Sabres at Coyotes

Shots

	1	2	3	OT	T
Sabres	7	8	7	4	26
Coyotes	9	7	22	0	38

Goals

	1	2	3	OT	T
Sabres	2	1	2	1	6
Coyotes	1	1	3	0	5

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. SABRES, LEACH 6 (BUREAU, CARNEY), 04:14
2. COYOTES, MARCHMENT 7 (MCLLWAIN, ZEZEL), 05:59
3. SABRES, MACINNIS 12 (BRIND'AMOUR), 15:45

PENALTIES: K. CARNEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:45, S. RICHER PHX (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:35, K. MCLEAN PHX (ELBOWING, Major) 09:39 (Served by Stéphane Richer), R. BRIND'AMOUR BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 13:34, M. STAPLETON PHX (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 13:34, K. TKACHUK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 14:31, S. LEACH BUF (ELBOWING, Major) 16:00, S. RICHER PHX (BOARDING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 16:00 (Served by Todd Elik)

Period 2
4. COYOTES, NIEUWENDYK 19 (LUMME, ELYNUIK), 07:07
5. SABRES, KONOWALCHUK 3 (GALLEY, SYDOR), 09:39

PENALTIES: G. GALLEY BUF (FIGHTING) 00:24, A. IAFRATE PHX (FIGHTING) 00:24, G. GALLEY BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 07:22, B. JOYCE PHX (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:10, E. OLCZYK PHX (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:28, K. TKACHUK BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:59

Period 3
6. COYOTES, NIEUWENDYK 20 (CHELIOS, THOMAS) (PP), 00:31
7. SABRES, LEACH 7 (OATES, LUDWIG), 14:37
8. COYOTES, ELYNUIK 13 (NIEUWENDYK, LUMME) (PP), 14:55
9. SABRES, ANDREYCHUK 27 (HAWGOOD, OATES), 17:11
10. COYOTES, MCLLWAIN 15 (TITOV, ZEZEL), 18:15

PENALTIES: D. SYDOR BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 06:39, A. MAY BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 14:46

Overtime
11. SABRES, SHEPPARD 25 (OATES, HAMRLIK) (PP), 02:56

PENALTIES: B. MARCHMENT PHX (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 00:08

Goalie Statistics

Grant Fuhr (BUF), 33 saves out of 38 shots, W, 20-14-4
Jim Hrivnak (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Kirk McLean (PHX), 16 saves out of 21 shots
Damian Rhodes (PHX), 4 saves out of 5 shots, L, 0-1-0

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 6
Coyotes 2 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Steve Leach (BUF)
2 - Dave McLlwain (PHX)
3 - Joe Nieuwendyk (PHX)

Player Statistics

Sabres

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Keith Tkachuk 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 17 Scott Walker 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11 Dave Andreychuk 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 14 Roman Hamrlik 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19 Keith Carney 0 1 1 +2 2 1 4 23 Steve Konowalchuk 1 0 1 Even 0 1 2 17 Garry Galley 0 1 1 +3 7 1 0 23 Darryl Sydor 0 1 1 Even 4 1 0 19 Ray Sheppard 1 0 1 Even 0 2 1 21 Adam Oates 0 3 3 +1 0 1 0 24 Rod Brind'Amour 0 1 1 +1 2 2 2 24 Craig Ludwig 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 18 Marc Bureau 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 16 Zdeno Ciger 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 21 Steve Leach 2 0 2 +2 5 2 0 6 Alan May 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 4 Greg Hawgood 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 19 Al MacInnis 1 0 1 Even 0 1 1 7

Coyotes

G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Joe Nieuwendyk 2 1 3 -1 0 2 4 28 Murray Baron 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 27 Al Iafrate 0 0 0 -2 5 5 4 26 Cam Russell 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 12 German Titov 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 15 Todd Elik 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 12 Pat Elynuik 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 22 Ed Olczyk 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 16 Dave McLlwain 1 1 2 +2 0 2 2 17 Stéphane Richer 0 0 0 Even 14 2 0 4 Bryan Marchment 1 0 1 +2 5 2 1 18 Chris Chelios 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 23 Jyrki Lumme 0 2 2 -1 0 2 2 19 Steve Thomas 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13 Mike Stapleton 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 7 Bob Joyce 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 7 Darrin Shannon 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 5 Peter Zezel 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 15 Trent Klatt 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16

Financial

Attendance: 10456
Net Profit: $514 435,00

Game Notes

Al MacInnis injured at 16:00 of the 1st Period
Stéphane Richer ejected at 16:00 of the 1st Period
Garry Galley and Al Iafrate fight to a draw
Damian Rhodes enters game at 17:11 of 3rd period
Jim Hrivnak enters game at 18:15 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      18
Springfiel     3
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Mike Leclerc 15 (Derrick Smith, Valeri Karpov)
Brad Miller 5 (Nevin Markwart, Mike Millar)
Derrick Smith 5 (Janne Niinimaa, Scott Metcalfe)
Janne Niinimaa 2 (Alan Kerr, Scott Thomas)
Ken Priestlay 15 (Darcy Loewen, Mike Hurlbut)
Scott Metcalfe 16 (Peter Popovic, Stéphane Guérard)
Jeff Lazaro 15 (Derek Morris, Troy Loney)
Ken Priestlay 16 (Brad Jones, Mike Tomlak)
Derrick Smith 6 (Mike McKee, Jarmo Kekalainen)
Mike Leclerc 16 (Dean Chynoweth, Don McSween)
Jeff Lazaro 16 (Janne Niinimaa, Brad Jones)
Nevin Markwart 9 (Don McSween, Mike Millar)
Brad Jones 8 (Mike Leclerc, Alan Kerr)
Troy Loney 8 (Ken Priestlay, Nevin Markwart)
Scott Thomas 13 (Mike Millar, Darcy Loewen)
Mike Hurlbut 5 (Brad Miller, Janne Niinimaa)
Mike Millar 11 (Don McSween, Valeri Karpov)
Jarmo Kekalainen 18 (Mike Hurlbut, Darcy Loewen)

Clark Donatelli 17 (Stéphane Brochu, Mitch Messier)
Arto Blomsten 2 (Danton Cole, Jason Cirone)
Mitch Messier 13 (Brad Berry, Dan Bylsma)

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Goalies
Rochester: Wade Flaherty
Springfiel: David Littman
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