Islanders at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Islanders 8 16 6 0 30
Sabres 7 9 11 0 27
Goals
123OTT
Islanders 1 5 1 0 7
Sabres 1 0 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, THOMSON 8 (DIRK, CARSON), 06:40
2. ISLANDERS, WOOD 16 (REICHEL, VASKE) (PP), 12:17

PENALTIES: J. LEMIEUX BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 02:47 (Served by Jim Kyte), E. JOVANOVSKI NYI (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 03:19, D. KHRISTICH BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:59, J. KYTE BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 12:24, J. MOKOSAK BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:41

Period 2
3. ISLANDERS, NIINIMAA 2 (BRUNETTE, MURRAY), 01:42
4. ISLANDERS, MURRAY 12 (JANNEY, HOLMSTROM) (PP), 05:28
5. ISLANDERS, JOHANSSON 3 (OLCZYK, BRUNETTE) (PP), 13:33
6. ISLANDERS, OLCZYK 31 (REICHEL, JOHANSSON) (PP), 13:55
7. ISLANDERS, HOLMSTROM 2 (KOVALENKO, GALARNEAU), 19:39

PENALTIES: J. MAZUR BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:09, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 03:23, R. ZETTLER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:55, T. MARTIN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:19, J. CARSON BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 07:30, R. DIRK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:34, D. EVASON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:47, T. MARTIN BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:18, P. NEDVED NYI (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:48, V. RIENDEAU BUF (DELAY-OF-GAME, Minor) 16:11 (Served by Jim Kyte)

Period 3
8. ISLANDERS, KOVALENKO 9 (JOVANOVSKI), 00:49
9. SABRES, MAZUR 2 (MARTIN, RIENDEAU), 08:24

PENALTIES: J. MAZUR BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 02:12, J. MOKOSAK BUF (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 04:51, P. NEDVED NYI (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:32, P. ELIAS BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 11:32

Goalie Statistics

Chris Osgood (NYI), 25 saves out of 27 shots, W, 19-20-1
Andre Racicot (BUF), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 6-20-0
Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 7 saves out of 9 shots

Power Play Conversions

Islanders 4 for 15
Sabres 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Tomas Holmstrom (NYI)
2 - Jimmy Carson (BUF)
3 - Chris Osgood (NYI)

Player Statistics

Islanders

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Ed Jovanovski         0  1  1    +2   2  0   1 18
Glen Murray           1  1  2  Even   0  1   0  8
Steve Staios          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 13
Dennis Vaske          0  1  1    -1   0  1   2 23
Andrew Brunette       0  2  2  Even   0  2   1 20
Randy Wood            1  0  1    -1   0  2   5 22
Ed Olczyk             1  1  2  Even   0  3   3 25
Petr Nedved           0  0  0    -1   4  2   1 24
Craig Conroy          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Janne Niinimaa        1  0  1  Even   0  1   0  9
Craig Janney          0  1  1  Even   0  3   0 19
Gary Roberts          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  1
Michel Galarneau      0  1  1    +2   0  0   0  5
Tomas Holmstrom       1  1  2    +2   0  3   2 14
Robert Reichel        0  2  2    -1   0  4   3 23
Roger Johansson       1  1  2    -1   0  3   2 22
Sylvain Cote          0  0  0    +2   0  3   0 26
Andrei Kovalenko      1  1  2    +2   0  1   0 12
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Zettler           0  0  0    -1   2  0   2 18
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -1   4  2   1 23
Tom Martin            0  1  1    -1   4  2   2 28
Tie Domi              0  0  0    -1   0  2   0  8
Robert Dirk           0  1  1  Even  12  0   3 16
Dave Babych           0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 16
Jimmy Carson          0  1  1    +1   2  7   2 20
Michael Nylander      0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 16
Jim Kyte              0  0  0  Even   2  2   4 25
Jay Mazur             1  0  1  Even   4  2   1 13
Dmitri Khristich      0  0  0    -1   2  0   0 11
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0  Even  12  1   1  1
Bob Boughner          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Patrick Elias         0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 17
John Mokosak          0  0  0    -1  14  0   1  8
Tom McMurchy          0  0  0  Even   0  3   3 28
Dean Evason           0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 16
Jim Thomson           1  0  1    +1   0  1   0  4
   

Financial

Attendance: 8727
Net Profit: $659 761,00

Game Notes

Gary Roberts injured at 02:47 of the 1st Period
Jocelyn Lemieux ejected at 02:47 of the 1st Period
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 13:55 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Syracuse       0
Rochester      12
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Steve Tuttle 24 (Steve Graves, Marty Murray)
Greg De Vries 4 (Niklas Sundstrom, Mike Knuble)
Bruce Shoebottom 9 (Michal Sykora, Jon Morris)
Ryan VandenBussche 12 (Juha Ylonen, Shane Doan)
Ryan VandenBussche 13 (Mark Morrison, Darcy Tucker)
Mark Morrison 28 (Pavel Torgaev, Bennett Wolf)
Pavel Torgaev 22 (John McIntyre, Mike McHugh)
Mark Morrison 29 (Chris Tamer, Jason Botterill)
Shane Doan 9 (Derek Morris, James Black)
Steve Tuttle 25 (Mike Knuble, Mike McHugh)
James Black 23 (Michal Sykora, Darcy Tucker)
Mark Morrison 30 (Mike Knuble, Shane Doan)

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Goalies
Syracuse: Eric Fichaud
Rochester: Fred Brathwaite
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