Sabres at Blackhawks

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 6 12 0 26
Blackhawks 12 4 7 0 23
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 5 1 0 0 6
Blackhawks 2 0 1 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BLACKHAWKS, BERNIER 11 (LASHOFF, WHITNEY), 10:29
2. SABRES, ALFREDSSON 35 (VANEK, MALIK), 11:14
3. SABRES, VANEK 25 (KOIVU, ALFREDSSON), 11:17
4. BLACKHAWKS, POMINVILLE 15 (OVECHKIN, HATCHER), 12:28
5. SABRES, VANEK 26 (MESZAROS, NABOKOV) (PP), 13:59
6. SABRES, VANEK 27 (MARKOV, TOEWS) (PP), 15:51
7. SABRES, MALIK 6 (ALFREDSSON, MARKOV) (SH), 18:33

PENALTIES: T. VANEK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:20, M. AFINOGENOV BUF (BOARDING, Double Minor, Misconduct) 02:31, M. LASHOFF CHI (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:31, M. MALIK BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 06:46, D. HATCHER CHI (KICKING, Major) 12:57, S. GAGNER BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 18:28

Period 2
8. SABRES, ALFREDSSON 36 (KOIVU, VANEK), 10:48

PENALTIES: T. VANEK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:44, S. SALO CHI (HOOKING, Minor) 07:37, P. BOUCHER BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Misconduct) 17:34, V. PELTONEN BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:16

Period 3
9. BLACKHAWKS, BOYES 17 (RIBEIRO, CULLEN) (PP), 00:12

PENALTIES: D. HATCHER CHI (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:00

Goalie Statistics

Evgeni Nabokov (BUF), 20 saves out of 23 shots, W, 19-18-7
Vesa Toskala (CHI), 3 saves out of 8 shots, L, 22-13-1
Fredrik Norrena (CHI), 17 saves out of 18 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 3
Blackhawks 1 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Thomas Vanek (BUF)
2 - Daniel Alfredsson (BUF)
3 - Marek Malik (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Andrej Meszaros       0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 26
Michael Nylander      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 13
Dustin Penner         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 15
Marek Malik           1  1  2    +1   2  4   2 25
Daniel Alfredsson     2  2  4    +2   0  3   8 25
Thomas Vanek          3  2  5    +2   4  5   1 21
Alexei Kovalev        0  0  0    -1   0  4   1 20
Jonathan Toews        0  1  1    -1   0  0   0 16
Nolan Pratt           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Andrei Markov         0  2  2    +2   0  4   1 23
Saku Koivu            0  2  2    +2   0  1   1 22
Maxim Afinogenov      0  0  0  Even  14  1   1 12
Sam Gagner            0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 10
Ian Laperriere        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  9
Georges Laraque       0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Ville Peltonen        0  0  0    -1   2  0   0  7
Joni Pitkanen         0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 22
Philippe Boucher      0  0  0    -1  12  1   3  9
   
Blackhawks

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brad Boyes            1  0  1  Even   0  4   0 18
Jason Pominville      1  0  1  Even   0  4   2 19
Mike Ribeiro          0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 26
Nikita Alexeev        0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 16
Alexander Ovechkin    0  1  1    -1   0  0   1 21
Sami Salo             0  0  0    -1   2  0   1 23
Joe Thornton          0  0  0    -1   0  2   6 26
Rob Davison           0  0  0  Even   0  0   4 21
Derian Hatcher        0  1  1    -1   7  0   2 26
Matt Lashoff          0  1  1    -1   2  1   1 17
Juraj Kolnik          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Matt Cullen           0  1  1  Even   0  4   2 17
Steve Bernier         1  0  1  Even   0  1   0  8
Jozef Balej           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Joseph Corvo          0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 13
Patrick Eaves         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 10
Joel Lundqvist        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  4
Ryan Whitney          0  1  1  Even   0  2   2 23
   

Financial

Attendance: 22000
Net Profit: $1,254,000.00

Game Notes

Fredrik Norrena enters game at 18:33 of 1st period
Thomas Vanek scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Paris          2
Rimouski       2
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Blake Geoffrion 12 (Ryan Potulny, Perttu Lindgren)
Benoit Pouliot 11 (Rob Schremp, Anthony Aiello)

Jonathan Filewich 8 (Michael Frolik, Benn Ferriero)
Denis Grebeshkov 9 (Yannick Lehoux, Jonathan Ericsson)

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Goalies
Paris: Curtis McElhinney
Rimouski: Karri Ramo
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