NorthStars at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
NorthStars 10 11 15 0 36
Sabres 16 9 7 0 32
Goals
123OTT
NorthStars 1 3 1 0 5
Sabres 5 1 0 0 6


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, ELIAS 33 (KHRISTICH, GRETZKY), 02:13
2. NORTHSTARS, LEHMAN 34 (BENNING, ZETTERBERG) (SH), 10:03
3. SABRES, MAZUR 20 (MACINNIS, CHAMBERS) (PP), 10:22
4. SABRES, KASPARAITIS 9 (VRIES, KAMENSKY) (PP), 13:17
5. SABRES, MCINTYRE 7 (ELIAS, KNUBLE) (PP), 15:23
6. SABRES, KUCERA 8 (MAZUR) (PP), 17:13

PENALTIES: B. WITT MIN (HOOKING, Minor) 03:17, D. WILLIAMS MIN (BOARDING, Double Minor) 08:18, R. DIRK MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 10:28, C. BERUBE MIN (ELBOWING, Major) 11:48, R. DIRK MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:22, B. WITT MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:12, T. LEHMAN MIN (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:35

Period 2
7. NORTHSTARS, LEHMAN 35 (THORNTON, BERUBE), 00:43
8. NORTHSTARS, DRULIA 19 (BOURQUE, KING), 03:07
9. SABRES, NYLANDER 10 (CHAMBERS, KNUBLE), 08:46
10. NORTHSTARS, THORNTON 25 (ZETTERBERG, BENNING), 19:47

PENALTIES: B. LINDSAY MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:14, D. SHANNON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:14, R. BOURQUE MIN (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 15:19, J. THORNTON MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:27

Period 3
11. NORTHSTARS, FERRARO 19 (ZETTERBERG), 06:38

PENALTIES: D. KASPARAITIS BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:16, B. WITT MIN (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 05:04 (Served by Joe Thornton), F. BOUILLON BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 05:04, G. VRIES BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 06:49, R. FERRARO MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 10:18, C. BERUBE MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:28, A. CREIGHTON MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 15:43, P. SVOBODA MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 17:33

Goalie Statistics

David Aebischer (MIN), 17 saves out of 18 shots
Jim Hrivnak (MIN), 9 saves out of 14 shots, L, 7-9-2
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 24 saves out of 29 shots, W, 36-36-5
Marty Turco (BUF), 7 saves out of 7 shots

Power Play Conversions

NorthStars 0 for 2
Sabres 4 for 13

Game Stars

1 - Tommy Lehman (MIN)
2 - Joe Thornton (MIN)
3 - Henrik Zetterberg (MIN)

Player Statistics

NorthStars

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Craig Berube          0  1  1  Even   7  0   4 14
Brendan Witt          0  0  0  Even  16  1   5 18
Brian Benning         0  2  2    +1   0  2   5 27
Robert Dirk           0  0  0    +1   4  1   3 22
David Williams        0  0  0  Even   4  1   3 19
Stan Drulia           1  0  1    +1   0  2   2 14
Henrik Zetterberg     0  3  3    +2   0  2   1 15
Ray Ferraro           1  0  1    +1   2  4   2 17
Ed Olczyk             0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  2
Raymond Bourque       0  1  1    +2   2  2   0 22
Derek King            0  1  1    +1   0  3   1 16
Joe Thornton          1  1  2    +2   2  6   2 22
Petr Svoboda          0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 15
Steve Heinze          0  0  0    +1   0  3   2 11
Bill Lindsay          0  0  0    -1   2  1   1 10
Tommy Lehman          2  0  2    +2   2  7   1 18
Yves Courteau         0  0  0    -1   0  1   2  6
Adam Creighton        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0  4
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Darius Kasparaitis    1  0  1  Even   2  1   1 23
Wayne Gretzky         0  1  1    -1   0  1   1 20
Michael Nylander      1  0  1    -1   0  1   1  5
Al MacInnis           0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 23
Valeri Kamensky       0  1  1    -1   0  6   1 22
Jay Mazur             1  1  2    -1   0  3   1 10
Shawn Chambers        0  2  2    -2   0  3   1 16
Mike Knuble           0  2  2    -1   0  0   1 10
Dmitri Khristich      0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 14
Todd Elik             0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 12
John McIntyre         1  0  1  Even   0  1   1 11
Frantisek Kucera      1  0  1  Even   0  3   2 24
Shane Doan            0  0  0  Even   0  3   2 22
Patrick Elias         1  1  2  Even   0  3   0 18
Francis Bouillon      0  0  0    -1   2  1   3 12
Darrin Shannon        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0  7
Greg De Vries         0  1  1    -1   2  1   2 23
Jon Morris            0  0  0  Even   0  4   2 24
   

Financial

Attendance: 9474
Net Profit: $716 234,00

Game Notes

David Aebischer enters game at 17:13 of 1st period
Michael Nylander injured at 05:04 of the 3rd Period
Brendan Witt ejected at 05:04 of the 3rd Period
Marty Turco enters game at 06:38 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Birmingham     2
Rochester      2
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Lonnie Loach 17 (Patrik Stefan, David Sacco)
David Sacco 20 (Donald Brashear, Richard Zednik)

Mark Morrison 31 (Jason Botterill, Simon Gagne)
Mark Morrison 32 (Adam Mair, Mike McHugh)

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Goalies
Birmingham: Mika Noronen
Rochester: Jani Hurme
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