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14/12/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 7 , Colorado Avalanche 4
Shots: 26 - 33
PP: 2 of 10 (11 shots), Passing:52/57=91 %, Challenges:35/36=94 %
PP: 1 of 10 (21 shots), Passing:70/86=81 %, Challenges:53/55=94 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:44 1-0
Bobby Ryan [13] (Drew Stafford, Nick Boynton)SH
09:06 1-1
Wojtek Wolski [15] (Milan Hejduk)PP
15:32 2-1
Thomas Vanek [20] (Tim Connolly, Derek Roy)
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25:03 2-2
Scott Hannan [2] (Nigel Williams, Ryan Smyth)SH
28:52 3-2
Ryan Ellis [5] (Kenny Jönsson, Tim Connolly)PP
32:21 3-3
T.J. Hensick [5] (James Sheppard)SH
33:08 4-3
Thomas Vanek [21] (Derek Roy, Tim Connolly)PP
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43:14 4-4
James Sheppard [15] (Ryan Smyth, Scott Hannan)SH
56:16 5-4
Mike Comrie [3] (Kenny Jönsson, Ladislav Smid)
57:51 6-4
Tim Connolly [15] (Thomas Vanek)
59:33 7-4
Kyle Wellwood [9] (Jaroslav Spacek, Nick Boynton)
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Penalty summary:
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00:43
John-Michael Liles (2 min for hooking)
03:59
Nick Tarnasky (2 min for tripping)
06:48
Kenny Jönsson (2 min for roughing)
06:57
Bobby Ryan (2 min for roughing)
09:31
Jochen Hecht (2 min for tripping)
13:32
Wojtek Wolski (2 min for elbowing)
17:34
Landon Ferraro (2 min for elbowing)
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20:37
Chris Stewart (2 min for high-sticking)
23:56
Chris Stewart (2 min for hooking)
26:45
Casper Carning (2 min for holding the stick)
28:42
T.J. Hensick (2 min for hooking)
31:33
Brett Clark (2 min for cross-checking)
33:18
Codey Burki (2 min for high-sticking)
37:04
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for hooking)
39:27
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for slashing)
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42:43
Casper Carning (2 min for slashing)
45:55
Mike Comrie (2 min for tripping)
47:17
Ryan Ellis (2 min for slashing)
51:08
T.J. Hensick (2 min for cross-checking)
53:32
Mike Comrie (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nick Tarnasky 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4.40 6
R Kyle Wellwood 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 7
R Landon Ferraro 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 20.10 7
R Thomas Vanek 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 17.10 9
C Mike Comrie 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 5.20 7
C Drew Stafford 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 19.30 8
C Derek Roy 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
C Tim Connolly 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 8
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 10.50 5
L Chris Kreider 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.10 7
L Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
L Bobby Ryan 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 20.20 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.10 7
D Nick Boynton 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 21.50 8
D Ryan Ellis 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 23.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 15.10 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 20.50 8
D Kenny Jönsson 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 24.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 29 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Codey Burki 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4.20 5
R T.J. Hensick 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 -1 17.40 8
R Marek Svatos 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 7
R Milan Hejduk 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 8
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 5
C Martin Straka 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 10.10 5
C James Sheppard 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 15.30 9
C Joe Sakic 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -3 19.00 6
L Casper Carning 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.20 6
L Chris Stewart 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 10.50 6
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
L Wojtek Wolski 1 0 7 1 0 0 2 -3 18.40 9
D Nigel Williams 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 19.00 9
D Kyle Cumiskey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 6
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 28.40 7
D Scott Hannan 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 12.20 6
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 -2 28.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 7 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Trevor Cann 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Kenny Jönsson
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Drew Stafford notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Kenny Jönsson has marked a new career high in assists with 27 assists.
-Tim Connolly scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jaroslav Spacek notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Wojtek Wolski scored his 15th goal of the season.
-James Sheppard scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Marek Svatos had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Joe Sakic had his 8 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 9( 33) , Hershey Bears 1( 12)
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1-0
Dan Paillé (Marc-André Gragnani)
2-0
Andrew Peters (Adam Mair)
3-0
Teppo Numminen (Benjamin Breault, Branislav Fabry)
4-0
Mark Mancari (Adam Mair)
5-0
Corey Tropp (Dan Paillé)
6-0
Michael Ryan
6-1
Ryan Stoa (Jim Slater)
7-1
Nathan Gerbe (Teppo Numminen)
8-1
Corey Tropp (Dan Paillé)