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5/10/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 4
Shots: 29 - 29
PP: 2 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:61/74=82 %, Challenges:47/52=88 %
PP: 1 of 6 (16 shots), Passing:64/81=79 %, Challenges:31/41=73 %
Attendance: 17842 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 558454 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:18 1-0
Ales Kotalik [1] (Daniel Brière, Chris Kunitz)PP
09:34 1-1
Rene Bourque [1] (Duncan Keith, Patrick Sharp)
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28:03 1-2
Tuomo Ruutu [1] (Jim Vandermeer, Brent Seabrook)SH
34:14 2-2
Thomas Vanek [1] (Jaroslav Spacek, Scott Gomez)PP
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45:59 2-3
Adrian Aucoin [1] (Michal Handzus, Peter Bondra)PP
48:08 3-3
Scott Gomez [1] (Dmitri Kalinin)
49:43 3-4
Jeff Hamilton [1] (Martin Lapointe, Jason Williams)
54:06 4-4
Daniel Brière [1] (Thomas Vanek, Toni Lydman)
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61:29 5-4
Dainius Zubrus [1] (Thomas Vanek, Daniel Brière)
Penalty summary:
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04:22
Craig MacDonald (2 min for hooking)
04:41
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for boarding)
14:31
Daniel Brière (2 min for high-sticking)
17:06
Dmitri Kalinin (2 min for hooking)
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22:16
Toni Lydman (2 min for high-sticking)
24:39
Michael Holmqvist (2 min for hooking)
26:36
Jason Williams (2 min for hooking)
28:49
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
31:03
Craig MacDonald (2 min for high-sticking)
31:18
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for cross-checking)
35:01
Michael Holmqvist (2 min for hooking)
39:06
Tuomo Ruutu (2 min for hooking)
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41:19
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
45:12
Derek Roy (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 7
R Dainius Zubrus 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 -1 18.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 8.00 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.10 7
C Daniel Brière 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 9
C Scott Gomez 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 8
L Dan Paillé 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 17.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 22.10 9
D Brian Campbell 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -1 26.40 9
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.30 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 17.50 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 2 6 0 1 2 0 22.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 25 0 0 61.30 6
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Lapointe 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 14.10 7
R Jason Williams 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 18.40 6
R Peter Bondra 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 4 3 0 0 6 0 18.40 9
C Jeff Hamilton 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.40 8
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Patrick Sharp 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16.30 6
C Michal Handzus 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 20.10 7
L Craig MacDonald 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 5.20 6
L Michael Holmqvist 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 7.30 5
L Rene Bourque 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 7
L Martin Havlat 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 -1 18.50 7
D Jassen Cullimore 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
D Duncan Keith 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 30.00 8
D Cam Barker 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15.00 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 20.50 7
D Adrian Aucoin 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 28.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 5 0 24 0 0 61.30 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Brière
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Scott Gomez
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 12) , Norfolk Admirals 7( 38)
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1-0 ROC Drew Stafford (Dylan Hunter, Adam Mair)
1-1 NOR Jonas Nordquist (Danny Richmond)
1-2 NOR Nikita Alexeev (Danny Richmond)
1-3 NOR Kris Versteeg (Nikita Alexeev, Jonas Nordquist)
1-4 NOR Radim Vrbata (Bryan Bickell, Danny Richmond)
1-5 NOR Adam Berti (Colin Fraser)
1-6 NOR Colin Fraser (Adam Berti)
1-7 NOR Danny Richmond (Jonas Nordquist, Nikita Alexeev)
2-7 ROC Andrej Sekera (Marek Zagrapan)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Corey Crawford