Kings at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Kings 12 5 10 0 27
Sabres 13 9 10 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Kings 0 1 1 0 2
Sabres 2 2 2 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, TOMS 9 (CIGER, RUUTU), 03:03
2. SABRES, OTT 2 (KONSTANTINOV, AVERY) (SH), 17:36

PENALTIES: E. CAIRNS LA (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 05:50, C. SIMON LA (BOARDING, Minor) 08:39, B. MARCHMENT LA (BOARDING, Minor) 08:41, M. SMITH BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:54, E. CAIRNS LA (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:41, S. OTT BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 12:41, K. OLIWA LA (FIGHTING) 14:03, J. RUUTU BUF (FIGHTING) 14:03, A. EGELAND LA (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:58, T. HLUSHKO BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 15:52

Period 2
3. SABRES, CIGER 5 (TOMS, RUUTU), 02:06
4. KINGS, YLONEN 7 (MARCHMENT, BOUGHNER) (SH), 07:09
5. SABRES, RUUTU 5 (TOMS, CIGER), 13:10

PENALTIES: D. BRASHEAR LA (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 04:52, D. ROCHE BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 04:52, J. HOCKING LA (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:46, L. RICHARDSON LA (ROUGHING, Minor) 07:03, B. MARCHMENT LA (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:13, S. THOMAS BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:13

Period 3
6. SABRES, CIGER 6 (HLUSHKO, STAJDUHAR), 04:23
7. KINGS, BRASHEAR 6 (MCCARTHY, GRETZKY), 08:57
8. SABRES, AVERY 7 (OTT, HAWGOOD) (PP), 12:09

PENALTIES: C. SIMON LA (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:21, K. OLIWA LA (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 02:59, D. ROCHE BUF (FIGHTING) 02:59, C. SIMON LA (FIGHTING) 07:19, V. KONSTANTINOV BUF (FIGHTING) 07:19, N. STAJDUHAR BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:52, D. BRASHEAR LA (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:04, A. EGELAND LA (BOARDING, Minor) 11:46, C. SIMON LA (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 12:17 (Served by Patrice Tardif)

Goalie Statistics

Steve Valiquette (LA ), 7 saves out of 8 shots
Parris Duffus (LA ), 19 saves out of 24 shots, L, 5-19-2
Chris Mason (BUF), 25 saves out of 27 shots, W, 8-14-1

Power Play Conversions

Kings 0 for 3
Sabres 1 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Zdeno Ciger (BUF)
2 - Jeff Toms (BUF)
3 - Jarko Ruutu (BUF)

Player Statistics

Kings

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Ilya Kovalchuk        0  0  0  Even   0  3   2 17
Krzysztof Oliwa       0  0  0    -2  20  3   1 12
Patrice Tardif        0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 20
Juha Ylonen           1  0  1    -2   0  6   1 21
Chris Simon           0  0  0    -2  14  4   1 13
Steve Webb            0  0  0  Even   0  1   3  8
Bryan Marchment       0  1  1  Even   4  2   4 24
Justin Hocking        0  0  0    -2   2  0   2 23
Marian Gaborik        0  0  0    -2   0  0   0 17
Luke Richardson       0  0  0    -2   2  0   3 23
Allan Egeland         0  0  0    -1   4  1   5 13
Sandy McCarthy        0  1  1  Even   0  0   0  3
Donald Brashear       1  0  1  Even  14  1   2 26
Brent Gretzky         0  1  1  Even   0  0   1  6
Andrei Nazarov        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Todd Simpson          0  0  0  Even   0  1   5 13
Bob Boughner          0  1  1    -1   0  3   1 23
Eric Cairns           0  0  0    -1  14  1   1 15
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Martin Erat           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 20
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  9
Greg Hawgood          0  1  1    +1   0  5   1 23
Nick Stajduhar        0  1  1    +3  12  2   1 17
Vladimir Konstantinov 0  1  1  Even   5  4   0 19
Curtis Leschyshyn     0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 22
Sean Avery            1  1  2  Even   0  3   3 24
Scott Thomas          0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  5
Todd Hlushko          0  1  1    +1   4  3   5 18
Igor Ulanov           0  0  0    +2   0  2   2 15
Zdeno Ciger           2  2  4    +3   0  5   0 18
Dave Roche            0  0  0  Even   7  0   0 17
Mark Smith            0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 13
Mark Lawrence         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Jarko Ruutu           1  2  3    +2   5  2   4 11
Steve Ott             1  1  2  Even   2  2   0 11
Chris O'Sullivan      0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 19
Jeff Toms             1  2  3    +2   0  3   4 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 10558
Net Profit: $522 621,00

Game Notes

Andrei Nazarov injured at 05:43 of the 1st Period
Krzysztof Oliwa beats up Jarko Ruutu
Todd Simpson injured at 02:21 of the 3rd Period
Krzysztof Oliwa and Dave Roche fight to a draw
Krzysztof Oliwa ejected at 02:59 of the 3rd Period
Steve Valiquette enters game at 04:23 of 3rd period
Chris Simon and Vladimir Konstantinov fight to a draw
Dennis Seidenberg injured at 09:52 of the 3rd Period
Chris Simon ejected at 12:17 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Thistles       0
Bombers        11
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Tony Salmelainen 4 (Zdenek Blatny, Eric Manlow)
Ronald Petrovicky 4 (Brett Mclean, Steve Eminger)
Johnathan Aitken 3 (Vladimir Tsyplakov, Peter Worrell)
Joby Messier 2 (Andre Roy, Roman Simicek)
Vladimir Tsyplakov 9 (Mark Astley, Radovan Somik)
Johnathan Aitken 4 (Ed Ward, Jason Doig)
Ed Ward 6 (Matt Keith, Nick Schultz)
Roman Simicek 7 (Ronald Petrovicky, Roman Simicek)
Matt Keith 3 (Tony Salmelainen, Roman Simicek)
Radovan Somik 7 (Vladimir Tsyplakov, Ronald Petrovicky)
Vladimir Tsyplakov 10 (Ronald Petrovicky, Roman Simicek)

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Goalies
Thistles: Sebastien Charpentier
Bombers: Patrick Labrecque
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