Devils at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Devils 9 4 10 0 23
Sabres 10 16 5 0 31
Goals
123OTT
Devils 1 1 0 0 2
Sabres 1 2 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, BUTCHER 4 (UPSHALL, MCCORMICK), 05:43
2. SABRES, ANDREYCHUK 10 (DOUGHTY, EDLER) (PP), 19:52

PENALTIES: D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:03, M. STUART NJ (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:39 (Served by Scottie Upshall), T. PYATT NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:59, L. KRAJICEK NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:32, R. KESLER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:32

Period 2
3. SABRES, ABDELKADER 7 (BACKSTROM, DOUGHTY), 00:55
4. DEVILS, LAFONTAINE 19 (PATRICK, KRAJICEK), 04:46
5. SABRES, EDLER 10 (ANDREYCHUK, KESLER) (PP), 12:37

PENALTIES: C. MCCORMICK NJ (CHARGING, Minor) 11:10, J. OTTO NJ (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 14:34, L. NORWOOD NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 15:35, G. BUTCHER NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:06

Period 3
6. SABRES, KESLER 13 (VOLCHENKOV, ABDELKADER), 16:12

PENALTIES: J. ABDELKADER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 01:58

Goalie Statistics

Pascal Leclaire (NJ ), 27 saves out of 31 shots, L, 16-28-2
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 21 saves out of 23 shots, W, 27-11-3

Power Play Conversions

Devils 0 for 2
Sabres 2 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Justin Abdelkader (BUF)
2 - Ryan Kesler (BUF)
3 - Garth Butcher (NJ )

Player Statistics

Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Scottie Upshall       0  1  1    +1   0  3   2 18
Patrick Maroon        0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  6
Ryan Reaves           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  5
Garth Butcher         1  0  1  Even   2  4   5 29
Ed Hospodar           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  8
James Patrick         0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 30
Pat Lafontaine        1  0  1  Even   0  2   2 23
Lee Norwood           0  0  0    -1   2  2   2 22
Patrick Sundstrom     0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 24
Taylor Pyatt          0  0  0  Even   2  0   1 16
Fredrik Sjostrom      0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 10
Lukas Krajicek        0  1  1    +1   2  3   2 25
Mark Stuart           0  0  0    +1  12  0   1  5
Milan Lucic           0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 16
Cody McCormick        0  1  1    +1   2  0   0 15
Joel Otto             0  0  0    -1   4  1   2 14
Stephane Veilleux     0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Rostislav Olesz       0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 20
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 18
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 16
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0  Even   0  1   3  6
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    +1   0  3   0 17
Justin Abdelkader     1  1  2    +2   2  5   1 25
Dave Andreychuk       1  1  2    -2   0  1   1 30
Alexander Edler       1  1  2  Even   0  1   2 25
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   2  4   3 16
Anton Volchenkov      0  1  1  Even   0  2   0 19
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0    -1   0  1   0  5
Teddy Purcell         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  9
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0  Even   0  4   3 22
T.J. Brodie           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  7
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   0  0   3  8
Patrick Kane          0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 17
Drew Doughty          0  2  2  Even   0  2   1 24
Ryan Kesler           1  1  2  Even   2  4   1 23
   

Financial

Attendance: 12638
Net Profit: $818 942,00

Game Notes

Andrew Ladd injured at 15:39 of the 1st Period
Mark Stuart ejected at 15:39 of the 1st Period
Ed Hospodar injured at 02:34 of the 2nd Period

Minor League Box Score

Utica          5
Rochester      8
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Ray Allison 11 (Dale Henry, Gary Dillon)
Stu Smith 9 (Luc Dufour, Jody Gage)
Jiri Novotny 23 (Jeff Brown, Bob McGill)
Ray Allison 12 (Wendel Clark, John Gibson)
Viktor Tikhonov 10 (Jerome Dupont, Lyndon Byers)

Viktor Stalberg 18 (Brad Malone, Normand Lacombe)
Brad Malone 10 (Doug Wickenheiser, Trevor Stienburg)
Alfie Turcotte 10 (Ben Smith, Herb Raglan)
Normand Lacombe 11 (Mikael Andersson, Scott Parse)
Derek Meech 9 (David Hale, Dan Daoust)
Trevor Stienburg 12 (Zach Redmond, Dave Hannan)
Derek Meech 10 (Murray Craven, Bill Root)
Normand Lacombe 12 (Larry Melnyk, Ben Smith)

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Goalies
Utica: Daren Puppa
Rochester: Bill Ranford
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