👑 Away Kings 28-27-5 before this game
4–1
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 20-29-9 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
LAK 2114
BUF 0101

Kings at Sabres

Kings beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on February 21, 2003.

🗓 Fri, Feb 21, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Kings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 👑 LAK
Ziggy Palffy
2 G
8 shots · 16:49 TOI · +3
2nd star 👑 LAK
Bryan Smolinski
2 G
5 shots · 16:10 TOI · +3
3rd star 👑 LAK
Eric Belanger
1 A
2 shots · 19:24 TOI
4rd star 👑 LAK
Jamie Storr
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
👑 Ziggy Palffy Go-ahead 1st · 08:56
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
👑 Bryan Smolinski 1st · 15:03
Assists: Steve Heinze, Lubomir Visnovsky · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Eric Boulton 2nd · 02:58
Assists: Brian Campbell, Chris Gratton · beat Jamie Storr
2–1
👑 Bryan Smolinski 2nd · 04:11
Assists: Alex Frolov, Eric Belanger · beat Ryan Miller
3–1
3rd period
👑 Ziggy Palffy SH 3rd · 13:52
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK BUF⚔️
41 Shots on goal 32
18 Hits 14
14 Blocked shots 12
1 Takeaways 2
10 Giveaways 18
10 Penalty minutes 2
LAK shooting 9.8% (4/41) BUF shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Jamie Storr
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
37/41
.902 SV% · 4 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Johnson · Belanger · Palffy 18:42
L2 Rasmussen · Smolinski · Laperriere 16:34
L3 Eloranta · Schmidt · Heinze 13:35
L4 Frolov · Armstrong 10:24
D1 Miller · Norstrom 22:18
D2 Schneider · Modry 19:38
D3 Visnovsky · Yushkevich 17:52
D4 Norton 4:10
⚔️Sabres
L1 Pyatt · Gratton · Satan 19:08
L2 Connolly · Varada · Dumont 15:52
L3 Barnes · Kotalik · Afinogenov 14:47
L4 Boulton · Brown · Mair 12:00
D1 Zhitnik · Kalinin 24:48
D2 Campbell · Fitzpatrick 18:26
D3 Patrick · Hecl 13:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Kings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 17, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK
2–4 · Kings won
Jan 11, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK
2–3 · Kings won
Oct 7, 2000
👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · Sabres won
Feb 19, 2000
👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 · Sabres won
Jan 18, 2000
⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK
3–5 · Kings won

❓ LAK vs BUF, answered

Who won Kings vs Sabres on February 21, 2003?

Kings won 4–1.

What was the final score of Kings vs Sabres?

The final score was Kings 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Kings?

Bryan Smolinski (2), Ziggy Palffy (2).

Who scored for Sabres?

Eric Boulton.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jamie Storr made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 37 saves on 41 shots (.902 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Kings vs Sabres season series?

Kings 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
👑Kings
Previous game · Feb 20
👑LAK @ 🔔PHI
0–5 · PHI won
Next game · Feb 24
👑LAK @ 🐙DET
4–5 · DET won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Feb 19
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Feb 23
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
4–1 · BUF won
Also on February 21, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 final
⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR
2–2 final
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
2–3 final
🌵PHX @ ⭐DAL
2–2 final
🗽NYR @ 🦆ANA
6–2 final
🧥CBJ @ 🦈SJS
0–6 final
Kings season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule