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28/10/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 7 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 27 - 22
PP: 2 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:58/67=86 %, Challenges:33/36=89 %
PP: 1 of 8 (13 shots), Passing:79/102=77 %, Challenges:40/41=95 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:26 1-0
Derek Roy [4] (Jochen Hecht, Craig Rivet)
05:33 2-0
Thomas Vanek [5] (Tim Connolly, Teppo Numminen)
12:43 2-1
Max Gratchev [2] (Jeff Tambellini)
14:19 3-1
Teppo Numminen [1] (Tim Connolly, Dan Paillé)
17:03 3-2
Trent Hunter [4] (Mark Streit)
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22:26 4-2
Maxim Afinogenov [7] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
36:09 5-2
Thomas Vanek [6] (Jaroslav Spacek)
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48:17 5-3
Bill Guerin [3] (Chris Campoli, Doug Weight)PP
57:55 6-3
Derek Roy [5] (Jochen Hecht, Jason Pominville)PP
59:18 7-3
Dan Paillé [1] (Ales Kotalik, Drew Stafford)
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Penalty summary:
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07:26
Paul Gaustad (2 min for slashing)
08:34
Drew Stafford (2 min for boarding)
19:23
Dan Paillé (2 min for tripping)
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22:05
Trent Hunter (2 min for hooking)
24:24
Tim Connolly (2 min for boarding)
26:33
Max Gratchev (2 min for hooking)
29:19
Mike Comrie (2 min for tripping)
33:55
Chris Campoli (2 min for diving)
36:14
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for high-sticking)
38:33
Trent Hunter (2 min for tripping)
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40:56
Thomas Vanek (2 min for boarding)
42:53
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for tripping)
47:31
Thomas Vanek (2 min for tripping)
49:58
Josef Vasicek (2 min for slashing)
52:15
Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
54:49
Chris Campoli (2 min for elbowing)
56:26
Kyle Okposo (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 22.50 8
R Drew Stafford 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
R Jason Pominville 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 21.00 8
C Dan Paillé 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 8.30 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 -2 17.50 7
C Derek Roy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
C Tim Connolly 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 21.00 8
L Tim Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 9.00 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 2 1 5 0 0 0 4 2 21.00 9
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.20 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 24.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 24.30 9
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9.10 6
D Teppo Numminen 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 19.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Richard Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.40 5
R Bill Guerin 1 0 5 1 0 1 2 -2 23.20 7
R Kyle Okposo 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 -3 16.30 5
R Trent Hunter 1 0 3 4 1 0 4 0 20.40 9
C Joshua Bailey 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.40 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.50 6
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 5.50 5
C Doug Weight 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
L Max Gratchev 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 9.10 6
L Jeff Tambellini 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 6
L Shawn Bates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 5.40 6
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 22.10 6
D Mark Katic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 29.00 8
D Thomas Pöck 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 16.40 6
D Chris Campoli 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 -2 19.30 7
D Mark Streit 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 -1 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 4 0 6 0 0 22.30 4
G Yann Danis 3 0 14 0 0 37.30 5
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Derek Roy
3rd star: Dan Paillé
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Dan Paillé finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Jochen Hecht had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Teppo Numminen finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bill Guerin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Max Gratchev ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 7( 30) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 14)
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1-0
Matt Ellis (Jeff Jillson)
2-0
Branislav Fabry (Marc-André Gragnani, Dylan Hunter)
2-1
Mark Wotton (Jeremy Colliton, Jesse Joensuu)
3-1
Phillip Gogulla (Branislav Fabry)
4-1
Jan Steber (Michael Ryan, Dylan Hunter)
5-1
Benjamin Breault
5-2
Matt Keith (Mark Wotton)
6-2
Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan, Andrej Sekera)
7-2
Adam Mair (Matt Ellis)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Maxime Ouellet