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4/2/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , New York Islanders 3
Shots: 40 - 30
BUF PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/70=90 %, Challenges:67/68=97 %
NYI PP: 0 of 1 (6 shots), Passing:47/57=82 %, Challenges:45/46=95 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 846073 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:33 1-0 BUF Andrej Sekera [5] (Jason Pominville)PP
09:31 2-0 BUF Mike Fisher [21] (Paul Gaustad, Dmitri Kalinin)
17:14 3-0 BUF Nicklas Bergfors [6] (Paul Gaustad, Dan Paillé)
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28:18 3-1 NYI Bill Guerin [14] (Sean Bergenheim, Andy Sutton)
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46:19 3-2 NYI Sean Bergenheim [11] (Andy Hilbert, Matthew Spiller)
46:33 3-3 NYI Bill Guerin [15] (Chris Campoli, Brendan Witt)
49:54 4-3 BUF Dan Paillé [6] (Nicklas Bergfors, Chris Neil)
59:17 5-3 BUF Andrej Sekera [6] (Jaroslav Spacek) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:35 NYI Andy Sutton (2 min for hooking)
06:25 NYI Josef Vasicek (2 min for slashing)
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27:18 BUF Chris Neil (5 min for fighting)
27:18 NYI Matthew Spiller (5 min for fighting)
37:18 BUF Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 9
R Chris Neil 0 1 4 2 0 0 5 1 14.50 9
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.30 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 6
C Mike Fisher 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 9
L Dan Paillé 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6.50 8
L Steve Bernier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 20.10 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 19.50 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23.00 8
D Andrej Sekera 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 8
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19.00 8
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 26.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Sean Bergenheim 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 6
R Richard Park 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 16.40 7
R Bill Guerin 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 20.10 8
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Shawn Bates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.50 5
C Mike Sillinger 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.30 6
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 -1 16.20 8
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 8
L Miroslav Satan 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 6
D Bruno Gervais 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.10 4
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Brendan Witt 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 26.20 8
D Matthew Spiller 0 1 3 3 0 0 5 -1 13.40 6
D Andy Sutton 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.50 5
D Chris Campoli 0 1 6 5 0 1 0 0 26.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 35 0 0 59.30 6
G Wade Dubielewicz 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Andrej Sekera
2nd star: Nicklas Bergfors
3rd star: Bill Guerin
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bergfors finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Jason Pominville had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Tim Connolly had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Thomas Vanek had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Chris Campoli has marked a new career high in assists with 26 assists.
-Bill Guerin scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Sean Bergenheim ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Chris Neil fought Matthew Spiller in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 20) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 27)
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1-0 ROC Jeff Szwez (Patrick Kaleta, Adam McQuaid)
1-1 BRG Blake Comeau (Jonathan Hedström)
2-1 ROC Dylan Hunter (Misha Joukov)
2-2 BRG Kip Brennan (Jeremy Colliton)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Maxime Ouellet