Panthers at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Panthers 14 7 7 0 28
Sabres 12 11 6 0 29
Goals
123OTT
Panthers 3 0 2 0 5
Sabres 3 2 3 0 8


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, STERN 6 (EVASON, BABYCH), 02:59
2. PANTHERS, IGINLA 11 (WHITNEY) (PP), 05:49
3. SABRES, CARSON 7 (MAZUR, MARTIN), 08:40
4. PANTHERS, PALFFY 16 (ZHAMNOV, MCGILLIS) (PP), 12:19
5. PANTHERS, TKACHUK 14 (ARNOTT, PALFFY) (SH), 16:35
6. SABRES, NYLANDER 5 (BABYCH, MACKEY) (PP), 18:17

PENALTIES: R. STERN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:08, J. IGINLA FLO (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:23, A. ZHAMNOV FLO (BOARDING, Minor) 03:05, J. LEMIEUX BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:05, Y. PERREAULT FLO (BOARDING, Minor) 03:28, J. THOMSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 04:33, J. MOKOSAK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:53, J. LEMIEUX BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 13:52, J. IGINLA FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 14:22, R. ZETTLER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 14:22

Period 2
7. SABRES, THOMSON 6 (MCMURCHY, ELIAS), 11:16
8. SABRES, KHRISTICH 13 (ZETTLER, LEMIEUX), 18:03

PENALTIES: E. LINDROS FLO (FIGHTING) 01:06, R. DIRK BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 01:06, R. ZETTLER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:42, T. MCMURCHY BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:57, J. ARNOTT FLO (HOOKING, Minor) 12:54, R. STERN BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:54, A. ZHAMNOV FLO (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 12:58, C. PRONGER FLO (BOARDING, Minor) 17:12, J. THOMSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:12, R. STERN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:47

Period 3
9. SABRES, KHRISTICH 14 (LEMIEUX, EVASON), 03:50
10. PANTHERS, WHITNEY 20 (TKACHUK, SHANNON) (PP), 12:28
11. SABRES, KHRISTICH 15 (KASPARAITIS, ELIAS), 13:39
12. SABRES, STERN 7 (EVASON, MOKOSAK), 16:37
13. PANTHERS, IGINLA 12 (UNASSISTED), 17:59

PENALTIES: Z. PALFFY FLO (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 04:10, J. HUSCROFT BUF (CHARGING, Double Minor) 10:03

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (FLO), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 13-21-2
Daren Puppa (FLO), 5 saves out of 8 shots
Andre Racicot (BUF), 23 saves out of 28 shots, W, 1-1-0
Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots

Power Play Conversions

Panthers 3 for 8
Sabres 1 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Dmitri Khristich (BUF)
2 - Ronnie Stern (BUF)
3 - Jocelyn Lemieux (BUF)

Player Statistics

Panthers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Todd Marchant         0  0  0    -3   0  0   1 13
Owen Nolan            0  0  0    -3   0  0   0  7
Jason Arnott          0  1  1    -4   2  3   4 19
Dan McGillis          0  1  1    -4   0  1   1 16
Zigmund Palffy        1  1  2    -1   2  4   0 22
Yanic Perreault       0  0  0  Even   2  4   1 17
Ray Whitney           1  1  2    -2   0  2   1 22
Alexei Zhamnov        0  1  1    -2   4  2   2 20
Kimmo Timonen         0  0  0    -3   0  2   1 23
Chris Pronger         0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 20
Eric Lindros          0  0  0    -1   5  1   0  7
Trent Klatt           0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  1
Philippe Boucher      0  0  0    -3   0  1   1 19
Jarome Iginla         2  0  2    +1   6  3   1 17
Keith Tkachuk         1  1  2    -2   0  4   3 21
Roman Hamrlik         0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 17
Darryl Shannon        0  1  1    -1   0  0   4 25
John Druce            0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  4
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Zettler           0  1  1    +2   4  0   2 23
Darius Kasparaitis    0  1  1    +1   0  1   6 22
Tom Martin            0  1  1    +1   0  0   2 11
Ronnie Stern          2  0  2    +3   6  6   2 22
Jamie Huscroft        0  0  0    +1   4  1   2 18
Robert Dirk           0  0  0    +1  10  1   0  7
Dave Babych           0  2  2    +2   0  2   2 27
Jimmy Carson          1  0  1    +1   0  2   1  9
Michael Nylander      1  0  1  Even   0  1   1  9
Jay Mazur             0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 11
David Mackey          0  1  1  Even   0  3   3 12
Dmitri Khristich      3  0  3    +3   0  3   1 29
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  2  2    +4   4  4   0 15
Patrick Elias         0  2  2    +1   0  1   1 21
John Mokosak          0  1  1    +3   2  2   3 14
Tom McMurchy          0  1  1    +1   2  1   0  4
Dean Evason           0  3  3    +4   0  0   3 20
Jim Thomson           1  0  1    +1  14  1   2  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 8829
Net Profit: $667 472,00

Game Notes

Robert Dirk beats up Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros injured at 01:06 of the 2nd Period
Robert Dirk ejected at 01:06 of the 2nd Period
Daren Puppa enters game at 18:03 of 2nd period
Roman Hamrlik injured at 01:29 of the 3rd Period
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 17:59 of 3rd period
Dmitri Khristich scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Cincinnati     4
Rochester      1
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Jamie Wright 10 (Gord Walker, Jeff Parker)
Pat Peake 13 (Ed Ward, Todd Harvey)
Jim Cummins 10 (Sven Butenschon, Troy Crowder)
Troy Crowder 9 (Roger Johansson, Josh Green)

Mike Knuble 13 (Derek Morris, Jon Morris)

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Goalies
Cincinnati: Corey Schwab
Rochester: Norm Maracle
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