Sabres at Panthers

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 12 9 0 29
Panthers 10 8 7 0 25
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 0 0 0 1
Panthers 1 2 1 0 4


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, THORNTON 32 (HILBERT, NIEMINEN) (PP), 02:31
2. PANTHERS, KOVALCHUK 36 (TAPPER, KOIVU), 10:15

PENALTIES: M. KOMISAREK FLA (BOARDING, Minor) 01:22, R. LANNON FLA (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:46, J. JOHNSON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 04:11, Z. CHARA FLA (HOOKING, Minor) 07:25, B. WITT BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 18:25

Period 2
3. PANTHERS, ALFREDSSON 46 (BOUWMEESTER, KOIVU), 10:30
4. PANTHERS, ARNASON 24 (LILES, DRAKE), 17:51



Period 3
5. PANTHERS, TAPPER 5 (ARNASON, LILES), 05:27

PENALTIES: R. WHITNEY BUF (CHARGING, Double Minor) 00:19, Z. CHARA FLA (ELBOWING, Minor) 06:28, B. WITT BUF (FIGHTING) 11:04, Z. CHARA FLA (FIGHTING) 11:04, S. THORNTON BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 11:31, B. TAPPER FLA (HOOKING, Minor) 14:15, D. DRAKE FLA (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 19:44

Goalie Statistics

Tim Thomas (BUF), 21 saves out of 25 shots, L, 14-21-6
Roberto Luongo (FLA), 28 saves out of 29 shots, W, 40-20-7

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 6
Panthers 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Roberto Luongo (FLA)
2 - John-Michael Liles (FLA)
3 - Brad Tapper (FLA)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Aaron Miller          0  0  0    -1   0  3   1 17
Rob Niedermayer       0  0  0  Even   0  5   2 23
Ville Nieminen        0  1  1    -2   0  3   1 14
Andy Hilbert          0  1  1    -4   0  0   1 15
Andre Roy             0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 10
Brendan Witt          0  0  0  Even   7  2   6 24
Joe Thornton          1  0  1  Even   0  5   4 26
Daniel Paille         0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  7
Joel Bouchard         0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 22
Johnny Boychuk        0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 12
Ray Whitney           0  0  0  Even   4  2   0 20
Josh Langfeld         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  6
Patrick O'Sullivan    0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  6
Pavel Vorobiev        0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 15
Shawn Belle           0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 22
Scott Thornton        0  0  0    -1   2  1   2 20
Jack Johnson          0  0  0    -2   2  1   0 14
Tuomo Ruutu           0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 18
   
Panthers

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Jay Bouwmeester       0  1  1    +2   0  2   2 24
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    +2   2  2   3 23
Daniel Alfredsson     1  0  1    +1   0  3   3 27
Mike Sillinger        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  9
John-Michael Liles    0  2  2    +3   0  2   0 22
Ian Laperriere        0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 10
Brad Tapper           1  1  2    +2   2  1   1 10
Zdeno Chara           0  0  0    +1   9  1   0 24
Luc Robitaille        0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 12
Patrik Elias          0  0  0    +1   0  3   1 19
Dallas Drake          0  1  1    +1   2  0   5 20
Brenden Morrow        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Ilya Kovalchuk        1  0  1    +2   0  3   1 18
Petr Kanko            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Saku Koivu            0  2  2    +2   0  2   3 19
Ryan Lannon           0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 10
Tyler Arnason         1  1  2    +2   0  1   4 21
Glen Wesley           0  0  0  Even   0  2   0  7
   

Financial

Attendance: 18500
Net Profit: $999,000.00

Game Notes

Patrik Elias injured at 03:23 of the 3rd Period
Zdeno Chara beats up Brendan Witt

Minor League Box Score

Laval          2
Paris          0
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Josh Hennessy 18 (Vaclav Nedorost, Ilya Krikunov)
Brandon Reid 42 (Alexander Svitov, Jonathan Toews)


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Goalies
Laval: Cam Ward
Paris: Jeff Drouin-Deslaurier
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