Sabres at Avalanche

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 6 13 10 0 29
Avalanche 12 13 2 0 27
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 2 1 2 0 5
Avalanche 2 1 0 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. AVALANCHE, SAKIC 32 (UNASSISTED), 10:36
2. SABRES, JOHNSON 9 (LADD, BACKES), 12:19
3. AVALANCHE, BERGERON 20 (POMINVILLE, HOLIK) (PP), 13:32
4. SABRES, DINGMAN 5 (LING, SMITH), 17:52

PENALTIES: T. SIMPSON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 12:38, G. PARROS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:50

Period 2
5. AVALANCHE, SILLINGER 30 (HOLIK, GOMEZ) (PP), 03:40
6. SABRES, DINGMAN 6 (LING, WHITE), 16:00

PENALTIES: T. SIMPSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:14, R. BOURQUE COL (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:31, M. SMITH BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:08

Period 3
7. SABRES, DINGMAN 7 (RUUTU, LING) (PP), 06:36
8. SABRES, WIEMER 22 (WORRELL, WHITE) (PP), 14:17

PENALTIES: L. SOROCHAN BUF (FIGHTING) 00:41, R. BLAKE COL (FIGHTING) 00:41, J. RUUTU BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 02:31, C. PERRY COL (CHARGING, Major) 04:37, S. GOMEZ COL (CHARGING, Major) 10:18, J. DOIG BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:16, P. WORRELL BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 15:42, A. BURROWS COL (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:42 (Served by Robert Holik), J. RUUTU BUF (ELBOWING, Major) 19:05

Goalie Statistics

Marc Lamothe (BUF), 24 saves out of 27 shots, W, 1-0-0
Henrik Lundqvist (COL), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 33-24-3
Steve Shields (COL), 2 saves out of 2 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 3
Avalanche 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Chris Dingman (BUF)
2 - David Ling (BUF)
3 - Matt Johnson (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Colin White           0  2  2    +1   0  1   1 20
Peter Worrell         0  1  1  Even  12  3   3 11
David Backes          0  1  1    +1   0  1   0 13
Andrew Ladd           0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  9
Patrick Fischer       0  0  0    +1   0  3   3 13
Todd Simpson          0  0  0    +2   4  0   2 14
Sami Helenius         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 14
Mark Smith            0  1  1    +1   2  1   2 17
Jason Doig            0  0  0  Even   2  1   5 23
Dale Purinton         0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 23
Jarko Ruutu           0  1  1  Even   7  1   3 20
Chris Dingman         3  0  3    +1   0  6   8 16
Jason Wiemer          1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 16
Matt Johnson          1  0  1    +1   0  3   3 22
Georges Parros        0  0  0  Even   2  1   3 12
Tom Kostopolous       0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 12
Lee Sorochan          0  0  0  Even   5  2   1 14
David Ling            0  3  3    +1   0  1   2 18
   
Avalanche

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Joe Pavelski          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 18
Rene Bourque          0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 11
Zbynek Michalek       0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 14
Alex Burrows          0  0  0  Even  12  1   1 15
Rob Blake             0  0  0    -1   5  3   6 21
Keith Carney          0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 10
Michael Nylander      0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 25
Marc-Andre Bergeron   1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 23
Jason Pominville      0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 18
Robert Holik          0  2  2  Even   0  1   4 20
Hans Jonsson          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 14
Dan Cleary            0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  6
Scott Gomez           0  1  1    -1   5  2   1 22
Maxim Galanov         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Francois Beauchemin   0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 19
Joe Sakic             1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 19
Corey Perry           0  0  0    -1   5  2   1 14
Mike Sillinger        1  0  1  Even   0  3   0 10
   

Financial

Attendance: 11689
Net Profit: $578 606,00

Game Notes

Maxim Galanov injured at 10:58 of the 2nd Period
Lee Sorochan and Rob Blake fight to a draw
Steve Shields enters game at 14:17 of 3rd period
Todd Simpson injured at 15:42 of the 3rd Period
Alex Burrows ejected at 15:42 of the 3rd Period
Chris Dingman scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Bombers        0
Hammerhead     7
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Hnat Domenichelli 13 (Josh Georges, René Corbet)
Marty Murray 4 (Mike Danton, Jussi Jokinen)
Steve Kelly 27 (Steve McCarthy, Vladimir Vujtek)
Steve Kelly 28 (Dan Plante, Alexei Kudashov)
Mike Danton 19 (Wayne Primeau, Scott Barney)
René Corbet 16 (Craig Macdonald, Ben Guite)
Scott Barney 17 (Steve Guolla, Martin Skoula)

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Goalies
Bombers: Neil Little
Hammerhead: Jean-Francois Damphous
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