10/1/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 7 , Boston Bruins 3
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 0 of 5 (7 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:44/46=93 %
PP: 2 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:59/78=75 %, Challenges:43/47=89 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 899998 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:33 1-0
Ales Kotalik [13] (Jason Pominville, Éric Bélanger)
06:51 2-0
Jason Pominville [20] (Éric Bélanger, Raffi Torres)
11:26 3-0
Jason Pominville [21] (Éric Bélanger, Nathan Paetsch)
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21:27 3-1
Jeff Carter [20] (Mark Stuart, Kyle Wellwood)PP
23:34 3-2
Jeff Carter [21] (Marian Gaborik, Kyle Wellwood)PP
34:04 3-3
Chuck Kobasew [7] (Blake Wheeler, P.J. Axelsson)
36:52 4-3
Brooks Orpik [3] (Nathan Paetsch)
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49:24 5-3
Maxim Afinogenov [15] (Rostislav Klesla, Derek Roy)
50:37 6-3
Nathan Paetsch [5] (Jason Pominville, Maxim Afinogenov)
54:46 7-3
Raffi Torres [15] (Nathan Paetsch, Rostislav Klesla)
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Penalty summary:
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11:42
Mark Stuart (2 min for tripping)
19:53
Ales Kotalik (2 min for slashing)
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22:15
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
30:27
Éric Bélanger (2 min for elbowing)
37:47
Andrew Ference (2 min for slashing)
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40:47
Aaron Ward (2 min for elbowing)
41:53
P.J. Axelsson (2 min for slashing)
45:23
Zdeno Chara (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4.30 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 11.20 7
R Jason Pominville 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 19.00 10
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 1 16.10 8
C Éric Bélanger 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 4 19.00 8
C Derek Roy 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.40 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Raffi Torres 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 20.40 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 13.20 7
D Nathan Paetsch 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 19.20 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 27.20 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16.50 6
D Brooks Orpik 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 18.10 8
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Blake Wheeler 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 6
R Kyle Wellwood 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.00 7
R Andrew Ladd 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 20.00 7
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 14.40 7
C Zach Hamill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 6
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13.00 6
C Mike Modano 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.00 7
C Jeff Carter 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 18.50 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.20 7
L Milan Lucic 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 5
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.10 7
L Marian Gaborik 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -3 16.40 7
D Mark Stuart 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 -1 17.50 6
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 -3 22.20 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 -2 20.50 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 -1 15.40 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -4 17.10 7
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 7 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Pominville
2nd star: Nathan Paetsch
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Éric Bélanger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Pominville scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Raffi Torres scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Brooks Orpik ended his 7 game goal drought.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Jeff Carter scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Kyle Wellwood notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Chuck Kobasew ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Marco Sturm had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Andrew Alberts had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 33) , Providence Bruins 5( 30)
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0-1 PRO Shawn Thornton (Martin St. Pierre)
0-2 PRO Shawn Thornton (Martin St. Pierre)
1-2 ROC Mathieu Darche (Vladimir Nikiforov, Kai Kantola)
2-2 ROC Chris Butler (Marek Zagrapan)
2-3 PRO Matt Hunwick (Levi Nelson)
2-4 PRO Matt Lashoff (Shawn Thornton, Martin St. Pierre)
2-5 PRO Martin St. Pierre