Buffalo Sabres 5 , Minnesota Wild 2
Shots: 23 - 15
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:76/85=89 %, Challenges:33/45=71 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:66/80=82 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
02:05 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [2] (Daniel Brière)
16:12 1-1
Adam Hall [8] (Ryan Craig, Wes Walz)
------------------------------------------------------------
31:08 2-1
Maxim Afinogenov [6] (Thomas Vanek, Toni Lydman)
36:19 3-1
Guillaume Latendresse [3] (Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell)
------------------------------------------------------------
50:16 3-2
Phil Kessel [2] (Shawn Belle, Martin Skoula)
54:06 4-2
Guillaume Latendresse [4] (Nathan Paetsch, Toni Lydman)
58:46 5-2
Jochen Hecht [4] (Guillaume Latendresse, Henrik Tallinder)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
03:32
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for hooking)
17:36
Jan Hrdina (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
55:35
Jochen Hecht (2 min for roughing)
55:35
Shawn Belle (2 min for roughing)
------------------------------------------------------------
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.30 6
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.40 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.30 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 16.40 7
C Daniel Brière 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
C Brad Richards 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
L Rene Bourque 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8.30 6
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 13.40 7
L Guillaume Latendresse 3 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 18.00 9
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 17.50 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 14.30 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 16.50 7
D Brian Campbell 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1 25.40 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 17.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 18.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cristobal Huet 2 0 13 0 0 60.00 6
G Ty Conklin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Adam Hall 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 8
R Alexander Steen 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 17.00 5
R Mark Parrish 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 6
R Craig Conroy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 19.00 5
C Ryan Craig 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.20 6
C Wes Walz 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.30 7
C Phil Kessel 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 6
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 19.10 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 9.50 6
L Éric Dazé 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.50 5
L Jan Hrdina 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 -1 17.30 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 -3 19.50 7
D Kevin Shattenkirk 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Shawn Belle 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 21.30 7
D Martin Skoula 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 -3 26.20 7
D A.J. Thelen 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14.10 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -3 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 18 0 0 60.00 4
G Niko Hovinen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Guillaume Latendresse
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Jochen Hecht
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Daniel Brière notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Guillaume Latendresse finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Phil Kessel finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Shawn Belle ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 22) , Houston Aeros 5( 16)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 HOU Todd White (Mattias Weinhandl)
1-1 ROC Michael Ryan
1-2 HOU Joel Ward (Stéphane Robidas, Josh Olson)
1-3 HOU Todd White (Branko Radivojevic, Mattias Weinhandl)
1-4 HOU Josh Olson (Dominic Moore, Petteri Nummelin)
1-5 HOU Joel Ward (Stéphane Robidas, Josh Olson)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Josh Harding
Columbus Blue Jackets 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 29 - 22
PP: 2 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:66/76=86 %, Challenges:28/43=63 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:75/88=85 %, Challenges:34/51=65 %
Attendance: 18500 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 627150 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
16:26 1-0
Bryan Berard [3] (Nikolai Zherdev, Pascal Leclaire)PP
------------------------------------------------------------
22:55 2-0
Nikolai Zherdev [7])PP
25:09 2-1
Steve Rucchin [5] (Jim Slater, Kari Lehtonen)
29:04 2-2
Brian Rolston [8] (Steve Rucchin)
31:16 3-2
Manny Malhotra [4] (Alexander Svitov, Pascal Leclaire)
39:52 4-2
Duvie Westcott [2] (Filip Novak, Gilbert Brulé)
------------------------------------------------------------
41:31 4-3
Marian Gaborik [8] (Steve Rucchin, Alexei Zhitnik)
42:51 5-3
Rostislav Klesla [2] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rick Nash)
46:21 6-3
Sergei Fedorov [8] (Nikolai Zherdev, Rostislav Klesla)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
02:01
Bobby Holik (2 min for roughing)
02:01
Alexander Svitov (2 min for roughing)
13:28
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for cross-checking)
15:42
Vyacheslav Kozlov (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
22:24
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for high-sticking)
------------------------------------------------------------
48:09
Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
57:25
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for tripping)
------------------------------------------------------------
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 5.40 5
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 17.10 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.00 6
R Nikolai Zherdev 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 18.50 8
C Derick Brassard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 5.40 5
C Gilbert Brulé 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 18.10 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 15.00 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 17.50 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 -2 7.00 5
L Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18.20 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 19.30 8
D Filip Novak 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Rostislav Klesla 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 -1 23.40 8
D Duvie Westcott 1 0 3 2 1 3 0 1 18.40 8
D Bryan Berard 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Adam Foote 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 22.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 2 19 0 0 60.00 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.40 5
R Darren Haydar 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 -1 13.30 4
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -2 15.40 6
R Marian Gaborik 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 19.30 8
C Jim Slater 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 10.30 7
C Éric Bélanger 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 16.10 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 -2 14.00 7
C Steve Rucchin 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 19.20 10
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.50 5
L Jon Sim 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12.40 6
L Keith Tkachuk 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 -2 17.50 7
L Brian Rolston 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20.10 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 14.30 6
D Nick Schultz 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 19.00 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 26.30 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 16.30 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 18.00 5
D Greg de Vries 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 25.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 1 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Zherdev
2nd star: Steve Rucchin
3rd star: Rostislav Klesla
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Rick Nash notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Rostislav Klesla finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jim Slater finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Steve Rucchin ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 1( 15) , Chicago Wolves 3( 16)
------------------------------------------------------------
0-1 CHW Chad Painchaud (Eric Boulton, Andy Delmore)
1-1 SYR Ben Simon (Aaron Johnson)
1-2 CHW Brett Sterling (Jason Krog, Chad Painchaud)
1-3 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Joey Crabb, Jordan LaVallee)
Goalies: Brian Boucher - Michael Garnett