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18/2/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Detroit Red Wings 3
Shots: 38 - 27
PP: 3 of 5 (10 shots), Passing:64/78=82 %, Challenges:39/47=81 %
PP: 2 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:61/75=81 %, Challenges:36/52=67 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:31 0-1
Joe Thornton [28] (Mikael Samuelsson, Nicklas Lidström)PP
10:34 1-1
Teppo Numminen [7] (Nathan Paetsch, Jordan Staal)PP
13:15 1-2
Henrik Zetterberg [26] (Jiri Hudler, Karel Rachunek)PP
15:02 2-2
Dean McAmmond [11] (Maxim Afinogenov, Tyler Arnason)PP
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33:42 3-2
Ales Kotalik [26] (Tyler Arnason, Thomas Vanek)PP
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48:36 4-2
Thomas Vanek [17] (Maxim Afinogenov, Dmitri Kalinin)
49:53 4-3
Evan McGrath [1] (Tomas Holmström, Karel Rachunek)
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Penalty summary:
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00:33
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
07:28
Steve Rucchin (2 min for tripping)
09:23
Valtteri Filppula (2 min for tripping)
12:16
Tyler Kennedy (2 min for slashing)
14:05
Karel Rachunek (2 min for roughing)
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21:06
Brandon Prust (5 min for fighting)
21:06
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
25:21
Juuso Puustinen (2 min for tripping)
27:41
Juuso Puustinen (2 min for holding the stick)
33:01
Karel Rachunek (2 min for high-sticking)
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44:13
Joe Thornton (2 min for roughing)
44:13
Steve Rucchin (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 11.30 6
R Brandon Bochenski 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 20.30 8
C Adam Mair 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 12.10 7
C Jordan Staal 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.30 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 18.40 6
L Tyler Kennedy 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 12.30 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 10.40 5
L Dean McAmmond 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 7 2 0 1 0 1 20.50 9
D Nolan Pratt 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 12.20 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 6
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 26.40 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 16.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 3 5 0 5 0 1 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 24 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Detroit Red Wings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Hartigan 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.30 4
R Juuso Puustinen 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 11.30 4
R Jiri Hudler 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.50 8
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 -1 16.00 6
C Brandon Prust 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 7.10 4
C Valtteri Filppula 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 14.00 6
C Kris Draper 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 5 0 1 0 2 -1 18.00 6
L Kirk Maltby 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.50 5
L Evan McGrath 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 17.50 6
L Tomas Holmström 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 15.20 8
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 12.20 6
D Tom Preissing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 5
D Niklas Kronwall 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 -1 26.00 5
D Brett Lebda 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 14.10 5
D Karel Rachunek 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 22.30 6
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 -1 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 34 0 0 59.00 7
G Dominik Hasek 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Ales Kotalik
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ales Kotalik has marked a new career high in goals with 26 tallies.
-Dmitri Kalinin has marked a new career high in assists with 25 assists.
-Nathan Paetsch ended his 5 game point drought.
-Teppo Numminen finally ended his 22 game goal drought.
Notes for Detroit Red Wings:
-Henrik Zetterberg scored the 300th point of his career.
-Evan McGrath ended his 6 game point drought.
-Henrik Zetterberg finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Andrew Peters beat Brandon Prust in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 15) , Kansas City Blades 6( 24)
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0-1 KCB Jaroslav Balastik (Jamie Tardif, Mark Cullen)
1-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan, Andrej Sekera)
1-2 KCB Matt Ellis (Gord Baldwin)
1-3 KCB Garrett Stafford (Carl Corazzini, Mark Cullen)
1-4 KCB Jaroslav Balastik (Mark Cullen, Garrett Stafford)
1-5 KCB Carl Corazzini (Jaroslav Balastik, Mark Cullen)
1-6 KCB Johan Ryno (Tony Voce)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Adam Berkhoel