Blackhawks at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Blackhawks 11 4 8 0 23
Sabres 9 13 14 0 36
Goals
123OTT
Blackhawks 2 3 1 0 6
Sabres 2 1 5 0 8


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, TKACHUK 23 (JANNEY, SHEPPARD), 05:25
2. BLACKHAWKS, THORNTON 18 (GRETZKY, MILLER) (PP), 12:01
3. BLACKHAWKS, WALLIN 1 (KLEE, CARSON) (PP), 13:02
4. SABRES, LUMME 9 (BRIND'AMOUR, AMONTE) (SH), 18:13

PENALTIES: W. GRETZKY CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:47, T. YAWNEY BUF (SPEARING, Major) 09:47, D. CHYNOWETH BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 10:25, B. HOULDER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:04

Period 2
5. BLACKHAWKS, NYLANDER 5 (EMERSON, RACINE), 13:00
6. SABRES, JANNEY 13 (TKACHUK, SHEPPARD), 15:08
7. BLACKHAWKS, CZERKAWSKI 13 (KONSTANTINOV, THORNTON), 16:32
8. BLACKHAWKS, NYLANDER 6 (UNASSISTED), 19:57

PENALTIES: N. EMERSON CHI (BOARDING, Major) 03:44, C. NEELY CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:29, T. YAWNEY BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:29

Period 3
9. SABRES, AMONTE 14 (BRIND'AMOUR, WILKINSON) (PP), 02:01
10. SABRES, DINEEN 3 (TODD), 04:04
11. SABRES, BRIND'AMOUR 18 (AMONTE, LUMME) (PP), 04:49
12. SABRES, CHYNOWETH 1 (UNASSISTED), 05:54
13. SABRES, BRUNETTE 16 (JANNEY, HOULDER) (PP), 07:15
14. BLACKHAWKS, CZERKAWSKI 14 (MILLER, KONSTANTINOV), 13:20

PENALTIES: V. KONSTANTINOV CHI (HOOKING, Minor) 01:56, D. VASKE CHI (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:07, D. VASKE CHI (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:26

Goalie Statistics

Trevor Kidd (CHI), 20 saves out of 25 shots, L, 8-3-1
Nikolai Khabibulin (CHI), 8 saves out of 11 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck (BUF), 7 saves out of 8 shots, W, 14-4-3
Arturs Irbe (BUF), 10 saves out of 15 shots

Power Play Conversions

Blackhawks 2 for 3
Sabres 3 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Mariusz Czerkawski (CHI)
2 - Craig Janney (BUF)
3 - Ray Sheppard (BUF)

Player Statistics

Blackhawks

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Zdeno Ciger           0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 16
Kip Miller            0  2  2    +1   0  0   2 19
Dennis Vaske          0  0  0  Even   4  0   0 18
Yves Racine           0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 17
Joe Thornton          1  1  2    +1   0  3   2 24
Wayne Gretzky         0  1  1  Even   2  2   0 19
Cam Neely             0  0  0    -1   2  4   5 20
Ken Klee              0  1  1    +1   0  2   1 22
Niclas Wallin         1  0  1    -1   0  1   0  6
Aaron Miller          0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 15
Nelson Emerson        0  1  1  Even   5  0   1 17
Vladimir Konstantinov 0  2  2    +1   2  1   2 24
Patrick Lebeau        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 14
Jimmy Carson          0  1  1    -1   0  0   1  8
Phil Housley          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 18
Mariusz Czerkawski    2  0  2    +1   0  5   0 22
Michael Nylander      2  0  2  Even   0  2   1 10
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Tkachuk         1  1  2    +2   0  3   2 19
Scott Walker          0  0  0    -1   0  4   3 16
Craig Janney          1  2  3    +2   0  1   3 21
Tony Amonte           1  2  3    -2   0  3   0 18
Bill Houlder          0  1  1    -2   2  2   4 25
Jyrki Lumme           1  1  2    -1   0  1   2 25
Andrew Brunette       1  0  1    -2   0  3   0 16
Ray Sheppard          0  2  2    +2   0  5   2 20
Neil Wilkinson        0  1  1    +1   0  2   2 27
Rod Brind'Amour       1  2  3    -2   0  4   3 22
Kevin Dineen          1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  5
Dean Chynoweth        1  0  1    -1   2  1   3 19
Trent Yawney          0  0  0    +2   7  1   0 21
Wes Walz              0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 14
Murray Craven         0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  5
Greg Hawgood          0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  3
Troy Mallette         0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 10
Kevin Todd            0  1  1    +1   0  1   1  6
   

Financial

Attendance: 15997
Net Profit: $887 834,00

Game Notes

Greg Hawgood injured at 05:29 of the 1st Period
John Vanbiesbrouck enters game at 19:57 of 2nd period
Nikolai Khabibulin enters game at 04:04 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Indianapol     1
Rochester      17
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Jim Agnew 7 (Chris McAlpine, John Byce)

Iain Fraser 17 (Mike Hurlbut, Daniel Tkaczuk)
Marko Jantunen 12 (Scott Thomas, Mick Vukota)
Shawn Antoski 7 (Valeri Karpov, Brad Aitken)
Mike Hartman 15 (Todd Ewen, Brian Holzinger)
Brad Aitken 13 (Rick Bennett, Derek Morris)
Mick Vukota 7 (Vyacheslav Butsayev, Mike Hudson)
Iain Fraser 18 (Ken Gernander, Brad Miller)
Daniel Tkaczuk 8 (Shawn Evans, Jean-François Quintin)
Iain Fraser 19 (Toni Lydman, Mark Astley)
Todd Ewen 5 (Brian Holzinger, Valeri Karpov)
Shawn Evans 2 (Marko Jantunen, Derek Morris)
Todd Ewen 6 (Brian Holzinger, Daniel Tkaczuk)
Shawn Evans 3 (Valeri Karpov, Daniel Tkaczuk)
Ken Gernander 11 (Rick Bennett, Mick Vukota)
Todd Ewen 7 (Shawn Evans, Mike Hurlbut)
Iain Fraser 20 (Valeri Karpov, Vyacheslav Butsayev)
Rick Bennett 8 (Brad Aitken, Rick Bennett)

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Goalies
Indianapol: Scott King
Rochester: Rick Tabaracci
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