NorthStars at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
NorthStars 10 10 3 0 23
Sabres 18 5 13 0 36
Goals
123OTT
NorthStars 3 1 0 0 4
Sabres 4 2 2 0 8


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, LADD 37 (ANDERSON, EDLER), 01:02
2. SABRES, LADD 38 (BACKSTROM, ANDERSON), 01:25
3. NORTHSTARS, OGRODNICK 30 (REINHART, BROTEN), 04:03
4. NORTHSTARS, KURRI 25 (PODDUBNY, OATES) (PP), 07:12
5. NORTHSTARS, OGRODNICK 31 (CHRISTIAN, BROTEN), 11:05
6. SABRES, BACKES 16 (SEIDENBERG, BACKSTROM), 11:41
7. SABRES, EDLER 15 (BACKSTROM) (PP), 18:44

PENALTIES: R. KESLER BUF (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 01:59, D. BACKES BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 06:21, B. MCCRIMMON MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 18:22, R. RAMAGE MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:26

Period 2
8. SABRES, LADD 39 (KEITH) (PP), 00:12
9. NORTHSTARS, CHRISTIAN 17 (GALIARDI, LARMER) (PP), 07:21
10. SABRES, BACKSTROM 28 (EDLER, ANDERSON), 11:36

PENALTIES: D. KEITH BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 05:37, D. DOUGHTY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 06:16, B. MCCRIMMON MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 12:38

Period 3
11. SABRES, KEITH 23 (DOUGHTY, ROY), 01:55
12. SABRES, BACKSTROM 29 (LADD, ANDERSON), 14:56

PENALTIES: T. GALIARDI MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:39, D. CHRISTIAN MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:08

Goalie Statistics

Cam Ward (MIN), 14 saves out of 17 shots
Ron Hextall (MIN), 14 saves out of 19 shots, L, 7-15-0
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 19 saves out of 23 shots, W, 27-12-3

Power Play Conversions

NorthStars 2 for 4
Sabres 2 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)
2 - Andrew Ladd (BUF)
3 - Glenn Anderson (BUF)

Player Statistics

NorthStars

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Ramage            0  0  0    -3   2  2   4 23
Dave Christian        1  1  2    -2   2  1   1 18
Brad McCrimmon        0  0  0    -1   4  1   3 22
Jari Kurri            1  0  1    -2   0  4   0 21
Hakan Loob            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
T.J. Galiardi         0  1  1  Even   2  1   2 15
Steve Larmer          0  1  1    -3   0  3   0 20
Neal Broten           0  2  2    -1   0  2   1 23
John Ogrodnick        2  0  2    -1   0  2   2 20
Walt Poddubny         0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 12
Chris Dahlquist       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 14
Jamie Macoun          0  0  0    -3   0  1   3 17
Jay Beagle            0  0  0  Even   0  3   1  6
Paul Reinhart         0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 18
Thomas Plekanec       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 10
Adam Oates            0  1  1    -3   0  0   1 15
Sean Bergenheim       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
Tyler Myers           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 15
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     2  3  5    +5   0  5   0 24
Duncan Keith          1  1  2  Even   2  5   2 27
Dennis Seidenberg     0  1  1    +2   0  2   1 15
David Backes          1  0  1    +1   4  3   0 13
Andrew Ladd           3  1  4    +4   0  5   1 23
Dustin Brown          0  0  0    -2   0  1   4 20
James Neal            0  0  0    +1   0  1   1  6
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    +4   0  2   5 21
Jason Spezza          0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 16
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0    +1   0  3   0 11
Alexander Edler       1  2  3    +2   0  1   0 23
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 14
Derek Roy             0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  4
Glenn Anderson        0  4  4    +4   0  1   2 18
Patrick Kane          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 15
Drew Doughty          0  1  1  Even   2  1   4 26
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0  Even  12  1   0  9
Viktor Stalberg       0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  3
   

Financial

Attendance: 18021
Net Profit: $1 265 074,00

Game Notes

Cam Ward enters game at 00:12 of 2nd period
Andrew Ladd scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Birmingham     8
Rochester      2
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Ken Sollheim 14 (Ken Priestlay, Mike Moller)
Tim Brent 10 (Patrick Dwyer, Stewart Gavin)
Kevin Maxwell 13 (Richard Zemlak, Gord Dineen)
Normand Leveille 18 (Joe Murphy, Kevan Guy)
Mike Hartman 21 (Brendan Mikkelson, Murray Brumwel)
Murray Brumwel 2 (Dan Fritsche, Mark Renaud)
Ken Priestlay 12 (Ken Quinney, Jim Wiemer)
Jim Wiemer 6 (David Fenyves, Mark Renaud)

Dan Daoust 21 (Murray Craven, Mikhail Yakubov)
Jim Jackson 10 (Ben Smith, Nathan Paetsch)

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Goalies
Birmingham: Alex Stalock
Rochester: Jarmo Myllys
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