Sabres at Panthers

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 11 6 9 1 27
Panthers 5 11 9 3 28
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 3 3 0 0 6
Panthers 1 1 4 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PANTHERS, BUTCHER 2 (LINDROS, COXE) (PP), 03:14
2. SABRES, LEMIEUX 1 (BENNING), 07:37
3. SABRES, STERN 2 (LONEY, REINHART) (PP), 09:16
4. SABRES, BENNING 4 (SKRUDLAND, DIRK), 18:03

PENALTIES: J. BENNING BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:46, R. ZEMLAK FLO (CHARGING, Minor) 01:46, T. DOMI BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:59, L. NORWOOD FLO (HOOKING, Minor) 03:31, D. DONNELLY FLO (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:52, C. COXE FLO (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:15, D. RICHTER FLO (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:27, K. BAUMGARTNER FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:26, J. JACKSON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:13, R. ZEMLAK FLO (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 16:31, P. GILLIS FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 18:28, R. STERN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:29, L. NORWOOD FLO (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:29, P. REINHART BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 19:50

Period 2
5. PANTHERS, LINDROS 6 (ZEMLAK, BEUKEBOOM), 08:18
6. SABRES, LEMIEUX 2 (BENNING, DIRK), 09:05
7. SABRES, RUOTSALAINEN 1 (MILLEN, SMITH), 16:24
8. SABRES, SKRUDLAND 2 (BENNING, DIRK), 19:14

PENALTIES: D. WICKENHEISER BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 01:43, D. HENRY FLO (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:18, J. CAUFIELD FLO (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:46, R. STERN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:39, K. TKACHUK FLO (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:39

Period 3
9. PANTHERS, BEUKEBOOM 2 (LINDROS, COXE), 00:52
10. PANTHERS, NORWOOD 2 (ZEMLAK), 09:48
11. PANTHERS, HENRY 2 (LINDROS, TINORDI), 15:49
12. PANTHERS, TKACHUK 2 (BAUMGARTNER, NEUVIRTH) (PP), 19:37

PENALTIES: C. COXE FLO (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:34, D. WICKENHEISER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:04, R. STERN BUF (FIGHTING) 04:14, J. BEUKEBOOM FLO (FIGHTING) 04:14, R. DIRK BUF (FIGHTING) 04:51, K. TKACHUK FLO (FIGHTING) 04:51, K. BAUMGARTNER FLO (CHARGING, Minor) 05:02, P. GILLIS FLO (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:03 (Served by Mark Tinordi), S. SMITH BUF (FIGHTING) 09:39, E. LINDROS FLO (FIGHTING) 09:39, D. HENRY FLO (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 11:07, R. DIRK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 18:36 (Served by Jim Benning), S. SMITH BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 19:02

Overtime
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: T. DOMI BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 01:31 (Served by Ken Berry), T. LONEY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 02:09, K. BAUMGARTNER FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor, Misconduct) 02:21

Goalie Statistics

Pelle Lindbergh (BUF), 19 saves out of 24 shots
Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 3 saves out of 4 shots, T, 0-0-1
Pokey Reddick (FLO), 11 saves out of 16 shots
Michal Neuvirth (FLO), 10 saves out of 11 shots, T, 0-0-1

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 14
Panthers 2 for 9

Game Stars

1 - Jim Benning (BUF)
2 - Eric Lindros (FLO)
3 - Jocelyn Lemieux (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jim Benning           1  3  4    +2   2  1   2 26
Tie Domi              0  0  0    +2  14  0   5 16
Ronnie Stern          1  0  1  Even   9  1   2 17
Steve Smith           0  1  1  Even   7  4   1 25
Robert Dirk           0  3  3    +4  17  0   1 11
Corey Millen          0  1  1    -3   0  6   3 21
Perry Berezan         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Ken Berry             0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 16
Doug Wickenheiser     0  0  0  Even   4  3   4 23
Jocelyn Lemieux       2  0  2    +3   0  2   2 22
Steve Patrick         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 13
Troy Loney            0  1  1  Even   2  0   5 24
Reijo Ruotsalainen    1  0  1    -3   0  2   2 16
Brendan Smith         0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 11
Paul Reinhart         0  1  1    -1   2  4   3 26
Brian Skrudland       1  1  2    +4   0  1   2 13
Jim Jackson           0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  7
Rick Zombo            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 16
   
Panthers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dave Richter          0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  2
Lee Norwood           1  0  1    -1   4  4   2 24
Mark Tinordi          0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 19
Dale Henry            1  0  1  Even   4  1   4 13
Larry Melnyk          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 17
Jeff Beukeboom        1  1  2  Even   5  5   1 21
Paul Gillis           0  0  0    -1  14  0   0  6
Chris Pronger         0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 24
Eric Lindros          1  3  4    +1   5  2   1 23
Jay Caufield          0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 13
Alan May              0  0  0    -2   0  2   4 17
Richard Zemlak        0  2  2    +1  14  2   1  9
Brad Berry            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  6
Craig Coxe            0  2  2  Even   4  3   3 17
Ken Baumgartner       0  1  1    -1  18  0   4 23
Keith Tkachuk         1  0  1    -2   7  3   1 23
Dave Donnelly         0  0  0    +1   2  1   5 15
Garth Butcher         1  0  1  Even   0  3   2 28
   

Financial

Attendance: 10173
Net Profit: $677 522,00

Game Notes

Michal Neuvirth enters game at 16:24 of 2nd period
Ronnie Stern and Jeff Beukeboom fight to a draw
Keith Tkachuk beats up Robert Dirk
Steve Patrick injured at 06:03 of the 3rd Period
Paul Gillis ejected at 06:03 of the 3rd Period
Steve Smith and Eric Lindros fight to a draw
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 15:49 of 3rd period
Robert Dirk ejected at 18:36 of the 3rd Period
Craig Coxe injured at 01:31 of the 4 Period
Tie Domi ejected at 01:31 of the 4 Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Cincinnati     0
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Mike McHugh 4 (Steve Rucchin, Darius Kasparaitis)
Mark Morrison 4 (Don McSween, Brett Harkins)


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Goalies
Rochester: Tom Draper
Cincinnati: Alain Chevrier
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