Sabres at Whalers

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 7 11 10 0 28
Whalers 7 10 13 0 30
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 2 0 3 0 5
Whalers 0 1 3 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, YANDLE 7 (KANE, BACKSTROM), 05:28
2. SABRES, VOLCHENKOV 10 (BACKSTROM, KANE), 13:42

PENALTIES: J. ABDELKADER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:47, J. CRABB HTD (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 11:02, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:06

Period 2
3. WHALERS, LEINO 16 (WELLWOOD), 08:15

PENALTIES: K. QUINCEY HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:01, S. GOMEZ BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:39, A. EDLER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:06

Period 3
4. SABRES, YANDLE 8 (NEAL, BACKSTROM), 03:06
5. WHALERS, QUINCEY 8 (TOOTOO, WELLWOOD), 06:10
6. WHALERS, QUINCEY 9 (TOOTOO, LEINO), 08:16
7. WHALERS, WELLWOOD 31 (TOOTOO, LEINO), 12:52
8. SABRES, ANDREYCHUK 11 (ANDERSON), 14:36
9. SABRES, BYFUGLIEN 12 (STOLL, ABDELKADER), 18:01

PENALTIES: R. KESLER BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 00:28, S. GOMEZ BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:07, G. CAMPBELL HTD (HOOKING, Minor) 15:07

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (BUF), 26 saves out of 30 shots, W, 13-10-1
Ilya Bryzgalov (HTD), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 20-27-2
Grant Fuhr (HTD), 1 saves out of 1 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 2
Whalers 0 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Ville Leino (HTD)
2 - Keith Yandle (BUF)
3 - Kyle Wellwood (HTD)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  3  3    +1   0  0   3 17
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0    -2   0  4   1 22
David Backes          0  0  0    -1   0  5   0 15
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 18
James Neal            0  1  1    +1   0  2   3 19
Keith Yandle          2  0  2    +2   0  3   1 25
Justin Abdelkader     0  1  1    +1   2  0   0 15
Dave Andreychuk       1  0  1  Even   0  3   0  7
Alexander Edler       0  0  0    +1   2  0   5 15
Dustin Byfuglien      1  0  1    +2   2  4   2 18
Anton Volchenkov      1  0  1    +1   0  2   2 20
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 11
Scott Gomez           0  0  0    -1   4  0   0 14
Glenn Anderson        0  1  1  Even   0  0   0  6
Jarret Stoll          0  1  1    +1   0  1   0 13
Patrick Kane          0  2  2    +1   0  2   0 22
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 20
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0  Even   2  0   1 12
   
Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jimmy Hayes           0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
Gregory Campbell      0  0  0  Even   2  2   1 23
Kyle Wellwood         1  2  3  Even   0  4   0 22
David Moss            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 21
Kyle Quincey          2  0  2    +1   2  3   1 21
Johnny Boychuck       0  0  0  Even   0  3   2 25
Jordin Tootoo         0  3  3  Even   0  1   1 17
Rick Meagher          0  0  0  Even   0  2   3 22
Peter Mueller         0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 11
Josh Georges          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 17
Kris Russel           0  0  0  Even   0  0   4 17
Anti Miettinen        0  0  0    -1   0  2   3 15
Roman Josi            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 21
Ville Leino           1  2  3  Even   0  5   0 16
Guy Carbonneau        0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 11
Dwight King           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Joey Crabb            0  0  0    -1  12  2   2  8
Mark Fayne            0  0  0    -2   0  0   2 14
   

Financial

Attendance: 11381
Net Profit: $717 003,00

Game Notes

Grant Fuhr enters game at 18:01 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      11
Charlotte      14
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Colby Armstrong 26 (Jake Gardiner, Teddy Purcell)
Teddy Purcell 1 (Jeff Jillson, Viktor Stalberg)
Viktor Stalberg 13 (Murray Craven, Jimmie Olvestad)
Murray Craven 12 (Juraj Kolnik, David Hale)
Ramzi Abid 21 (Cam Atkinson, Bill Root)
Teddy Purcell 2 (Eddy Beers, Petr Schastlivy)
T.J. Brodie 8 (Dan Daoust, Mikhail Yakubov)
Murray Craven 13 (Ben Smith, Miroslav Dvorak)
Cam Atkinson 1 (Doug Wickenheiser, Dave Hannan)
Dan Daoust 19 (Andrew Murray, Larry Melnyk)
Cam Atkinson 2 (Normand Rochefort, Teddy Purcell)

Timo Blomqvist 8 (Nick Bonino, Bill Gardner)
Ian Cole 3 (Drayson Bowman, Brian Strait)
Nick Bonino 1 (Viktor Tikhonov, Jim Benning)
Dave Barr 23 (Scott Arniel, Dean Defazio)
Timo Blomqvist 9 (Corey Tropp, Trevor Lewis)
Viktor Tikhonov 13 (Paul Byron, Bob Brooke)
Zac Dalpe 18 (Patrick Wiercioch, Steve Bozek)
Dave Barr 24 (Hannu Virta, Rick Lanz)
Bill Gardner 19 (Justin Falk, Paul Marshall)
Drayson Bowman 12 (Bill Gardner, Nick Bonino)
Steve Bozek 17 (Trevor Lewis, Scott Arniel)
Scott Arniel 22 (Nick Bonino, Bill Gardner)
Scott Arniel 23 (Corey Tropp, Paul Byron)
Scott Arniel 24 (Bob Brooke, Viktor Tikhonov)

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Goalies
Rochester: Ondrej Pavelec
Charlotte: Roland Melanson
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