NorthStars at Sabres

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
NorthStars	7	13	17	0	37
Sabres	8	8	5	0	21

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
NorthStars	1	1	2	0	4
Sabres	3	1	1	0	5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. SABRES, BACKES 1 (WICKENHEISER, DOUGHTY), 05:16
2. SABRES, BACKSTROM 2 (KANE, DOUGHTY), 09:26
3. NORTHSTARS, VAIVE 2 (PROPP, MACOUN), 11:48
4. SABRES, LADD 1 (BYFUGLIEN, BACKSTROM), 18:23

PENALTIES: S. SMITH BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 01:34

Period 2
5. SABRES, BRODZIAK 1 (BYFUGLIEN, ABDELKADER), 07:42
6. NORTHSTARS, LARMER 2 (OGRODNICK, BROTEN) (PP), 18:36

PENALTIES: D. BROWN BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 11:14, K. YANDLE BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 18:29

Period 3
7. SABRES, LADD 2 (BACKSTROM, DOUGHTY) (PP), 03:35
8. NORTHSTARS, LARMER 3 (UNASSISTED), 03:53
9. NORTHSTARS, VAIVE 3 (UNASSISTED), 05:29

PENALTIES: R. RAMAGE MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 02:45, K. YANDLE BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 10:35, D. BACKES BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 15:25

Goalie Statistics

Alex Stalock (MIN), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Cam Ward (MIN), 12 saves out of 17 shots, L, 1-1-0
Carey Price (BUF), 33 saves out of 37 shots, W, 2-0-0

Power Play Conversions

NorthStars 1 for 5
Sabres 1 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Steve Larmer (MIN)
2 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)
3 - Drew Doughty (BUF)

Player Statistics

NorthStars

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Rob Ramage 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 21 Dave Christian 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 23 Carey Wilson 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 7 Brad McCrimmon 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18 Jari Kurri 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24 Steve Larmer 2 0 2 +1 0 5 3 21 Neal Broten 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 21 Stephen Weiss 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 16 John Ogrodnick 0 1 1 Even 0 2 1 21 Walt Poddubny 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 5 Jamie Macoun 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 14 Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 24 Paul Reinhart 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18 Brian Propp 0 1 1 Even 0 2 1 14 Scott Stevens 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 13 Mike Bullard 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20 Marian Gaborik 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 6 Rick Vaive 2 0 2 +1 0 2 2 12

Sabres

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Nicklas Backstrom 1 2 3 +1 0 3 2 20 Logan Couture 0 0 0 Even 0 2 1 20 David Backes 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 8 Andrew Ladd 2 0 2 +1 0 2 3 20 Kyle Brodziak 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17 Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 16 Dustin Brown 0 0 0 Even 2 0 1 14 Steve Smith 0 0 0 Even 2 1 1 20 James Neal 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 9 Keith Yandle 0 0 0 +1 4 0 1 19 Justin Abdelkader 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18 Alexander Edler 0 0 0 Even 0 3 2 23 Dustin Byfuglien 0 2 2 Even 0 2 2 19 Doug Wickenheiser 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 5 Glenn Anderson 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 6 Patrick Kane 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 18 Drew Doughty 0 3 3 +1 0 2 1 26 Ryan Kesler 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13

Financial

Attendance: 19070
Net Profit: $1 373 040,00

Game Notes

Glenn Anderson injured at 04:37 of the 2nd Period
Alex Stalock enters game at 03:35 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Birmingham     2
Rochester      10
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Jim Wiemer 1 (Tim Brent, Murray Brumwel)
Brendan Mikkelson 1 (Hakan Loob, Kevin Kaminski)

Stéphane Matteau 1 (David Schlemko, Mikael Andersson)
Mikael Andersson 1 (Kaspars Daugavins, Matt Hunwick)
Matt D'Agostini 1 (Ian Cole, Jim Jackson)
Peter Andersson 1 (Mikhail Yakubov, Jocelyn Lemieux)
Jim Jackson 1 (Darren Turcotte, Viktor Stalberg)
Matt Hunwick 1 (Riley Nash, Bill Root)
Stéphane Matteau 2 (Ray Sheppard, Dan Daoust)
Mikhail Yakubov 1 (Brad Malone, Jari Gronstrand)
Riley Nash 1 (Andrew Gordon, Ben Smith)
Jari Gronstrand 1 (Kari Eloranta, Grant Jennings)

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Goalies
Birmingham: Ron Hextall
Rochester: Jarmo Myllys
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