Sabres at Whalers

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 14 2 0 24
Whalers 14 6 13 0 33
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 2 0 0 3
Whalers 1 0 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, KHRISTICH 4 (NYLANDER, THOMSON), 02:58
2. WHALERS, MELLANBY 6 (MAY, JONES) (PP), 09:12

PENALTIES: K. JONES HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:51, J. THOMSON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:45, S. DOAN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:59, C. CHELIOS BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:54, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 08:00, D. KASPARAITIS BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:05, L. ODELEIN HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 14:05, S. DOAN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:16, J. ODGERS HTD (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 15:16, J. CHYCHRUN HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 18:00, T. DOMI BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 18:14

Period 2
3. SABRES, CARSON 6 (KYTE, KING), 04:02
4. SABRES, ELIAS 11 (ANDERSON) (PP), 17:49

PENALTIES: J. THOMSON BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 02:08, B. MARCHMENT HTD (HOOKING, Minor) 02:08, A. ZHITNIK HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 05:04 (Served by Scott Mellanby), T. DOMI BUF (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 08:42, Y. CORRIVEAU HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 08:42, B. BOUGHNER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 14:14, S. MELLANBY HTD (BOARDING, Major) 14:14

Period 3
5. WHALERS, CORRIVEAU 1 (NORSTROM, MELLANBY) (PP), 05:24

PENALTIES: T. DOMI BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:42, G. FEATHERSTONE HTD (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 06:05, T. DOMI BUF (ELBOWING, Major) 07:45, D. WARD HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 07:45 (Served by Keith Primeau), J. THOMSON BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:02, J. THOMSON BUF (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major, Game Misconduct) 16:11 (Served by Jim Kyte), D. KIMBLE HTD (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:11

Goalie Statistics

Andre Racicot (BUF), 31 saves out of 33 shots, W, 4-3-1
Ron Tugnutt (HTD), 21 saves out of 24 shots, L, 1-6-0

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 6
Whalers 2 for 10

Game Stars

1 - Andre Racicot (BUF)
2 - Scott Mellanby (HTD)
3 - Dmitri Khristich (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    +1   4  1   5 25
Derek King            0  1  1    +2   0  3   0 19
Tie Domi              0  0  0  Even  13  1   2 19
Robert Dirk           0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 20
Jimmy Carson          1  0  1    +1   0  3   1 20
Michael Nylander      0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 10
Dave Babych           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 14
Jim Kyte              0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 19
David Mackey          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Dmitri Khristich      1  0  1    +2   0  2   0 26
Glenn Anderson        0  1  1  Even   0  2   0 12
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Shane Doan            0  0  0  Even   4  2   3 13
Bob Boughner          0  0  0  Even   2  1   1  9
Patrick Elias         1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 25
Jon Morris            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Chris Chelios         0  0  0    +1   2  3   4 26
Jim Thomson           0  1  1    +1  21  0   0  6
   
Whalers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darren Turcotte       0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 13
Bryan Marchment       0  0  0    -1   2  2   2 25
Vaclav Prospal        0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 16
Matthias Norstrom     0  1  1    -2   0  2   6 24
Scott Mellanby        1  1  2  Even   5  5   0 19
Lyle Odelein          0  0  0    -1   4  1   5 24
Alexei Zhitnik        0  0  0  Even  12  0   0  8
Brad May              0  1  1  Even   0  5   3 15
Dixon Ward            0  0  0  Even  12  3   2 10
Glen Featherstone     0  0  0  Even   4  0   5 16
Mark Janssens         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  4
Kelly Buchberger      0  0  0    -2   0  2   2 25
Darin Kimble          0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  9
Keith Jones           0  1  1    -2   2  3   2 17
Jeff Odgers           0  0  0  Even  12  0   1  5
Jeff Chychrun         0  0  0  Even   4  4   5 24
Yvon Corriveau        1  0  1    -1   2  1   3 18
Keith Primeau         0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 13
   

Financial

Attendance: 7994
Net Profit: $503 622,00

Game Notes

David Mackey injured at 05:04 of the 2nd Period
Alexei Zhitnik ejected at 05:04 of the 2nd Period
Robert Dirk injured at 07:45 of the 3rd Period
Dixon Ward ejected at 07:45 of the 3rd Period
Jim Thomson ejected at 16:11 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Saginaw        2
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Michal Sykora 2 (Juha Ylonen, Ryan VandenBussche)
Simon Gagne 8 (Mike McHugh, Steve Tuttle)

David Saunders 4 (Jonas Hoglund, Daniel Lacroix)
Mike Needham 2 (Wes Walz, Tomas Forslund)

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Goalies
Rochester: Norm Maracle
Saginaw: Chris Mason
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