Sabres at Capitals

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 14 5 7 0 26
Capitals 7 7 13 0 27
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 3 0 1 0 4
Capitals 0 1 1 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, KOIVU 19 (PRONGER, GAGNE), 02:42
2. SABRES, RUUTU 13 (WHITNEY, WITT), 06:24
3. SABRES, GAGNE 13 (KOIVU), 18:45

PENALTIES: O. NOLAN WAS (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:59, R. NIEDERMAYER BUF (HOOKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 15:18 (Served by Chris Pronger)

Period 2
4. CAPITALS, AUCOIN 9 (WEIGHT, NEDVED) (PP), 04:15

PENALTIES: A. ZYUZIN WAS (CROSS-CHECKING, Double Minor) 00:09, B. WITT BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 03:13, V. ORSZAGH BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:22, M. MALHOTRA WAS (CHARGING, Minor) 07:59, J. BOYCHUK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 12:42, A. AUCOIN WAS (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:42

Period 3
5. SABRES, KOIVU 20 (GAGNE, RADULOV), 03:05
6. CAPITALS, RUPP 2 (MALHOTRA, WALLIN) (PP), 18:55

PENALTIES: J. NOVOTNY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major) 16:38

Goalie Statistics

Miikka Kiprusoff (BUF), 25 saves out of 27 shots, W, 19-15-2
Curtis Sanford (WAS), 22 saves out of 26 shots, L, 11-7-7

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 3
Capitals 2 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Saku Koivu (BUF)
2 - Simon Gagne (BUF)
3 - Miikka Kiprusoff (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Chris Pronger         0  1  1    +3   0  2   3 27
Rob Niedermayer       0  0  0  Even  12  1   0  2
Bates Battaglia       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 12
Simon Gagne           1  2  3    +3   0  4   0 25
Brendan Witt          0  1  1    +1   2  0   1 21
Saku Koivu            2  1  3    +3   0  5   5 29
Ville Peltonen        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  8
Johnny Boychuk        0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 11
Alexander Radulov     0  1  1    +3   0  0   0 18
Ray Whitney           0  1  1    +1   0  3   1 19
Chris Phillips        0  0  0    +2   0  0   1 21
Jiri Novotny          0  0  0  Even   5  2   0 11
Vladimir Orszagh      0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 12
Tuomo Ruutu           1  0  1    +2   0  2   2 22
Luke Richardson       0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  9
Shean Donovan         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  7
Mikko Koivu           0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 19
Steve Staios          0  0  0    +1   0  2   1 20
   
Capitals

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Adrian Aucoin         1  0  1    -2   2  3   2 29
Andrei Zyuzin         0  0  0    -2   4  1   1 18
Dustin Brown          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  4
Mark Smith            0  0  0    -1   0  0   2  9
Owen Nolan            0  0  0    -1   2  0   2 18
Niclas Wallin         0  1  1    -2   0  2   2 19
Colin White           0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 16
Ken Klee              0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 20
Petr Nedved           0  1  1    -2   0  3   5 26
Manny Malhotra        0  1  1  Even   2  1   0 15
Michael Rupp          1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 17
Doug Weight           0  1  1    -1   0  3   1 20
Ryan Craig            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Jason King            0  0  0    -2   0  3   2 15
Patrick Eaves         0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 18
Trent Hunter          0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 24
Dan Focht             0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  9
Garth Murray          0  0  0    -1   0  0   1  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 18000
Net Profit: $999,000.00

Game Notes

Dustin Brown injured at 15:18 of the 1st Period
Rob Niedermayer ejected at 15:18 of the 1st Period

Minor League Box Score

Laval          3
Toronto        0
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Niklas Bergfors 19 (Andy Hilbert, Anthony Aiello)
Pavel Vorobiev 12 (Matt D'Agostini, Adrian Foster)
Andy Hilbert 7 (Tom Kostopoulos, Daniel Paille)


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Goalies
Laval: Carey Price
Toronto: Jeff Glass
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