2–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 32-17-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	1	1	2
DET	1	2	1	4

Sabres at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Sabres 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on February 13, 2003.

🗓 Thu, Feb 13, 2003 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Sergei Fedorov

2 G

4 shots · 21:11 TOI · +2

2nd star 🐙 DET

Igor Larionov

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 13:23 TOI · -1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Brendan Shanahan

2 A

3 shots · 19:35 TOI · +1

4rd star 🐙 DET

Curtis Joseph

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Jason Woolley PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:34

Assists: Brett Hull, Igor Larionov · beat Ryan Miller

0–1

2nd period

🐙 Sergei Fedorov 2nd · 00:53

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Kirk Maltby · beat Ryan Miller

0–2

🐙 Sergei Fedorov 2nd · 04:22

Assists: Brendan Shanahan, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Ryan Miller

0–3

⚔️ Tim Connolly 2nd · 05:02

Assists: Ales Kotalik, Jay McKee · beat Curtis Joseph

1–3

3rd period

🐙 Igor Larionov PP 3rd · 03:11

Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Ryan Miller

1–4

⚔️ Denis Hamel 3rd · 05:47

Assists: Adam Mair, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Curtis Joseph

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF DET🐙

33 Shots on goal 24

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

17 Hits 20

17 Blocked shots 10

3 Takeaways 10

9 Giveaways 17

4 Penalty minutes 4

BUF shooting 6.1% (2/33) DET shooting 16.7% (4/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

20/24

.833 SV% · 4 GA · 58:19 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Curtis Joseph

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brown · Barnes · Satan 18:38

L2 Connolly · Dumont · Afinogenov 16:01

L3 Hamel · Gratton · Kotalik 14:44

L4 Pyatt · Boulton · Mair 11:38

D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 24:26

D2 Patrick · McKee 18:30

D3 Fitzpatrick · Campbell 14:38

🐙Red Wings

L1 Maltby · Shanahan · Fedorov 19:49

L2 Datsyuk · Draper · Dandenault 16:41

L3 Robitaille · Zetterberg · Hull 14:10

L4 Holmstrom · Larionov · Devereaux 10:16

L5 Avery 7:17

D1 Lidstrom · Bykov 25:16

D2 Boileau · Woolley 19:03

D3 Kuznetsov 11:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

4–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ BUF vs DET, answered

Who won Sabres vs Red Wings on February 13, 2003?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Red Wings?

The final score was Sabres 2, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Denis Hamel, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Sergei Fedorov (2), Igor Larionov, Jason Woolley.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings 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

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🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 10

Also on February 13, 2003

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