⚔️ Away Sabres 27-34-11 before this game
0–3
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 34-33-7 before this game
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Sabres at Rangers

Rangers beat Sabres 3–0 at Madison Square Garden on March 19, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Mar 19, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Eric Lindros
2 A
1 shots · 14:08 TOI · +2
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Bobby Holik
1 G
6 shots · 16:43 TOI · +2
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Tom Poti
1 G
4 shots · 22:48 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🗽 Tom Poti Go-ahead 2nd · 06:12
Assists: Dan Lacouture, Eric Lindros · beat Martin Biron
0–1
🗽 Bobby Holik 2nd · 15:01
Assists: Eric Lindros · beat Martin Biron
0–2
3rd period
🗽 Anson Carter 3rd · 11:08
Assists: Mark Messier, Petr Nedved · beat Martin Biron
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NYR🗽
27 Shots on goal 36
9 Hits 26
20 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 7
4 Giveaways 7
18 Penalty minutes 20
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/27) NYR shooting 8.3% (3/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
33/36
.917 SV% · 3 GA · 59:28 TOI
🗽Rangers
Mike Dunham Shutout
27/27
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 27-34-11 (38% win rate, 72 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 34-33-7 (46% win rate, 74 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brown · Hecht · Satan 17:14
L2 Connolly · Brière · Afinogenov 14:58
L3 Mair · Dumont · Kotalik 14:26
L4 Botterill · Boulton · Taylor 8:58
D1 Zhitnik · Campbell 25:28
D2 Fitzpatrick · Patrick 22:04
D3 Houda · Janik 10:36
🗽Rangers
L1 Nedved · Messier · Kovalev 20:28
L2 Holik · Lindros · Carter 16:43
L3 Lacouture · Lundmark · McCarthy 7:58
L4 Donato · Petrovicky · Barnaby 7:12
D1 Malakhov · Mironov 24:07
D2 Poti · Leetch 20:33
D3 Kasparaitis · Purinton 16:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 2003
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
4–5 · Sabres won
Dec 6, 2002
⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR
4–1 · Sabres won
Oct 17, 2002
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
4–4 (OT) · Rangers won
Dec 15, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR
2–4 · Rangers won
Nov 27, 2001
🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 (OT) · Rangers won

❓ BUF vs NYR, answered

Who won Sabres vs Rangers on March 19, 2003?

Rangers won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Rangers?

The final score was Sabres 0, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Rangers?

Anson Carter, Bobby Holik, Tom Poti.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 33 saves on 36 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 27 saves on 27 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Sabres vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Mar 18
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · BUF won
Next game · Mar 22
⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR
2–3 · TOR won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 17
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
0–1 · NYR won
Next game · Mar 22
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
2–1 · NYR won
Also on March 19, 2003
⭐DAL @ 🐦ATL
5–4 final
🌲MIN @ 🐆FLA
3–1 final
🦆ANA @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
Sabres season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule