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9/1/2008
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San Jose Sharks 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 30 - 18
PP: 1 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:37/50=72 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:25/41=59 %
Attendance: 17438 of 17438 (San Jose Arena)
Ticket income: 484776 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:24 1-0
Kyle McLaren [3] (Robyn Regehr, Joe Thornton)
11:59 2-0
Jonathan Cheechoo [14] (Teemu Selänne)PP
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26:22 2-1
Dainius Zubrus [11] (Mark Parrish, Scott Gomez)
27:01 3-1
Joe Thornton [18] (Jonathan Cheechoo)
37:56 3-2
Mark Parrish [10] (Dainius Zubrus, Brian Campbell)
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45:28 4-2
Teemu Selänne [22] (Joe Thornton)
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Penalty summary:
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02:57
Jason Pominville (2 min for holding the stick)
06:19
Scott Hannan (2 min for roughing)
06:19
Dainius Zubrus (2 min for roughing)
10:22
Jason Pominville (2 min for slashing)
12:41
Pierre-Marc Bouchard (2 min for tripping)
17:54
Dainius Zubrus (2 min for tripping)
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30:39
Erik Christensen (2 min for tripping)
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40:55
Daniel Brière (2 min for holding the stick)
56:45
Jason Allison (2 min for slashing)
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San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michel Ouellet 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.30 6
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 18.50 7
R Jonathan Cheechoo 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 20.30 7
C Jason Allison 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.30 7
C Craig Conroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 6
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Joe Thornton 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 10
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 7.30 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.20 5
L Steve Bernier 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 18.30 7
L Teemu Selänne 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.20 8
D Matt Carle 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 21.00 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 -1 24.30 7
D Kyle McLaren 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 20.50 7
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 13.20 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -1 14.20 8
D Robyn Regehr 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 26.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Evgeny Nabokov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 9.20 4
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 11.20 5
R Peter Bondra 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 15.30 5
R Dainius Zubrus 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 15.20 9
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6.50 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.20 6
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 17.40 7
C Scott Gomez 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 17.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 9.20 6
L Simon Gagné 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 5
L Michal Handzus 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 -2 18.50 6
L Mark Parrish 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 2 17.20 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 12.40 7
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 15.00 5
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 21.20 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 22.10 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -2 20.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 28.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 26 0 0 60.00 6
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Jonathan Cheechoo
3rd star: Teemu Selänne
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Joe Thornton notched his 20th assist of the season.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Scott Gomez notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Mark Parrish scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Dainius Zubrus ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Cleveland Barons 3( 19) , Rochester Americans 0(
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1-0 CLE Joe Pavelski (Pat Rissmiller, Joe DiPenta)
2-0 CLE Pat Rissmiller (Joe Pavelski)
3-0 CLE Mike Iggulden (Devin Setoguchi, Derek Joslin)
Goalies: Thomas Greiss - Danny Battochio