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26/1/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 37 - 26
PP: 1 of 7 (9 shots), Passing:71/76=93 %, Challenges:42/47=87 %
PP: 2 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:54/65=83 %, Challenges:35/52=66 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 846073 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:53 1-0
Drew Stafford [3] (Paul Gaustad, Marek Zagrapan)
13:43 2-0
Jason Pominville [18] (Thomas Vanek, Dmitri Kalinin)
16:12 2-1
Marc Savard [19] (Jarome Iginla, Nathan Dempsey)PP
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22:16 3-1
Thomas Vanek [18] (Patrick Marleau, Paul Gaustad)
30:51 4-1
Thomas Vanek [19] (Dmitri Kalinin, Patrick Marleau)
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42:49 4-2
Peter Schaefer [13] (Jarome Iginla, Zdeno Chara)PP
45:44 5-2
Thomas Vanek [20] (Jason Pominville)
46:13 5-3
Tim Connolly [14] (Dennis Wideman, Andrew Ference)
49:51 6-3
Patrick Marleau [21] (Jaroslav Spacek, Thomas Vanek)PP
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Penalty summary:
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05:01
Andrew Ference (2 min for hooking)
15:36
Teppo Numminen (2 min for hooking)
17:18
Nathan Dempsey (2 min for roughing)
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25:56
Shawn Thornton (2 min for holding the stick)
32:29
Peter Schaefer (2 min for slashing)
39:52
Shawn Thornton (5 min for fighting)
39:52
Nathan Paetsch (5 min for fighting)
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41:03
Marco Sturm (2 min for tripping)
48:45
Shane Hnidy (2 min for hooking)
51:49
Marc Savard (2 min for hooking)
59:14
Stanislav Chistov (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 1 0 2 5 0 3 0 1 8.00 10
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
R Jason Pominville 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 15.50 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 10.20 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 13.20 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 16.50 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 19.30 9
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8.50 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 17.40 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -1 14.10 7
L Thomas Vanek 3 2 6 4 0 2 0 4 19.20 10
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 13.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 5 25.40 10
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18.30 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 22.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 5 26.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jocelyn Thibault 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Ryan Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 0 6.40 6
R Jean-Pierre Dumont 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12.40 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 14.00 6
R Jarome Iginla 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 -2 20.40 8
C Petr Prucha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 4
C Stephane Yelle 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 20.40 6
C Tim Connolly 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 10.50 6
C Marc Savard 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 -2 19.20 6
L Martin Samuelsson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7.10 4
L Stanislav Chistov 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 -1 14.40 5
L P.J. Axelsson 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
L Peter Schaefer 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -2 20.30 6
D Shane Hnidy 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 14.20 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -2 15.10 6
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -2 28.10 7
D Nathan Dempsey 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 17.30 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 -3 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 6 0 31 0 0 60.00 5
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Patrick Marleau
3rd star: Drew Stafford
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Marleau notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dmitri Kalinin notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 20th goal of the season.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Tim Connolly ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Peter Schaefer finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
-Andrew Ference ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Shawn Thornton beat Nathan Paetsch in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 13) , Providence Bruins 0( 7)
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1-0 ROC Sam Paolini (Dan Paillé)
2-0 ROC Paul Brown (Jonathan Lehun)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Jordan Sigalet