Buffalo Sabres 6 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 21 - 22
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:61/72=84 %, Challenges:29/48=59 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:67/90=74 %, Challenges:36/51=69 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 818180 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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24:58 1-0
Paul Gaustad [3] (Rob Niedermayer, Oleg Saprykin)
27:18 1-1
Brent Burns [2] (Cal Clutterbuck, Wayne Simmonds)
33:18 2-1
Tim Connolly [4] (Craig Rivet, Jordan Leopold)
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51:03 2-2
Wayne Simmonds [1] (Matt Cullen, Owen Nolan)
51:52 3-2
Oleg Saprykin [4] (Joe DiPenta)
53:58 4-2
Scott Gomez [4] (Brian Gionta, Craig Rivet)
55:22 5-2
Raffi Torres [3] (Derek Roy)
57:16 6-2
Scott Gomez [5] (Brian Gionta, Mike Grier)
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Penalty summary:
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04:45
Matt Ellis (2 min for cross-checking)
12:52
Shane Hnidy (2 min for cross-checking)
17:53
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
17:53
Cam Barker (2 min for roughing)
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29:02
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 14.30 7
R Rob Niedermayer 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 10.40 7
R Oleg Saprykin 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 15.00 8
R Brian Gionta 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 19.50 7
C Matt Ellis 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 7.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 4 2 5 0 1 17.50 9
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 15.00 6
C Scott Gomez 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.50 9
L Mark Mancari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 15.50 6
L Raffi Torres 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 15.20 7
L Tim Connolly 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 8
D Chris Butler 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 16.00 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 26.00 7
D Keith Yandle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
D Joe DiPenta 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 8
D Craig Rivet 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 24.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Antti Miettinen 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 7.10 6
R Owen Nolan 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 14.10 8
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 16.30 8
R Martin Havlat 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -4 19.40 6
C James Sheppard 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7.10 6
C Matt Cullen 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 14.10 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 19.30 4
C Keith Tkachuk 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 -3 19.10 4
L Cal Clutterbuck 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7.10 7
L Wayne Simmonds 1 1 1 5 2 5 0 1 14.10 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 -4 17.10 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 19.30 6
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 20.10 6
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -3 11.40 5
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -2 28.10 6
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14.10 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -3 18.50 6
D Brent Burns 1 0 2 4 0 3 0 -2 27.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 6 0 15 0 0 60.00 4
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Gomez
2nd star: Oleg Saprykin
3rd star: Brian Gionta
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Chuck Kobasew had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Cullen finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Wayne Simmonds finally ended his 17 game goal drought.
-Andrew Brunette had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brent Burns ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 13) , Houston Aeros 2( 19)
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1-0 ROC David Zíma (Tyler Johnson, Adam Mair)
1-1 HOU Eric Nystrom (Kyle Brodziak)
2-1 ROC Tyler Johnson (Patrick Kaleta, Dmitri Zyuzin)
2-2 HOU Matt Kassian (Kai Kantola)
3-2 ROC Andrej Sekera (Nathan Gerbe, Drew Stafford)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Barry Brust