31.12.07

Montreal Canadiens 2 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 22 - 34
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:46/56=82 %, Challenges:26/33=76 %
PP: 2 of 10 (21 shots), Passing:81/97=83 %, Challenges:46/53=85 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 993450 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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08:47 1-0 Jason Arnott [9])
16:18 1-1 Alex Tanguay [9] (Jordan Staal)PP
19:43 1-2 Martin Havlat [23] (Matt Lashoff, Patrice Bergeron)PP
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38:24 1-3 Jordan Staal [16] (Jussi Jokinen)
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55:07 2-3 Martin Lapointe [13] (Roman Hamrlik, Daniel Brière)
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Penalty summary:
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11:58 Steve Bégin (2 min for hooking)
14:32 Andrei Markov (2 min for high-sticking)
17:59 Radim Vrbata (2 min for tripping)
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20:29 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for slashing)
23:44 Mikhail Grabovski (2 min for hooking)
30:33 Martin Lapointe (2 min for roughing)
33:45 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for boarding)
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44:55 Steve Bégin (2 min for tripping)
46:55 Roman Hamrlik (2 min for high-sticking)
49:52 Martin Havlat (2 min for roughing)
55:55 Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
58:26 Robert Lang (2 min for tripping)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.40 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 11.30 6
R Martin Lapointe 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 10.40 8
R Michael Ryder 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23.20 6
C Robert Lang 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 9.40 5
C Jason Arnott 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 1 16.50 8
C Saku Koivu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 6
C Daniel Brière 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.40 7
L Gregory Stewart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11.30 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 3 4 1 1 4 1 17.50 7
L Bryan Smolinski 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 22.20 7
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.30 6
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.00 7
D Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 27.10 8
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 10.20 4
D Mathieu Dandenault 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 29.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 3 0 31 0 0 60.00 9
G Chris Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
C Wacey Rabbit 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.30 8
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 9
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 5
C Brad Marchand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Phil Kessel 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 -1 21.00 7
C Jordan Staal 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 7.30 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.50 5
L Alex Tanguay 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10.50 7
L Martin Havlat 1 0 6 3 0 1 2 -1 21.50 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
D Shawn Belle 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 19.00 6
D Matt Lashoff 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 27.40 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 21.20 6
D Kristopher Letang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jordan Staal
2nd star: Martin Havlat
3rd star: Jussi Jokinen

Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Roman Hamrlik notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Patrice Bergeron notched his 20th assist of the season.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 2( 20) , Providence Bruins 1( 15)
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0-1 PRO T.J. Trevelyan (Bryan Schmidt)
1-1 QUE Dan Jancevski (Corey Locke)
2-1 QUE Dan Jancevski

Goalies: Yann Danis - Tim Thomas

Nashville Predators 4 , Detroit Red Wings 0
Shots: 35 - 17
PP: 2 of 8 (15 shots), Passing:79/87=90 %, Challenges:47/56=82 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:59/75=78 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
Attendance: 17298 of 17298 (Gaylord Center)
Ticket income: 800897 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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11:35 1-0 Shea Weber [5])
14:06 2-0 Shea Weber [6] (David Legwand)PP
17:16 3-0 Martin Erat [20] (Steve Sullivan, Dan Hamhuis)PP
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28:38 4-0 Shea Weber [7] (Chris Higgins, Maxime Talbot)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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06:56 Kirk Maltby (2 min for hooking)
13:33 Brian Rafalski (2 min for elbowing)
15:58 Valtteri Filppula (2 min for roughing)
17:24 Dallas Drake (2 min for elbowing)
18:59 Kris Draper (2 min for hooking)
19:22 Chris Chelios (2 min for roughing)
19:22 Jean-Pierre Dumont (2 min for roughing)
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29:26 Jiri Hudler (2 min for elbowing)
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40:47 Kirk Maltby (2 min for slashing)
44:22 Jordin Tootoo (2 min for roughing)
44:22 Jiri Hudler (2 min for roughing)
50:46 Chris Chelios (2 min for holding the stick)
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Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 8.40 7
R Petr Sykora 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15.20 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 17.40 8
R Steve Sullivan 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
C Maxime Talbot 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 6
C Erik Christensen 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 14.50 7
C David Legwand 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 9
C Chris Higgins 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.10 7
L Blake Geoffrion 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.20 6
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14.50 6
L Ryan Malone 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20.30 7
L Martin Erat 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
D Josh Gorges 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 16.00 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 25.20 7
D Shea Weber 3 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 18.40 10
D Greg Zanon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.30 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 25.40 7
D Ryan Suter 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 18.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 0 0 17 0 0 60.00 9
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 9.20 7
R Jiri Hudler 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8.50 6
R Kirk Maltby 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 -2 17.50 7
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 9.10 7
C Johan Franzén 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 19.20 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 -2 19.40 8
C Pavel Datsyuk 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
L Dallas Drake 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 14.30 7
L Daniel Cleary 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.30 5
L Tomas Holmström 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 -2 10.50 6
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 7
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 11.50 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19.50 5
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 25.20 7
D Brent Sopel 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11.40 6
D Chris Chelios 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 -2 23.20 5
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dominik Hasek 4 0 31 0 0 60.00 5
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Shea Weber
2nd star: Jaroslav Halak
3rd star: David Legwand

Notes for Nashville Predators:
-Martin Erat scored his 20th goal of the season.

Notes for Detroit Red Wings:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Milwaukee Admirals 2( 25) , Kansas City Blades 1( 16)
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1-0 MIL Alex Henry (Jerred Smithson, Kevin Klein)
1-1 KCB Jaroslav Sklenar (Evan McGrath, Justin Abdelkader)
2-1 MIL Paul Brown (Reid Cashman)

Goalies: Mike McKenna - Chris Osgood

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St. Louis Blues 3 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 24 - 27
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:58/72=80 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:70/84=83 %, Challenges:45/50=88 %
Attendance: 19260 of 19260 (Kiel Center)
Ticket income: 822402 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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10:58 1-0 Petr Cajanek [11] (Brad Boyes, Eric Brewer)
19:31 1-1 Chris Clark [11] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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28:46 1-2 Matt Pettinger [4] (Alexander Semin, Brian Pothier)
35:37 1-3 Alexander Semin [16] (Chris Clark, Ben Clymer)
39:33 2-3 Andy McDonald [17] (Paul Kariya, Brad Boyes)PP
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55:41 2-4 Matt Pettinger [5] (Milan Jurcina, Brian Pothier)
56:41 3-4 Petr Cajanek [12] (Lee Stempniak, Keith Tkachuk)
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Penalty summary:
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04:34 Joël Perrault (2 min for hooking)
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22:15 Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
22:15 Jamal Mayers (5 min for fighting)
29:35 Martin Rucinsky (2 min for holding the stick)
32:38 Shaone Morrisonn (2 min for holding the stick)
35:54 D.J. King (2 min for hooking)
39:13 Rob Niedermayer (2 min for tripping)
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St. Louis Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 15.50 6
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
R Andy McDonald 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 17.20 8
C Joël Perrault 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 7.10 5
C Jay McClement 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
C Petr Cajanek 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 8
C Brad Boyes 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 7
L D.J. King 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.10 6
L Martin Rucinsky 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 11.50 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Paul Kariya 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 -2 16.00 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Barret Jackman 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 23.10 10
D Eric Brewer 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Micki Dupont 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 14.40 6
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -1 21.00 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Hannu Toivonen 4 0 23 0 0 58.50 5
G Manny Legace 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 6.00 5
R Rob Niedermayer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14.20 6
R Chris Clark 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 17.00 9
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 21.00 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 6.00 6
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12.40 5
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 7.50 6
L Matt Pettinger 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 12.40 8
L Alexander Semin 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 9
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 13.00 6
D Ben Clymer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 29.10 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 15.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Petr Cajanek
3rd star: Matt Pettinger

Notes for St. Louis Blues:
-Brad Boyes notched his 20th assist of the season.

Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Matt Pettinger finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Matt Pettinger finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Milan Jurcina ended his 9 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Donald Brashear beat Jamal Mayers in a fight.

Farm game result:
Worcester Icecats 1( 15) , Portland Pirates 2( 22)
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1-0 WOR Steven Later (Trent Whitfield, Charles Linglet)
1-1 POR David Steckel
1-2 POR Matt Stafanishion (Jason Morgan)

Goalies: Jason Bacashihua - Frédéric Cassivi

Toronto Maple Leafs 3 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 31 - 34
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:53/59=89 %, Challenges:48/56=84 %
PP: 0 of 7 (15 shots), Passing:68/81=83 %, Challenges:48/48=98 %
Attendance: 18819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 805453 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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16:54 0-1 Jason Pominville [16] (Vaclav Prospal, Marek Zagrapan)
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no scoring
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48:07 1-1 Bryan Berard [2] (Kyle Wellwood, Jirí Tlustý)
53:06 2-1 Bryan Berard [3] (Jirí Tlustý, Kyle Wellwood)
58:48 3-1 Carlo Colaiacovo [6] (Tomas Kaberle, Mats Sundin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:17 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for diving)
05:02 Chad Kilger (2 min for hooking)
18:49 Jason Blake (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:16 Matt Stajan (2 min for cross-checking)
26:11 Ian White (2 min for hooking)
33:53 Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for elbowing)
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41:02 Jason Pominville (2 min for high-sticking)
56:28 Mats Sundin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Toronto Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Nik Antropov 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14.00 7
L Chad Kilger 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 21.40 7
R Alexander Steen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Jeremy Williams 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 5 1 0 4 0 16.00 7
C Kyle Wellwood 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 12.30 7
C Mats Sundin 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 17.30 8
L Mark Bell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.50 6
R Jason Blake 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 6
C Jirí Tlustý 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 10.00 8
C Matt Stajan 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.20 7
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17.40 5
D Bryan Berard 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 11.30 10
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 23.20 7
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20.50 5
D Carlo Colaiacovo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 16.30 8
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 -1 30.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 1 0 33 0 0 60.00 10
G Vesa Toskala 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5.40 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10.20 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 6 2 0 0 2 1 21.40 10
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 20.30 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.30 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 6
C Marek Zagrapan 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 -1 21.40 9
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 4
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 11.20 8
L Vaclav Prospal 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 22.40 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 -2 20.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 28.50 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 13.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24.10 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 22.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 28 0 0 59.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Berard
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Kyle Wellwood

Notes for Toronto Maple Leafs:
-Chad Kilger had his 11 game point streak snapped.
-Bryan Berard finally ended his 34 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 23) , Rochester Americans 0(
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1-0 SJM Alex Foster (Kris Newbury)
2-0 SJM David Ling (Erik Westrum)
3-0 SJM Boyd Devereaux (Kris Newbury)

Goalies: Andrew Raycroft - Adam Dennis