Sabres at Devils

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 5 5 0 18
Devils 6 16 10 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 1 1 0 3
Devils 2 2 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, RUCINSKY 1 (KURVERS, CULLEN), 06:44
2. SABRES, MOGILNY 18 (BUTCHER, LAFONTAINE), 08:09
3. DEVILS, RUCINSKY 2 (CULLEN, VELISCHEK) (PP), 12:00

PENALTIES: J. TONELLI BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 10:59, C. DAHLQUIST BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 13:16, B. FEDERKO NJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:16, P. MACDERMID NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:42, D. ANDREYCHUK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:39, S. MAKAROV NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:39, L. RUFF BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:16, T. DOMI NJ (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 18:16

Period 2
4. SABRES, BUTCHER 6 (GALLEY, ANDREYCHUK), 01:20
5. DEVILS, RUCINSKY 3 (CULLEN, MACDERMID) (PP), 18:19
6. DEVILS, MACDERMID 3 (MULLER, YSEBAERT) (PP), 19:04

PENALTIES: M. PIVONKA BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:21, J. TONELLI BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 14:06 (Served by Normand Rochefort), L. RUFF BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:48

Period 3
7. SABRES, ALLISON 3 (UNASSISTED), 12:17
8. DEVILS, MULLER 7 (SHANAHAN, CÔTÉ), 17:37

PENALTIES: T. KURVERS NJ (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 02:20, D. ANDREYCHUK BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 11:12, S. GRIMSON NJ (CHARGING, Minor) 11:12, G. GALLEY BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 17:47

Goalie Statistics

Andy Moog (BUF), 26 saves out of 31 shots, L, 13-7-2
Bob Essensa (BUF), 1 saves out of 1 shots
Sean Burke (NJ ), 15 saves out of 18 shots, W, 15-9-1

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 2
Devils 3 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Martin Rucinsky (NJ )
2 - Garth Butcher (BUF)
3 - John Cullen (NJ )

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Pat LaFontaine        0  1  1    +1   0  3   0 21
Garry Galley          0  1  1    +1   2  0   2 23
Bob Corkum            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
Steve Ludzik          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 15
Dave Andreychuk       0  1  1    +1   4  2   3 21
Garth Butcher         1  1  2    +1   0  2   4 25
Normand Rochefort     0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 18
Craig Simpson         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 16
Michal Pivonka        0  0  0  Even   2  1   2 23
Alexander Mogilny     1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 10
Ray Sheppard          0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 17
Dave Barr             0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Lindy Ruff            0  0  0  Even   4  0   0 17
John Tonelli          0  0  0  Even  17  1   0  9
Phil Housley          0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 23
Chris Dahlquist       0  0  0  Even  12  0   0 14
Mike Allison          1  0  1  Even   0  1   1  7
Mike Eagles           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 18
   
Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brendan Shanahan      0  1  1  Even   0  2   1 19
John Cullen           0  3  3  Even   0  2   2 21
Paul MacDermid        1  1  2  Even   2  2   4 22
Paul Ysebaert         0  1  1    -1   0  0   2 16
Tom Kurvers           0  1  1  Even   2  1   1 17
Doug Bodger           0  0  0  Even   0  3   2 21
Kirk Muller           1  1  2  Even   0  4   2 21
Bob Errey             0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 13
Derian Hatcher        0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 18
Ronnie Stern          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0  5
Sylvain Côté          0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 25
Martin Rucinsky       3  0  3  Even   0  3   0 19
Sergei Makarov        0  0  0  Even   2  3   1 17
Ken Daneyko           0  0  0    -1   0  2   3 23
Tie Domi              0  0  0  Even   2  0   4 11
Bernie Federko        0  0  0  Even   2  3   1  7
Randy Velischek       0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 17
Stu Grimson           0  0  0  Even   2  2   0  4
   

Financial

Attendance: 17043
Net Profit: $177 247,00

Game Notes

John Tonelli ejected at 14:06 of the 2nd Period
Bob Essensa enters game at 17:37 of 3rd period
Martin Rucinsky scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      4
Utica          6
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Ken Priestlay 4 (Marty McInnis, Stéphane Guérard)
Ken Priestlay 5 (Ray Neufeld, Dale Craigwell)
Ray Neufeld 7 (Scott Metcalfe, Joel Savage)
Marty McInnis 9 (François Guay, Curt Fraser)

Kevin Todd 4 (Paul Guay, Bill Armstrong)
Bill Armstrong 9 (Neil Brady, Shaun Sabol)
Troy Crowder 1 (Jarrod Skalde, Jean-Marc Lanthier)
Janne Ojanen 8 (Ross Fitzpatrick, Allan Stewart)
Bill Armstrong 10 (Drake Berehowsky, Yanick Dupré)
Vladimir Vujtek 5 (David Williams, Peter Sundstrom)

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Goalies
Rochester: Brian Ford
Utica: Frédéric Chabot
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