Panthers at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
Panthers 9 8 9 0 26
Sabres 5 10 14 0 29
Goals
123OTT
Panthers 3 2 2 0 7
Sabres 1 3 2 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PANTHERS, PALFFY 9 (RAFALSKI, LINDROS), 09:11
2. PANTHERS, ZHAMNOV 8 (IGINLA), 10:25
3. SABRES, GRETZKY 7 (KHRISTICH, HOUSLEY), 10:36
4. PANTHERS, IGINLA 10 (TIMONEN, ZHAMNOV) (PP), 16:49

PENALTIES: M. MCINNIS FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 06:27, S. DOAN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Misconduct) 06:27, C. PRONGER FLO (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 15:38, T. DOMI BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:38, P. HOUSLEY BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 15:44

Period 2
5. PANTHERS, ZHAMNOV 9 (WHITNEY, KHABIBULIN) (PP), 00:54
6. SABRES, DOMI 4 (MORRIS, BLACK), 03:03
7. SABRES, KHRISTICH 7 (HOUSLEY, COURTNALL), 03:39
8. SABRES, HOUSLEY 8 (GRETZKY, KHRISTICH), 07:14
9. PANTHERS, WHITNEY 2 (TIMONEN, ZHAMNOV) (PP), 13:24

PENALTIES: M. KNUBLE BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:11, J. SLEGR FLO (HOOKING, Minor) 04:23, T. DOMI BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:54

Period 3
10. PANTHERS, PALFFY 10 (LINDROS, PRONGER), 00:24
11. PANTHERS, ZHAMNOV 10 (WHITNEY, TIMONEN) (PP), 05:14
12. SABRES, COURTNALL 11 (HOUSLEY, GRETZKY), 14:35
13. SABRES, KING 8 (GRETZKY, HOUSLEY) (PP), 18:03

PENALTIES: J. SLEGR FLO (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:47, U. KRUPP BUF (ELBOWING, Major) 01:47, E. LINDROS FLO (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:55, A. ZHAMNOV FLO (CHARGING, Minor) 12:16, B. RAFALSKI FLO (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 15:51, G. COURTNALL BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 16:03, J. IGINLA FLO (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 17:15

Goalie Statistics

Nikolai Khabibulin (FLO), 22 saves out of 27 shots, W, 8-5-0
Felix Potvin (FLO), 1 saves out of 2 shots
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 9 saves out of 14 shots, L, 7-10-2
Mark Fitzpatrick (BUF), 10 saves out of 12 shots

Power Play Conversions

Panthers 4 for 5
Sabres 1 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Phil Housley (BUF)
2 - Alexei Zhamnov (FLO)
3 - Wayne Gretzky (BUF)

Player Statistics

Panthers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Todd Marchant         0  0  0    -2   0  0   0  7
Brian Rafalski        0  1  1    -2   4  0   0 23
Owen Nolan            0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 13
Martin Straka         0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 19
Zigmund Palffy        2  0  2  Even   0  3   0 19
Yanic Perreault       0  0  0    -3   0  1   1  8
Ray Whitney           1  2  3  Even   0  5   2 18
Alexei Zhamnov        3  2  5  Even   2  3   1 15
Kimmo Timonen         0  3  3  Even   0  0   2 21
Chris Pronger         0  1  1    -3   2  1   2 24
Eric Lindros          0  2  2  Even   2  3   2 23
Marty McInnis         0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 12
Nelson Emerson        0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  5
Jiri Slegr            0  0  0  Even   4  0   2 21
Jarome Iginla         1  1  2    +1   2  4   1 12
Keith Tkachuk         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 18
Kevin Dean            0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 16
Richard Smehlik       0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 15
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    +3   0  1   4 23
Derek King            1  0  1    -2   0  2   2 22
Tie Domi              1  0  1  Even   4  2   1 13
Phil Housley          1  4  5    +3   2  3   2 26
Wayne Gretzky         1  3  4    +4   0  1   2 23
Jimmy Carson          0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  6
Geoff Courtnall       1  1  2    +4   2  2   2 19
Uwe Krupp             0  0  0    +1   5  1   1 17
Mike Knuble           0  0  0    -1   2  0   2  6
Dmitri Khristich      1  2  3    +4   0  2   1 16
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  0  0    -1   0  1   1  5
Shane Doan            0  0  0    -1  12  3   2 17
Bob Boughner          0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 21
Patrick Elias         0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 19
James Black           0  1  1    +1   0  3   2 14
Greg De Vries         0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 12
Jon Morris            0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 12
Chris Chelios         0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 21
   

Financial

Attendance: 9930
Net Profit: $750 708,00

Game Notes

Mark Fitzpatrick enters game at 13:24 of 2nd period
Felix Potvin enters game at 14:35 of 3rd period
Alexei Zhamnov scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Cincinnati     0
Rochester      9
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Marty Murray 6 (John McIntyre, Mike McHugh)
Mike McHugh 5 (Darcy Tucker, Steve Graves)
Jason Botterill 2 (Andrei Skopintsev, Michal Sykora)
Simon Gagne 6 (Juha Ylonen, Derek Morris)
Mark Morrison 4 (Niklas Sundstrom, Hans Jonsson)
Darcy Tucker 7 (Manny Malhotra, Ryan VandenBussche)
Simon Gagne 7 (Emanuel Viveiros, Andy Delmore)
Niklas Sundstrom 7 (Steve Graves, Michal Sykora)
Jason Botterill 3 (Steve Graves, Niklas Sundstrom)

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Goalies
Cincinnati: Patrick Lalime
Rochester: Norm Maracle
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