SABRES at DEVILS

Shots
123OTT
SABRES 8 7 4 0 19
DEVILS 9 7 13 0 29
Goals
123OTT
SABRES 2 1 0 0 3
DEVILS 4 0 3 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, VANEK 18 (KAIGORODOV), 00:27
2. DEVILS, TULUPOV 4 (KAIGORODOV, JACKMAN), 09:54
3. SABRES, HECHT 11 (BRISEBOIS, SHISHKANOV), 12:55
4. SABRES, AFINOGENOV 14 (SOURAY), 14:27
5. DEVILS, HAVLAT 12 (TULUPOV, EHRHOFF), 19:09
6. DEVILS, VANEK 19 (COLAIACOVO, KAIGORODOV), 19:56

PENALTIES: E. MALKIN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 04:09

Period 2
7. SABRES, AFINOGENOV 15 (GREBESHKOV, OSHIE) (PP), 17:06

PENALTIES: N. ALEXEEV NJ (CHARGING, Double Minor) 05:40, K. TULUPOV NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 13:15

Period 3
8. DEVILS, KAIGORODOV 13 (VANEK, JACKMAN), 01:58
9. DEVILS, PAPINEAU 3 (GAMACHE, EHRHOFF), 03:03
10. DEVILS, KAIGORODOV 14 (KOBASEW, VANEK), 14:00

PENALTIES: C. COLAIACOVO NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:53

Goalie Statistics

Brian Finley (BUF), 9 saves out of 11 shots
Nikolai Khabibulin (BUF), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 17-14-0
Miikka Kiprusoff (NJ ), 16 saves out of 19 shots, W, 18-7-1

Power Play Conversions

SABRES 1 for 3
DEVILS 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Kaigorodov (NJ )
2 - Thomas Vanek (NJ )
3 - Kirill Tulupov (NJ )

Player Statistics

SABRES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Denis Gauthier        0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 15
Alexander Mogilny     0  0  0    -4   0  1   2 19
Sheldon Souray        0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 17
Anton Volchenkov      0  0  0    -4   0  0   1 22
Evgeni Malkin         0  0  0    -4   2  2   3 24
Alexei Mikhnov        0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 11
Stanislav Chistov     0  0  0    -4   0  3   2 23
T.J. Oshie            0  1  1    -1   0  1   2 23
Fedor Tjutin          0  0  0    -4   0  1   3 20
Denis Grebeshkov      0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 21
Alexei Shkotov        0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 21
Owen Nolan            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 12
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Daniel Corso          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Timofei Shishkanov    0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 13
Jochen Hecht          1  0  1  Even   0  1   2 13
Maxim Afinogenov      2  0  2    -1   0  3   1 22
Patrice Brisebois     0  1  1  Even   0  2   1 10
   
DEVILS

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Alexei Kaigorodov     2  3  5    +4   0  5   4 23
Kirill Tulupov        1  1  2    +3   4  2   1 24
Jean-Pierre Dumont    0  0  0  Even   0  2   3 21
Barret Jackman        0  2  2    +3   0  1   5 27
Sidney Crosby         0  0  0  Even   0  1   3 19
Christian Ehrhoff     0  2  2    +1   0  3   1 27
Carlo Colaiacovo      0  1  1    +2   2  3   2 21
Martin Havlat         1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 21
Nikita Alexeev        0  0  0  Even   4  1   3 10
Branislav Mezei       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  3
Chuck Kobasew         0  1  1    +4   0  1   4 18
Simon Gamache         0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  5
Thomas Vanek          2  2  4    +4   0  2   1 17
Sean Avery            0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 16
Alex Goligoski        0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 19
Mikko Koivu           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
Matthew Lombardi      0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  5
Justin Papineau       1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  5
   

Financial

Attendance: 19040
Net Profit: $1 473 696,00

Game Notes

Branislav Mezei injured at 06:33 of the 1st Period
Brian Finley enters game at 01:58 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

AMERICANS      2
RIVER RATS     0
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Ian Laperriere 18 (unknown, Tomas Holmstrom)
unknown (Mattias Norstrom, Michal Rozsival)


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Goalies
AMERICANS: unknown
RIVER RATS: Maxime Ouellet
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