
🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 · Blues won
Nov 18, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL
1–4 · Blues won
Nov 26, 1999
🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF
2–0 · Blues won

❓ STL vs BUF, answered

Who won Blues vs Sabres on February 11, 2003?

Blues won 3–2.

What was the final score of Blues vs Sabres?

The final score was Blues 3, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Blues?

Jeff Finley, Keith Tkachuk, Steve Martins.

Who scored for Sabres?

Adam Mair, Tim Connolly.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Blues vs Sabres season series?

Blues lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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
🎵Blues
Previous game · Feb 8
🦈SJS @ 🎵STL
1–4 · STL won
Next game · Feb 13
🔔PHI @ 🎵STL
4–3 · PHI won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Feb 8
⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI
1–3 · NYI won
Next game · Feb 13
⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET
2–4 · DET won
Also on February 11, 2003
⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI
2–6 final
🛢️EDM @ 🍁TOR
5–4 final
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 final
👑LAK @ 🐯NSH
3–2 final
🌪️CAR @ ⭐DAL
1–2 final
😈NJD @ 🏔️COL
1–3 final
Blues season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule