Sabres at Avalanche

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 13 8 8 0 29
Avalanche 14 10 13 0 37
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 2 3 0 6
Avalanche 2 0 1 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, CRAVEN 5 (LUMME, DINEEN), 06:23
2. AVALANCHE, SHANAHAN 15 (KRAVCHUK), 06:46
3. AVALANCHE, BONDRA 28 (LEMIEUX, SCHNEIDER) (PP), 12:15

PENALTIES: G. HAWGOOD BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:02, T. MALLETTE BUF (BOARDING, Double Minor) 18:52

Period 2
4. SABRES, BRIND'AMOUR 15 (HAWGOOD), 03:44
5. SABRES, WALZ 5 (HOULDER, WALKER), 13:57

PENALTIES: R. BRIND'AMOUR BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:44, O. KOLZIG COL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 06:29 (Served by Glen Featherstone), J. LUMME BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 15:59

Period 3
6. SABRES, TKACHUK 20 (SHEPPARD, HAWGOOD), 02:17
7. SABRES, BRIND'AMOUR 16 (BRUNETTE, CHAMBERS), 05:37
8. AVALANCHE, SHANAHAN 16 (LEMIEUX) (PP), 09:57
9. SABRES, TKACHUK 21 (SHEPPARD, JANNEY), 13:22

PENALTIES: J. LUMME BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:00, T. YAWNEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:06

Goalie Statistics

Arturs Irbe (BUF), 34 saves out of 37 shots, W, 10-3-1
Olaf Kolzig (COL), 18 saves out of 23 shots, L, 21-9-1
Vincent Riendeau (COL), 5 saves out of 6 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 1
Avalanche 2 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Rod Brind'Amour (BUF)
2 - Arturs Irbe (BUF)
3 - Keith Tkachuk (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Tkachuk         2  0  2    +1   0  3   2 15
Scott Walker          0  1  1    +1   0  1   4 16
Craig Janney          0  1  1    +1   0  0   3 19
Tony Amonte           0  0  0    +1   0  2   3 20
Bill Houlder          0  1  1    +3   0  1   2 24
Jyrki Lumme           0  1  1    +2   4  2   2 15
Andrew Brunette       0  1  1    +1   0  4   0 19
Ray Sheppard          0  2  2    +2   0  3   0 17
Neil Wilkinson        0  0  0    +1   0  2   2 19
Rod Brind'Amour       2  0  2    +2   2  3   3 20
Kevin Dineen          0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  4
Shawn Chambers        0  1  1    +1   0  2   2 19
Trent Yawney          0  0  0    +1   2  3   1 23
Wes Walz              1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 17
Murray Craven         1  0  1    +1   0  1   0  4
Greg Hawgood          0  2  2    +2   2  1   5 21
Troy Mallette         0  0  0    +2   4  0   1 11
Kevin Todd            0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  5
   
Avalanche

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Eric Weinrich         0  0  0    -2   0  3   0 20
Mark Recchi           0  0  0    -3   0  3   4 30
Adam Foote            0  0  0    -4   0  2   2 24
Igor Kravchuk         0  1  1    +1   0  4   1 19
Mario Lemieux         0  2  2    -3   0  3   1 20
Glen Featherstone     0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 13
Mike Eastwood         0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 12
Kirk Muller           0  0  0    -2   0  3   1 23
Peter Bondra          1  0  1    -4   0  4   2 31
Jari Kurri            0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 26
Denis Savard          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0    -3   0  2   6 22
Brendan Shanahan      2  0  2    -2   0  4   1 30
Mathieu Schneider     0  1  1    -3   0  5   4 22
   

Financial

Attendance: 18007
Net Profit: $1 026 399,00

Game Notes

Vincent Riendeau enters game at 05:37 of 3rd period
Mario Lemieux injured at 13:56 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Cornwall       7
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Rick Bennett 7 (Todd Ewen, Mike Hudson)
Vyacheslav Butsayev 7 (Brad Aitken, Iain Fraser)

Corey Foster 7 (Roman Oksiuta, Bruce Gardiner)
Marc Bureau 6 (Tony Hrkac, Jason McBain)
Jan Caloun 14 (Ken McRae, Matt Bradley)
Marty Murray 13 (Georges Laraque, Shaun Sabol)
Marty Murray 14 (Dan Keczmer, Jason Ward)
Jason Ward 2 (Éric Lavigne, unknown)
Marc Bureau 7 (Jeff Serowik, Steve McCarthy)

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Goalies
Rochester: Steve Guenette
Cornwall: Jean-Claude Bergeron
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