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18/12/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 22 - 29
PP: 2 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:61/73=83 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
PP: 2 of 6 (14 shots), Passing:79/95=83 %, Challenges:33/39=82 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:36 1-0
Jaroslav Spacek [6] (Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek)PP
10:03 2-0
Maxim Afinogenov [16] (Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy)
16:39 3-0
Ales Kotalik [5] (Dan Paillé, Adam Mair)
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24:03 4-0
Teppo Numminen [6] (Toni Lydman, Dan Paillé)PP
25:52 4-1
Kristian Huselius [10] (R.J. Umberger, Jared Boll)PP
28:42 4-2
Joe Thornton [15] (Michael Peca, Alexandre Picard)
34:01 5-2
Thomas Vanek [18] (Teppo Numminen)
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42:44 5-3
David Vyborny [15] (Rick Nash, Joe Thornton)PP
43:55 5-4
Raffi Torres [4] (Michael Peca, R.J. Umberger)
50:06 6-4
Ales Kotalik [6] (Nathan Paetsch, Henrik Tallinder)
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Penalty summary:
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02:09
Kristian Huselius (2 min for slashing)
05:25
Jared Boll (2 min for elbowing)
08:35
Jared Boll (5 min for fighting)
08:35
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
10:56
Paul Gaustad (5 min for spearing)
18:28
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
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20:31
Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
23:01
Alexandre Picard (2 min for high-sticking)
25:09
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
38:49
Jared Boll (2 min for tripping)
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42:26
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for hooking)
44:08
David Vyborny (2 min for elbowing)
50:31
Andrew Peters (2 min for hooking)
52:54
Alexandre Picard (2 min for tripping)
59:54
Jared Boll (5 min for fighting)
59:54
Paul Gaustad (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 6
R Ales Kotalik 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 11.20 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.20 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 20.10 7
C Adam Mair 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 -1 10.20 7
C Dan Paillé 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 13.10 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 -1 15.40 7
C Derek Roy 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 20.50 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 -1 5.20 5
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 11.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16.10 5
L Thomas Vanek 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 19.50 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 24.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 17.40 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 18.40 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 -1 22.40 8
D Teppo Numminen 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Raffi Torres 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.00 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
R Jared Boll 0 1 3 2 0 0 14 -2 14.20 7
R David Vyborny 1 0 5 0 2 0 2 -1 20.50 6
C Michael Peca 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
C R.J. Umberger 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 -1 14.00 6
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.50 5
C Joe Thornton 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 -1 20.10 8
L Alexandre Picard 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 1 5.50 7
L Fredrik Modin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 5
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 -2 16.30 7
L Rick Nash 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 -1 22.20 9
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.20 6
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.50 6
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.00 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 22.20 5
D Dick Tärnström 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 25.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 7 0 0 24.10 4
G Steve Mason 2 0 9 0 0 35.50 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Teppo Numminen
3rd star: Ales Kotalik
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Derek Roy notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dan Paillé notched his 10th assist of the season.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Kristian Huselius scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Jared Boll notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal of the season.
-David Vyborny scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Raffi Torres ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Kristian Huselius ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Jared Boll beat Andrew Peters in a fight.
-Jared Boll beat Paul Gaustad in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 27) , Syracuse Crunch 2( 12)
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0-1 SYR Derek MacKenzie (Christian Bäckman, Jason Chimera)
1-1 ROC Felix Schütz (Andrej Sekera)
1-2 SYR Jason Chimera (Andrew Murray, Steven Goertzen)
2-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan)
3-2 ROC Bryce Cockburn (Phillip Gogulla)
4-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Marek Zagrapan, Tim Kennedy)
5-2 ROC Andrej Sekera (Tim Kennedy)