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9/10/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 29 - 31
PP: 1 of 9 (11 shots), Passing:77/82=93 %, Challenges:30/32=90 %
PP: 0 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:55/74=74 %, Challenges:41/44=91 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 857230 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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02:24 0-1
Jim Slater [1] (Zach Bogosian, Kyle McLaren)
15:31 0-2
Zach Bogosian [1] (Noah Welch)
17:53 1-2
Jochen Hecht [3] (Derek Roy, Drew Stafford)PP
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26:25 2-2
Thomas Vanek [1] (Tim Connolly)
27:47 2-3
Jordan LaVallee [1] (Angelo Esposito, Jim Slater)
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44:52 3-3
Jason Pominville [1] (Martin Straka, Craig Rivet)
49:14 4-3
Thomas Vanek [2] (Joe DiPenta, Paul Gaustad)
50:32 5-3
Mark Mancari [1] (Daniel Paillé, Andrej Sekera)
53:21 5-4
Colby Armstrong [2] (Ron Hainsey, Slava Kozlov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:09
Nik Antropov (2 min for high-sticking)
02:57
Oleg Saprykin (2 min for tripping)
06:58
Ron Hainsey (2 min for slashing)
10:22
Joe DiPenta (2 min for tripping)
12:56
Nik Antropov (2 min for boarding)
16:21
Zach Bogosian (2 min for hooking)
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24:28
Pavel Kubina (2 min for roughing)
31:12
Andrej Sekera (2 min for tripping)
38:34
Henrik Tallinder (2 min for holding the stick)
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40:58
Jim Slater (2 min for elbowing)
44:04
Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
44:04
Mark Mancari (5 min for fighting)
46:54
Chris Thorburn (2 min for tripping)
54:46
Oleg Saprykin (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 6.10 6
R Drew Stafford 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
R Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.10 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Matt Ellis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -2 16.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 6
L Thomas Vanek 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 9
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 7
L Martin Straka 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 11.20 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 16.30 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 -1 21.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 27.10 7
D Joe DiPenta 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 11.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -2 14.20 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bryan Little 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 6
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 11.10 8
R Colby Armstrong 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 7
R Nik Antropov 0 0 4 2 0 1 4 -1 19.40 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 5
C Jim Slater 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 18.30 8
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.50 7
C Todd White 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 6
L Jordan LaVallee 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.30 8
L Oleg Saprykin 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 10.00 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Noah Welch 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.50 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 -1 23.30 8
D Zach Bogosian 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 15.10 8
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 21.10 8
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 24.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 24 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Mark Mancari
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
Other notes:
-Kyle McLaren beat Mark Mancari in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 12) , Chicago Wolves 4( 27)
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0-1 CHW Spencer Machacek (Jason Krog)
1-1 ROC Chris Butler (Nathan Gerbe, Derek Whitmore)
1-2 CHW Tim Stapleton (Riley Holzapfel)
2-2 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Marc-André Gragnani, Nathan Gerbe)
2-3 CHW Rich Peverley (Nathan Oystrick)
2-4 CHW Anthony Stewart (Brett Sterling)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Ondrej Pavelec