Buffalo Sabres 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 20 - 23
PP: 1 of 8 (7 shots), Passing:66/78=84 %, Challenges:46/57=79 %
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:59/80=73 %, Challenges:31/43=70 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873965 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:44 1-0
Paul Gaustad [3])
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no scoring
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41:57 2-0
Toni Lydman [3] (Jason Pominville, Maxim Afinogenov)
45:11 3-0
Maxim Afinogenov [17])PP
56:39 3-1
Rick Nash [18] (Sergei Fedorov, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen)
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Penalty summary:
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00:55
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for tripping)
04:17
Adam Mair (2 min for high-sticking)
06:34
Rick Nash (2 min for holding the stick)
09:52
Alexander Svitov (2 min for slashing)
12:35
Adam Pineault (2 min for slashing)
17:12
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for elbowing)
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23:42
Alexander Svitov (5 min for fighting)
23:42
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
32:09
Jason Chimera (2 min for slashing)
38:13
Jason Chimera (2 min for elbowing)
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44:59
Dan Fritsche (2 min for tripping)
45:39
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
45:39
Ales Kotalik (10 min misconduct)
57:13
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for hooking)
59:35
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 8.10 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 10.20 6
R Jason Pominville 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 15.50 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 19.10 9
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 12.00 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 19.10 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 8.30 5
C Henrik Sedin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 16.40 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17.30 5
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 20.30 6
D Toni Lydman 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 15.00 8
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 24.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 18.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 19.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Pineault 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.30 6
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 12.50 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 15.20 5
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 14.00 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 11.10 5
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.20 7
C Gilbert Brulé 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 11.40 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 16.40 7
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 17.30 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 10.00 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Rick Nash 1 0 4 5 2 3 2 0 21.20 10
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 21.30 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 25.00 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Jan Hejda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.20 6
D Filip Novak 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Adam Foote 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Paul Gaustad
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
-Paul Gaustad finally ended his 19 game point drought.
-Toni Lydman finally ended his 28 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Alexander Svitov beat Adam Mair in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 7( 23)
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0-1 SYR Derick Brassard
1-1 ROC Josh Langfeld (Doug O'Brien)
1-2 SYR Zenon Konopka (Trevor Kell, Sheldon Brookbank)
1-3 SYR Joakim Lindström (Derick Brassard)
1-4 SYR Kris Russell (Trevor Kell, Zenon Konopka)
1-5 SYR Kris Russell (Derick Brassard, Tim Konsorada)
1-6 SYR Steven Goertzen (Derick Brassard, Joakim Lindström)
1-7 SYR Trevor Kell (Zenon Konopka)
2-7 ROC Shawn Collymore (Jonathan Lehun)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Adam Munro