Sabres at Kings

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 9 6 4 0 19
Kings 4 16 15 0 35
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 1 1 0 3
Kings 0 6 1 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, JONSSON 5 (MCMURCHY, MILLEN), 07:52

PENALTIES: J. BENNING BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 01:03 (Served by Jim Thomson), T. LONEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:33, R. DIRK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 19:23, B. MULLEN LA (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:23

Period 2
2. SABRES, STERN 1 (SKRUDLAND, KASPARAITIS) (SH), 01:29
3. KINGS, RECCHI 15 (FEDOROV, MESSIER) (PP), 03:57
4. KINGS, SANDSTROM 17 (GALLEY, MURPHY), 05:56
5. KINGS, FEDOROV 19 (PIETRANGELO, RECCHI), 12:43
6. KINGS, MESSIER 23 (RECCHI, VERNON) (PP), 16:14
7. KINGS, MESSIER 24 (PIETRANGELO, RECCHI) (PP), 16:57
8. KINGS, HAWERCHUK 30 (SANDSTROM, MURPHY) (PP), 18:41

PENALTIES: T. DOMI BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:37, T. DOMI BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 09:43, S. SMITH BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 15:24, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:10, R. STERN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:29, T. LONEY BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:43, B. SKRUDLAND BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 18:06

Period 3
9. KINGS, MESSIER 25 (UNASSISTED), 03:36
10. SABRES, SKRUDLAND 9 (DUNCAN, KYTE), 05:53

PENALTIES: R. DIRK BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:49, T. LONEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 07:46, M. MESSIER LA (CHARGING, Minor) 07:46, G. GALLEY LA (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:00, R. ZOMBO BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:53, J. KYTE BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 10:35, J. THOMSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 17:18, I. DUNCAN BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 19:52

Goalie Statistics

Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 17 saves out of 19 shots
Chad Johnson (BUF), 11 saves out of 16 shots, L, 10-14-1
Mike Vernon (LA ), 16 saves out of 19 shots, W, 25-4-1

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 1
Kings 4 for 15

Game Stars

1 - Mark Messier (LA )
2 - Mark Recchi (LA )
3 - Brian Skrudland (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jim Benning           0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  0
Darius Kasparaitis    0  1  1  Even   2  1   4 20
Tom Martin            0  0  0    -1   0  1   2 16
Tie Domi              0  0  0    -1  14  2   1  5
Ronnie Stern          1  0  1  Even   2  1   0  5
Steve Smith           0  0  0    -1   2  0   7 30
Robert Dirk           0  0  0    -1   7  0   1  6
Jim Kyte              0  1  1    +1   4  2   3 24
Iain Duncan           0  1  1    +1   2  1   2 18
Corey Millen          0  1  1    -1   0  2   0 19
Perry Berezan         0  0  0    -1   0  0   5 19
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  8
Tomas Jonsson         1  0  1    -1   0  2   1 20
Tom McMurchy          0  1  1    -1   0  2   0 12
Troy Loney            0  0  0    -1  16  0   0 15
Brian Skrudland       1  1  2    +1   2  5   1 23
Rick Zombo            0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 20
Jim Thomson           0  0  0    +1   2  0   2 14
   
Kings

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Kevin Stevens         0  0  0    +1   0  1   3 23
Gary Galley           0  1  1    +1   2  1   1 27
Bob Errey             0  0  0    +1   0  2   0  5
Sergei Fedorov        1  1  2  Even   0  1   3 23
Dale Hawerchuk        1  0  1    +1   0  4   0 23
Mark Messier          3  1  4    +2   2  4   3 25
Brian Mullen          0  0  0    -2   2  2   1 12
Alex Pietrangelo      0  2  2  Even   0  5   1 24
Larry Murphy          0  2  2    +2   0  1   1 29
Jari Kurri            0  0  0    -1   0  3   2 10
James Patrick         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Tomas Sandstrom       1  1  2    +1   0  3   3 21
Steve Larmer          0  0  0    -2   0  2   0 10
Ron Sutter            0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  4
Grant Ledyard         0  0  0  Even   0  2   4 21
Ryan McDonagh         0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 18
Mark Recchi           1  3  4    +1   0  2   0 23
   

Financial

Attendance: 17045
Net Profit: $1 349 964,00

Game Notes

James Patrick injured at 01:03 of the 1st Period
Jim Benning ejected at 01:03 of the 1st Period
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 16:57 of 2nd period
Mark Messier scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      4
New Haven      9
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Steve Graves 7 (Niklas Sundstrom, Ken Priestlay)
Jay Mazur 14 (Bruce Shoebottom, Mark Morrison)
Marty Murray 4 (Michael Nylander, Shane Doan)
Sandy McCarthy 7 (Brett Harkins, Barry Richter)

Iiro Jarvi 8 (Blair Atcheynum, Randy Heath)
Jim Dowd 7 (Roger Johansson, Miloslav Horava)
Blair Atcheynum 6 (Luc Dufour, Gilbert Dionne)
Mark Pederson 8 (Paul Houk, James Black)
Gilbert Dionne 7 (Jamie Leach, Mike Donnelly)
Paul Houk 10 (Norm Schmidt, Darren Veitch)
Luc Dufour 7 (Clark Donatelli, Pat Daley)
Iiro Jarvi 9 (Todd Charlesworth, Andrei Lomakin)
Norm Schmidt 8 (Bob Joyce, Norm Schmidt)

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Goalies
Rochester: Fred Brathwaite
New Haven: Tommy Soderstrom
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