Sabres at NorthStars

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 6 9 11 0 26
NorthStars 12 7 11 0 30
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 1 2 0 4
NorthStars 2 1 3 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, NEAL 6 (BACKSTROM, VOLCHENKOV), 01:03
2. NORTHSTARS, MCLEOD 10 (BUBLA, BIEKSA) (PP), 08:51
3. NORTHSTARS, MURRAY 3 (GAVIN, RAMAGE), 19:46

PENALTIES: D. SEIDENBERG BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:48, D. DORSETT MIN (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 00:48, J. STOLL BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 00:51, D. BROWN MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:51, K. YANDLE BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 02:26, A. EDLER BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:43, J. SCHULTZ MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 13:41, M. HARDY MIN (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 17:43

Period 2
4. SABRES, NEAL 7 (BACKSTROM, YANDLE) (PP), 13:05
5. NORTHSTARS, SCHULTZ 2 (BIEKSA), 13:25

PENALTIES: G. ANDERSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:42, J. SCHULTZ MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 03:16, S. GOMEZ BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:23, A. EDLER BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:48, S. DOWNIE MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 12:54, D. BROWN MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:19, D. BACKES BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:14

Period 3
6. NORTHSTARS, KASPER 10 (DORSETT, BIEKSA) (PP), 01:06
7. NORTHSTARS, SCHULTZ 3 (CROSSMAN), 03:08
8. SABRES, BACKSTROM 7 (NEAL, KANE), 07:00
9. NORTHSTARS, DOWNIE 8 (SVITOV, HARDY), 08:15
10. SABRES, ANDREYCHUK 4 (SEIDENBERG, GOMEZ) (PP), 19:29

PENALTIES: K. BIEKSA MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 02:03, K. YANDLE BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 02:21, B. GORDON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:01, J. NEAL BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 11:56 (Served by Patrick Kane), G. MURRAY MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:49, R. RAMAGE MIN (ELBOWING, Major) 17:01

Goalie Statistics

Jimmy Howard (BUF), 18 saves out of 23 shots, L, 3-5-1
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 6 saves out of 7 shots
Carey Price (MIN), 22 saves out of 26 shots, W, 9-12-3

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 8
NorthStars 2 for 9

Game Stars

1 - James Neal (BUF)
2 - Jeff Schultz (MIN)
3 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  2  3    +1   0  3   0 14
Dennis Seidenberg     0  1  1    -2   2  1   2 24
David Backes          0  0  0    -1   2  2   2 17
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 22
James Neal            2  1  3  Even  12  5   2 15
Keith Yandle          0  1  1    +1   4  3   1 15
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 18
Dave Andreychuk       1  0  1    -1   0  2   0  4
Alexander Edler       0  0  0  Even   4  0   3 20
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    -1   0  1   6 20
Anton Volchenkov      0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 20
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0    -1   2  0   2  8
Scott Gomez           0  1  1    -1   2  2   0 17
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -1   2  2   0  6
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 11
Patrick Kane          0  1  1  Even   0  3   1 21
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -3   0  1   0 22
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 11
   
NorthStars

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Ramage            0  1  1  Even   5  0   1 22
Mark Hardy            0  1  1  Even  12  2   0 17
Kevin Bieksa          0  3  3  Even   2  1   2 26
Dave Brown            0  0  0    +2   4  2   2 14
Stewart Gavin         0  1  1    +2   0  3   0 18
Alexander Svitov      0  1  1    +1   0  0   3 20
Steve Kasper          1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 19
Jiri Bubla            0  1  1  Even   0  0   3 25
Cody McLeod           1  0  1  Even   0  2   3 15
Colton Orr            0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 15
Derek Dorsett         0  1  1  Even  12  1   3 18
Doug Crossman         0  1  1    +2   0  3   1 20
Garth Murray          1  0  1    +2   2  3   3 15
Steve Downie          1  0  1  Even   2  1   0 11
Perry Turnbull        0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  7
Jeff Schultz          2  0  2    +2   4  4   1 11
Martin Hanzal         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  6
Barett Heinsten       0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  7
   

Financial

Attendance: 9818
Net Profit: $618 534,00

Game Notes

Marc-Andre Fleury enters game at 03:08 of 3rd period
Jeff Schultz injured at 11:56 of the 3rd Period
James Neal ejected at 11:56 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      6
St Paul        1
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Colby Armstrong 12 (Ben Smith, Petr Schastlivy)
Ramzi Abid 8 (Eddy Beers, Larry Melnyk)
Normand Rochefort 4 (Doug Wickenheiser, T.J. Brodie)
Jeff Jillson 3 (Dan Daoust, Bill Root)
Eddy Beers 8 (Juraj Kolnik, David Hale)
Jimmie Olvestad 4 (Miroslav Dvorak, Mikhail Yakubov)

Mike Moller 9 (John McCarthy, Mike Allison)

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Goalies
Rochester: Clint Malarchuk
St Paul: Jeff Zatkoff
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