Whalers at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Whalers 5 9 7 0 21
Sabres 11 7 14 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Whalers 2 0 0 0 2
Sabres 3 2 2 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, DOUGHTY 2 (LADD, VOLCHENKOV) (PP), 02:36
2. SABRES, KESLER 1 (EDLER) (PP), 04:01
3. WHALERS, MITCHELL 1 (JOSI), 06:07
4. SABRES, KESLER 2 (NEAL, EDLER), 16:13
5. WHALERS, LIDSTER 1 (ARNIEL, BARR), 18:21

PENALTIES: J. GEORGES HTD (CHARGING, Double Minor) 00:14, B. ASHTON HTD (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 02:58

Period 2
6. SABRES, DOUGHTY 3 (YANDLE), 00:18
7. SABRES, BACKSTROM 2 (NEAL), 17:27

PENALTIES: M. STAAL HTD (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:34, K. YANDLE BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 09:12, J. STOLL BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:05, A. VOLCHENKOV BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:36

Period 3
8. SABRES, LADD 1 (KANE, DOUGHTY), 08:13
9. SABRES, KANE 1 (BACKSTROM, DOUGHTY), 11:27

PENALTIES: N. BACKSTROM BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 11:28

Goalie Statistics

Roland Melanson (HTD), 12 saves out of 14 shots
John Vanbiesbrouck (HTD), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 0-3-0
Marc-Andre Fleury (BUF), 19 saves out of 21 shots, W, 2-1-0

Power Play Conversions

Whalers 0 for 4
Sabres 2 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Drew Doughty (BUF)
2 - Patrick Kane (BUF)
3 - Nicklas Backstrom (BUF)

Player Statistics

Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Sam Gagner            0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 22
Alexei Emelin         0  0  0    -2   0  1   6 24
Vincent Lecavalier    0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 20
Craig Muni            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Brent Ashton          0  0  0    -1   2  0   0  7
Dave Barr             0  1  1    -1   0  1   2 13
Torrey Mitchell       1  0  1    -1   0  3   2 19
Josh Georges          0  0  0  Even   4  1   0 17
Paul Byron            0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 19
Marc Staal            0  0  0    -2   2  1   1 18
Doug Lidster          1  0  1    -1   0  1   0 12
Roman Josi            0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 16
Ville Leino           0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 18
Guy Carbonneau        0  0  0    -2   0  4   0 24
Scott Arniel          0  1  1    -1   0  0   1 12
Trevor Lewis          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 16
Nikita Nikitin        0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 21
Mark Fayne            0  0  0  Even   0  1   2  5
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Nicklas Backstrom     1  1  2    +2   2  3   0 19
Dennis Seidenberg     0  0  0    +1   0  5   2 25
David Backes          0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 11
Andrew Ladd           1  1  2    +1   0  1   4 22
James Neal            0  2  2    +2   0  3   1 18
Keith Yandle          0  1  1    +2   2  1   1 23
Justin Abdelkader     0  0  0  Even   0  3   3 15
Scott Parse           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Dave Andreychuk       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Alexander Edler       0  2  2    +1   0  2   5 24
Dustin Byfuglien      0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 18
Anton Volchenkov      0  1  1  Even   2  0   2 12
Derek Roy             0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    +1   0  1   0 17
Jarret Stoll          0  0  0  Even   2  2   0 11
Patrick Kane          1  1  2    +2   0  3   0 17
Drew Doughty          2  2  4    +2   0  3   2 25
Ryan Kesler           2  0  2    +1   0  2   3 22
   

Financial

Attendance: 12615
Net Profit: $840 159,00

Game Notes

Roland Melanson enters game at 17:27 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Saginaw        0
Rochester      6
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Claude Lemieux 2 (Jim Jackson, Nathan Paetsch)
Brad Malone 1 (Murray Craven, Jari Gronstrand)
Ben Smith 1 (Jocelyn Lemieux, Dan Fritsche)
Normand Lacombe 1 (Dave Hannan, Mikhail Yakubov)
Mikhail Yakubov 1 (Derek Meech, Andrew Gordon)
Doug Wickenheiser 1 (Dan Daoust, Mikael Andersson)

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Goalies
Saginaw: Darren Jensen
Rochester: Ondrej Pavelec
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