Sabres at Panthers

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 10 7 9 0 26
Panthers 12 10 10 0 32
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 1 2 0 4
Panthers 4 2 3 0 9


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. PANTHERS, ZHAMNOV 26 (WHITNEY) (SH), 04:07
2. PANTHERS, WHITNEY 26 (LINDROS, SUNDIN) (PP), 07:28
3. SABRES, ELIAS 24 (KHRISTICH, GRETZKY), 08:26
4. PANTHERS, NOLAN 10 (RAFALSKI, ROBERTS), 15:18
5. PANTHERS, SUNDIN 28 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 17:14

PENALTIES: O. NOLAN FLO (BOARDING, Minor) 02:50, S. DOAN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:59, M. KNUBLE BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:16, A. MACINNIS BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:33

Period 2
6. SABRES, NYLANDER 5 (SHANNON, BOUILLON), 02:02
7. PANTHERS, MOGILNY 29 (WHITNEY, LINDROS), 04:37
8. PANTHERS, MOGILNY 30 (LINDROS) (PP), 07:18

PENALTIES: M. NYLANDER BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:22, F. KUCERA BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:35, P. ELIAS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 13:29

Period 3
9. PANTHERS, TKACHUK 10 (UNASSISTED), 02:20
10. PANTHERS, NOLAN 11 (SMEHLIK), 08:10
11. SABRES, MACINNIS 14 (GRETZKY, ELIAS) (PP), 16:41
12. SABRES, NYLANDER 6 (CHAMBERS, BOUILLON) (PP), 18:19
13. PANTHERS, ROBERTS 29 (SMEHLIK, PRONGER) (SH), 19:34

PENALTIES: M. SUNDIN FLO (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 16:26

Goalie Statistics

Roberto Luongo (BUF), 9 saves out of 14 shots, L, 27-28-5
Marty Turco (BUF), 14 saves out of 18 shots
Evgeni Nabokov (FLO), 22 saves out of 26 shots, W, 25-12-4

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 2
Panthers 3 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Eric Lindros (FLO)
2 - Owen Nolan (FLO)
3 - Ray Whitney (FLO)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0  Even   0  2   4 23
Wayne Gretzky         0  2  2    -1   0  4   2 21
Michael Nylander      2  0  2    +1   2  2   2 12
Al MacInnis           1  0  1    -1   2  1   3 21
Valeri Kamensky       0  0  0    -2   0  1   0 19
Jay Mazur             0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 10
Shawn Chambers        0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 20
Mike Knuble           0  0  0    +1  12  1   0  7
Dmitri Khristich      0  1  1    -1   0  4   0 21
Todd Elik             0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  9
John McIntyre         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Frantisek Kucera      0  0  0    -1   2  2   1 21
Shane Doan            0  0  0    -2   2  2   3 15
Patrick Elias         1  1  2    -1   2  2   1 21
Francis Bouillon      0  2  2  Even   0  0   1 13
Darrin Shannon        0  1  1    +1   0  1   1  8
Greg De Vries         0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 23
Jon Morris            0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 20
   
Panthers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Alexander Mogilny     2  0  2  Even   0  2   1 21
Brian Rafalski        0  1  1    +2   0  4   0 27
Owen Nolan            2  0  2    +3   2  3   0 13
Gary Roberts          1  1  2    +1   0  2   3 20
Ray Whitney           1  2  3  Even   0  5   0 21
Mats Sundin           1  1  2    -1   5  2   1 21
Alexei Zhamnov        1  0  1    +1   0  2   2 13
Kimmo Timonen         0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 23
Chris Pronger         0  1  1  Even   0  0   3 20
Eric Lindros          0  3  3    +2   0  5   8 25
Marty McInnis         0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  5
Keith Tkachuk         1  0  1    +2   0  1   1 14
Richard Smehlik       0  2  2    +2   0  2   2 23
Al Iafrate            0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 13
Alexei Zhitnik        0  0  0    +2   0  2   1 13
Mike Ricci            0  0  0    -1   0  0   4 21
   

Financial

Attendance: 11363
Net Profit: $1 022 670,00

Game Notes

Marty Turco enters game at 04:37 of 2nd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      3
Cincinnati     3
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Niklas Sundstrom 8 (Martin Havlat, Simon Gagne)
Ryan VandenBussche 7 (Jason Botterill, Samuel Palhsson)
Mark Morrison 24 (Bruce Shoebottom, Adam Mair)

Josh Green 14 (Gord Walker, Harold Druken)
Dmitry Afanasenkov 15 (Espen Knutsen, Jamie Wright)
Matt Bradley 10 (Mike Leclerc, Jason Wiemer)

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Goalies
Rochester: Norm Maracle
Cincinnati: Mathieu Garon
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