Whalers at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Whalers 13 5 9 0 27
Sabres 11 13 8 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Whalers 1 0 0 0 1
Sabres 1 3 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, VOLCHENKOV 1 (EDLER, KESLER), 04:24
2. WHALERS, BARR 2 (RUSSEL, VANBIESBROUCK), 06:14

PENALTIES: D. BARR HTD (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:25, K. YANDLE BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:51, D. DOUGHTY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 19:47

Period 2
3. SABRES, BACKES 4 (KESLER), 08:17
4. SABRES, STOLL 2 (PURCELL, SEIDENBERG), 13:52
5. SABRES, KESLER 1 (UNASSISTED) (SH), 17:54

PENALTIES: A. VOLCHENKOV BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:19, D. BYFUGLIEN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 16:07 (Served by Jarret Stoll)

Period 3
6. SABRES, BACKES 5 (KESLER), 07:51

PENALTIES: D. SEIDENBERG BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 04:50, D. BACKES BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:05

Goalie Statistics

John Vanbiesbrouck (HTD), 24 saves out of 29 shots, L, 3-4-0
Dan Blackburn (HTD), 3 saves out of 3 shots
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 26 saves out of 27 shots, W, 4-2-0

Power Play Conversions

Whalers 0 for 6
Sabres 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Ryan Kesler (BUF)
2 - David Backes (BUF)
3 - Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF)

Player Statistics

Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Sam Gagner            0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 20
Gregory Campbell      0  0  0    +1   0  0   0 15
Kyle Wellwood         0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 21
Kyle Quincey          0  0  0    -2   0  3   2 21
Johnny Boychuck       0  0  0    -1   0  2   4 16
Brent Ashton          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  4
Dave Barr             1  0  1  Even   2  1   1 15
Torrey Mitchell       0  0  0    -1   0  4   2 21
Rick Meagher          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1  6
Josh Georges          0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 18
Kris Russel           0  1  1    +1   0  2   5 19
Paul Byron            0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 19
Marc Staal            0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 23
Anders Kallur         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Roman Josi            0  0  0    -2   0  3   0 23
Ville Leino           0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 20
Guy Carbonneau        0  0  0    +1   0  0   1 13
Mikael Backlund       0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 20
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 16
Dennis Seidenberg     0  1  1    +1   2  3   1 21
David Backes          2  0  2    +3   2  4   0 22
Andrew Ladd           0  0  0    -1   0  3   2 20
Steve Smith           0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 11
James Neal            0  0  0    +3   0  0   1 17
Keith Yandle          0  0  0    -1   2  2   0 17
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 18
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Alexander Edler       0  1  1    +3   0  3   0 23
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0    +1  12  2   0  9
Anton Volchenkov      1  0  1    +3   2  2   3 19
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Teddy Purcell         0  1  1    +1   0  0   3 14
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 15
Jarret Stoll          1  0  1    +1   0  3   3 15
Drew Doughty          0  0  0    -1   2  1   2 23
Ryan Kesler           1  3  4    +3   0  2   0 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 13002
Net Profit: $842 530,00

Game Notes

Anders Kallur injured at 16:07 of the 2nd Period
Dustin Byfuglien ejected at 16:07 of the 2nd Period
Dan Blackburn enters game at 07:51 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Saginaw        4
Rochester      2
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Steve Bozek 3 (Chris Terry, Trevor Lewis)
Corey Tropp 8 (Paul Marshall, Ian Cole)
Bill Gardner 2 (Peter Mueller, Jimmy Hayes)
Drayson Bowman 10 (Dave Pichette, Rick Lanz)

unknown (Doug Wickenheiser, Brad Malone)
Derek Meech 2 (Scott Parse, Bill Root)

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Goalies
Saginaw: Roland Melanson
Rochester: Clint Malarchuk
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