NorthStars at Sabres

Shots
123OTT
NorthStars 6 14 12 0 32
Sabres 12 7 13 0 32
Goals
123OTT
NorthStars 0 2 3 0 5
Sabres 0 0 1 0 1


Scoring Summary


Period 1
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: J. MCINTYRE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 11:20

Period 2
1. NORTHSTARS, PIVONKA 1 (DRULIA, MITCHELL), 06:48
2. NORTHSTARS, PIVONKA 2 (UNASSISTED) (SH), 08:19

PENALTIES: J. MCINTYRE BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 06:19, H. ZETTERBERG MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:21, J. THORNTON MIN (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 10:40, J. THORNTON MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:44, B. HOGUE MIN (BOARDING, Minor) 15:04, D. MORRIS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 16:56, S. DRULIA MIN (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 17:03

Period 3
3. NORTHSTARS, KUCERA 1 (NORTON, THORNTON), 05:14
4. NORTHSTARS, SHEPPARD 4 (NORTON, ZELEPUKIN), 08:19
5. NORTHSTARS, ZETTERBERG 4 (DATSYUK, WITT), 10:39
6. SABRES, CARSON 6 (WALKER, DOAN), 18:26

PENALTIES: R. SHEPPARD MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:09, F. KUCERA MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 10:48, P. ELIAS BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:48, J. MCINTYRE BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:02

Goalie Statistics

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (MIN), 31 saves out of 32 shots, W, 4-4-0
Roberto Luongo (BUF), 23 saves out of 28 shots, L, 3-4-1
Marty Turco (BUF), 4 saves out of 4 shots

Power Play Conversions

NorthStars 0 for 4
Sabres 0 for 6

Game Stars

1 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere (MIN)
2 - Michal Pivonka (MIN)
3 - Ray Sheppard (MIN)

Player Statistics

NorthStars

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Petr Sykora           0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 19
Brendan Witt          0  1  1  Even   0  2   2 22
Brian Benning         0  0  0  Even   0  4   3 22
Pavel Datsyuk         0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 19
Stan Drulia           0  1  1    +1  12  1   0 10
Henrik Zetterberg     1  0  1  Even   2  3   2 19
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    +1   0  4   0 17
Willie Mitchell       0  1  1    +1   0  0   1 16
Jeff Norton           0  2  2    +2   0  0   2 23
Frantisek Kucera      1  0  1    +2   2  3   1 20
Joe Thornton          0  1  1    +2   4  0   2 22
Benoit Hogue          0  0  0    +1   2  2   2 13
Ray Sheppard          1  0  1    +2   2  3   1 19
Bill Lindsay          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  6
Tommy Lehman          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Yves Courteau         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  5
Michal Pivonka        2  0  2    +1   0  3   1 11
Valeri Zelepukin      0  1  1    +2   0  3   0 20
   
Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Martin Havlat         0  0  0    -2   0  5   0 20
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -2   0  0   4 23
Hans Jonsson          0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 19
Jimmy Carson          1  0  1  Even   0  4   1 19
Michael Nylander      0  0  0    -2   0  2   4 23
Al MacInnis           0  0  0    -3   0  2   1 21
Jay Mazur             0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 11
Mike Knuble           0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  7
Gord Walker           0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 20
John McIntyre         0  0  0  Even  16  1   2 10
Steve Graves          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  9
Shane Doan            0  1  1  Even   0  3   2 17
Patrick Elias         0  0  0    -2   2  4   1 18
Francis Bouillon      0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 17
Russ Romaniuk         0  0  0  Even   0  3   0 13
Derek Morris          0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 20
Greg De Vries         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 20
Jon Morris            0  0  0    -1   0  2   0  9
   

Financial

Attendance: 9207
Net Profit: $696 049,00

Game Notes

Marty Turco enters game at 10:39 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Birmingham     0
Rochester      1
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Matthieu Descoteaux 1 (Niklas Sundstrom, Sheldon Keefe)

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Goalies
Birmingham: Mika Noronen
Rochester: Norm Maracle
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