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8/12/2006
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Shots: 31 - 23
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:68/77=88 %, Challenges:52/63=81 %
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:32/40=78 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:36 1-0
Guillaume Latendresse [5] (Dan Paillé, Jiri Hudler)
14:57 1-1
Ryan Malone [7] (Brent Burns, Phil Kessel)
17:25 2-1
Valtteri Filppula [6] (Teppo Numminen, Sheldon Souray)
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26:53 3-1
Maxim Afinogenov [12] (Anze Kopitar, Sheldon Souray)
32:32 4-1
Sheldon Souray [5] (Jaroslav Spacek, Brian Campbell)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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10:44
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for tripping)
17:41
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for roughing)
17:41
Mike Leclerc (2 min for roughing)
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21:21
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for high-sticking)
33:14
Duvie Westcott (2 min for high-sticking)
39:14
Rostislav Klesla (2 min for holding the stick)
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42:48
Alex Korolyuk (2 min for tripping)
47:28
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for high-sticking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Guillaume Latendresse 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 7.50 6
R Tony Amonte 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.10 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 18.10 8
C Dan Paillé 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 18.40 6
C Valtteri Filppula 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11.50 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
L Jiri Hudler 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 10.20 5
L Mike Leclerc 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 16.30 6
L Kyle Calder 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 17.50 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 21.30 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 21.10 8
D Brian Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.10 7
D Sheldon Souray 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 21.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 10.00 6
R Fredrik Modin 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 10.00 6
R David Vyborny 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 14.10 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 17.50 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.00 6
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 11.30 6
C Phil Kessel 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.00 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 17.50 6
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 2 6 1 4 0 0 18.00 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 5
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.40 5
L Patrik Elias 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Duvie Westcott 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -1 13.30 5
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 6
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 4 5 2 2 6 -1 28.00 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 11.40 6
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 21.20 7
D Bryan Berard 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Pascal Leclaire 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sheldon Souray
2nd star: Guillaume Latendresse
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Phil Kessel notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nikolai Zherdev had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Sergei Fedorov had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 13) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 24)
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1-0 ROC Drew Stafford (Adam Mair, Andrej Sekera)
2-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Sean Bergenheim, Timo Helbling)
3-0 ROC Adam Mair (Andrej Sekera, Mike Card)
3-1 SYR Joakim Lindström (Erik Christensen)
3-2 SYR Ben Simon (Jody Shelley, Steven Goertzen)
3-3 SYR Ben Simon (Steven Goertzen, Ron Hainsey)
4-3 ROC Benoît Mondou (Mike Funk)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Tomas Popperle