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30/12/2008
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Edmonton Oilers 9 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 30 - 33
PP: 1 of 6 (8 shots), Passing:66/70=94 %, Challenges:43/51=82 %
PP: 2 of 6 (9 shots), Passing:60/70=85 %, Challenges:33/38=84 %
Attendance: 17100 of 17100 (Skyreach Center)
Ticket income: 449730 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:39 1-0
Patrick Kane [20] (Shawn Horcoff, Jussi Jokinen)PP
09:07 2-0
Andrej Meszaros [4] (Jack Johnson, Max Gratchev)SH
12:07 2-1
Jason Pominville [16] (Dan Paillé)PP
13:19 2-2
Craig Rivet [1])
16:01 3-2
Andrew Cogliano [7] (Sam Gagner, Sheldon Souray)
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28:14 3-3
Teppo Numminen [7] (Toni Lydman, Dan Paillé)PP
32:48 4-3
Andrew Cogliano [8])
33:55 4-4
Jason Pominville [17] (Thomas Vanek, Paul Gaustad)
37:11 5-4
Patrick Kane [21] (Devan Dubnyk)
38:11 6-4
Max Gratchev [10] (Andrej Meszaros, Dustin Penner)SH
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43:12 7-4
Sam Gagner [18] (Andrew Cogliano, Shawn Horcoff)
45:39 7-5
Ales Kotalik [7] (Craig Rivet, Nathan Paetsch)
48:56 8-5
Patrick Kane [22] (Kenny Jönsson, Andrej Meszaros)
53:43 9-5
Andrej Meszaros [5] (Jack Johnson, Dustin Penner)SH
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Penalty summary:
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01:14
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for roughing)
01:14
Thomas Vanek (2 min for roughing)
03:05
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
04:17
Andrew Peters (2 min for high-sticking)
08:34
Ryan Potulny (2 min for boarding)
11:18
Jussi Jokinen (2 min for hooking)
16:52
Craig Rivet (2 min for high-sticking)
18:53
Adam Mair (2 min for hooking)
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27:36
Ryan Potulny (2 min for tripping)
28:22
Adam Mair (2 min for cross-checking)
31:38
Adam Mair (2 min for roughing)
31:38
Sam Gagner (2 min for roughing)
37:45
Sheldon Souray (2 min for elbowing)
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50:55
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for high-sticking)
53:05
Max Gratchev (2 min for hooking)
55:17
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (2 min for elbowing)
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Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1 7.20 4
R Dustin Penner 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 15.30 8
C Eric Lindros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8.40 7
R Patrick Kane 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 18.40 9
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 11.40 7
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 16.00 6
C Andrew Cogliano 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 9.30 9
C Shawn Horcoff 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Max Gratchev 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 17.00 8
L Robbie Schremp 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 7
R Sam Gagner 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 15.10 7
L Jussi Jokinen 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 19.20 7
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.40 6
D Jack Johnson 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 27.00 8
D Andrej Meszaros 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 29.10 10
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.50 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 11.20 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 28.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 5 1 28 0 0 60.00 4
G Mathieu Garon 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 10.40 8
R Jason Pominville 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 -1 11.30 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -6 19.10 6
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 12.00 5
C Dan Paillé 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 13.40 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -6 19.10 6
L Andrew Peters 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 5.40 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 10.40 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -2 18.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 -5 20.40 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 15.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 26.10 7
D Craig Rivet 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 13.50 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -4 21.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 -3 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 11 0 0 32.50 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 5 0 10 0 0 27.10 4
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrej Meszaros
2nd star: Patrick Kane
3rd star: Andrew Cogliano
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Patrick Kane scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jack Johnson notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sheldon Souray notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Max Gratchev scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Dustin Penner notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Andrej Meszaros finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville has marked a new career high in points with 31 points.
-Thomas Vanek has marked a new career high in points with 49 points.
-Thomas Vanek notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Jason Pominville ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Craig Rivet finally ended his 37 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hamilton Bulldogs 3( 27) , Rochester Americans 1( 15)
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0-1 ROC Felix Schütz (Mike Card)
1-1 HAM Jean-François Jacques (Robby Dee)
2-1 HAM Tyler Spurgeon (Liam Reddox)
3-1 HAM Fredrik Johansson (Fredrik Pettersson, Denis Grebeshkov)
Goalies: Jeff Deslauriers - Patrick Lalime