Sabres at Canucks

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 3 6 3 0 12
Canucks 19 11 5 0 35
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 0 1 0 2
Canucks 2 3 2 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. CANUCKS, KOVALEV 19 (HEJDUK, AUCOIN), 05:37
2. SABRES, LEMIEUX 7 (SIMICEK, MILLER), 07:46
3. CANUCKS, SMOLINSKI 9 (RIVET, HEJDUK) (PP), 10:12

PENALTIES: T. MALLETTE BUF (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 10:08, S. PEARSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 10:58

Period 2
4. CANUCKS, NIKOLISHIN 2 (AUCOIN, GROSEK), 07:17
5. CANUCKS, KOVALEV 20 (AUCOIN), 18:26
6. CANUCKS, AUCOIN 7 (LANGKOW, KOVALEV) (PP), 20:00

PENALTIES: B. MILLER BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 01:43, R. SALEI VAN (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:57, C. SNELL BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:34, D. SEIDENBERG BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:53

Period 3
7. SABRES, MALLETTE 9 (HLUSHKO, CLARK), 06:27
8. CANUCKS, KOVALEV 21 (LANGKOW, LAAKSONEN) (PP), 12:09
9. CANUCKS, KOVALEV 22 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 13:55

PENALTIES: R. HAMRLIK VAN (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:04, S. AVERY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:24, C. RIVET VAN (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:24, P. FIORENTINO BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 08:20, R. HAMRLIK VAN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:12, S. PEARSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor, Game Misconduct) 12:15 (Served by Brad Miller), T. MALLETTE BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 17:09 (Served by Todd Hlushko), G. ROBERTS BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:46, A. AUCOIN VAN (BOARDING, Minor) 19:46

Goalie Statistics

Chris Mason (BUF), 25 saves out of 30 shots, L, 10-19-1
David Aebischer (BUF), 3 saves out of 5 shots
Cristobal Huet (VAN), 10 saves out of 12 shots, W, 8-1-0

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 3
Canucks 4 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Kovalev (VAN)
2 - Adrian Aucoin (VAN)
3 - Bryan Smolinski (VAN)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 11
Scott Walker          0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 14
Wendel Clark          0  1  1  Even   0  0   7 24
Greg Hawgood          0  0  0    -1   0  1   4 21
Daniel Doré           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Sean Avery            0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 11
Scott Thomas          0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 15
Todd Hlushko          0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 21
Scott Pearson         0  0  0  Even  24  0   1 11
Éric Charron          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 18
Daniel Gauthier       0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 19
Roman Simicek         0  1  1  Even   0  2   2 20
Chris Snell           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 16
Peter Fiorentino      0  0  0  Even   5  3   1 13
Gary Roberts          0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 15
Claude Lemieux        1  0  1  Even   0  1   0  9
Brad Miller           0  1  1  Even   2  0   0 17
Troy Mallette         1  0  1  Even  10  2   2 18
   
Canucks

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Miroslav Satan        0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 20
Roman Hamrlik         0  0  0  Even   4  2   2 21
Anti Laaksonen        0  1  1  Even   0  2   1 19
Erik Cole             0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 20
Bryan Smolinski       1  0  1    +1   0  4   1 21
Mattias Norstrom      0  0  0    +1   0  2   2 21
Craig Rivet           0  1  1    -1   2  1   0 16
Alexei Kovalev        4  1  5    +1   0  5   2 25
Adrian Aucoin         1  3  4    +2   2  5   2 26
Sami Salo             0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 13
Andrei Nikolishin     1  0  1    +1   0  3   1  6
Ruslan Salei          0  0  0    -1   2  2   0 12
Milan Hejduk          0  2  2    +1   0  2   1 21
Stéphane Yelle        0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 14
Daymond Langkow       0  2  2  Even   0  1   1 19
Chris Clark           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Michal Grosek         0  1  1  Even   0  2   0  8
Mikael Samuelsson     0  0  0    +1   0  1   1  3
   

Financial

Attendance: 14603
Net Profit: $722 848,00

Game Notes

David Aebischer enters game at 20:00 of 2nd period
Scott Pearson ejected at 12:15 of the 3rd Period
Troy Mallette ejected at 17:09 of the 3rd Period
Alexei Kovalev scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Bombers        0
Wolverines     6
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Byron Ritchie 2 (Alexander Korolyuk, Brett Clark)
Alexandre Kharitonov 6 (Mike Fisher, Aki Berg)
Alexandre Kharitonov 7 (Bill Muckalt, Brian Sutherby)
Byron Ritchie 3 (Jarrod Skalde, Bryan Allen)
Alexander Korolyuk 10 (Mattias Timander, Denis Arkhipov)
Bill Muckalt 6 (Taylor Pyatt, Brad Bombardir)

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Goalies
Bombers: Patrick Labrecque
Wolverines: Mathieu Garon
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