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26/10/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Washington Capitals 5
Shots: 25 - 41
PP: 2 of 5 (11 shots), Passing:50/62=80 %, Challenges:31/34=88 %
PP: 2 of 8 (26 shots), Passing:81/94=86 %, Challenges:41/47=85 %
Attendance: 13868 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 647636 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:45 0-1
Viktor Kozlov [4] (Jonathan Cheechoo, Tom Poti)PP
11:09 1-1
Tim Connolly [3] (Jochen Hecht, Teppo Numminen)
16:29 1-2
Chris Clark [2] (Ronald Petrovicky, Jonathan Cheechoo)
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26:56 2-2
Tuomo Ruutu [3] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
29:37 2-3
Rod Brind'Amour [4] (Jonathan Cheechoo)PP
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40:25 3-3
Ales Kotalik [5] (Henrik Tallinder, Nathan Paetsch)
45:34 4-3
Derek Roy [2] (Jochen Hecht, Teppo Numminen)PP
49:46 4-4
Michael Nylander [1] (Matt Bradley, Chris Clark)
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63:07 4-5
Ronald Petrovicky [4] (Chris Clark, Rod Brind'Amour)
Penalty summary:
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07:41
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for hooking)
16:35
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
19:52
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for cross-checking)
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23:15
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for tripping)
25:51
Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for tripping)
28:39
Teppo Numminen (2 min for tripping)
29:44
Brian Pothier (2 min for elbowing)
37:29
Teppo Numminen (2 min for elbowing)
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41:57
Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for high-sticking)
44:37
Jonathan Cheechoo (2 min for slashing)
50:36
Paul Gaustad (2 min for tripping)
54:54
Brooks Laich (2 min for elbowing)
57:23
Daniel Paillé (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Steve Bernier 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -1 10.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 5
R Tuomo Ruutu 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 8
C Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 20.40 6
C Derek Roy 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 7
C Tim Connolly 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 5
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 16.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 -2 16.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 15.30 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 -2 17.30 5
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 33.50 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.40 5
D Teppo Numminen 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 -1 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 36 0 0 63.00 5
G Olaf Kölzig 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 1 5 0 1 0 0 8.30 7
R Matt Bradley 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 8.40 7
R Chris Clark 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 20.50 9
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 22.20 8
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 7
C Michael Nylander 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.20 7
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 23.10 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.30 7
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 14.20 7
L Ronald Petrovicky 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 3 7 3 1 0 6 -1 21.50 9
D Mike Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 6
D Daniel Tjärnqvist 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 21.30 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 30.10 7
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.30 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 -1 28.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 4 0 21 0 0 63.00 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Chris Clark
2nd star: Jonathan Cheechoo
3rd star: Rod Brind'Amour
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Henrik Tallinder ended his 8 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Michael Nylander ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 6( 28) , Portland Pirates 3( 9)
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1-0 ROC Mike Card (Michael Ryan)
1-1 POR Alexandre Giroux (Donald Brashear, Eric Fehr)
2-1 ROC Christopher Thörn (Adam Mair)
3-1 ROC Dylan Hunter
3-2 POR Alexandre Giroux (Quintin Laing, Milan Jurcina)
4-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Adam Mair)
4-3 POR David Steckel (Owen Fussey)
5-3 ROC Andrej Sekera
6-3 ROC Andrej Sekera (Michael Ryan)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Brent Johnson