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15/11/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 6
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 2 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:65/69=94 %, Challenges:39/46=83 %
PP: 1 of 4 (5 shots), Passing:69/80=86 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
Attendance: 17792 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 861133 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:32 0-1
Mike Richards [4] (Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn)
11:51 1-1
Thomas Vanek [3] (Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek)
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22:46 1-2
Alexander Steen [3] (Lasse Kukkonen, Joffrey Lupul)
28:15 2-2
Tim Connolly [6] (Maxim Afinogenov, Nathan Paetsch)PP
32:11 3-2
Maxim Afinogenov [6] (Thomas Vanek, Mathieu Darche)
35:18 3-3
Alexander Steen [4] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Ossi Väänänen)
39:29 3-4
Nicklas Bäckström [6] (Scott Hartnell, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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48:09 4-4
Maxim Afinogenov [7] (Nathan Paetsch, Jaroslav Spacek)PP
48:25 4-5
Scott Hartnell [8] (Patrick Thoresen, Nicklas Bäckström)
57:49 5-5
Thomas Vanek [4] (Jaroslav Spacek, Andrej Sekera)
58:51 5-6
Alexander Steen [5] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
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Penalty summary:
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03:14
Paul Gaustad (2 min for diving)
05:33
Scott Hartnell (2 min for hooking)
14:14
Randy Jones (2 min for tripping)
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27:01
Scott Hartnell (2 min for high-sticking)
28:42
Arron Asham (2 min for tripping)
37:14
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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41:13
Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for high-sticking)
45:11
Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
45:11
Arron Asham (5 min for fighting)
45:33
Derek Roy (2 min for boarding)
47:41
Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for tripping)
49:43
Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for tripping)
53:04
Denis Tolpeko (2 min for high-sticking)
58:13
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 18.00 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 2 6 1 0 0 2 2 19.50 8
C Ryan Kesler 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 -1 9.40 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 -4 15.40 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 13.50 5
C Tim Connolly 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Mathieu Darche 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -3 15.00 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 15.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 8
D Michael Kostka 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -3 14.10 4
D Nathan Paetsch 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.10 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 26.00 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -3 21.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 -1 12.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 3 5 2 0 1 0 2 27.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 6.30 6
R Arron Asham 0 0 2 3 2 2 7 -1 20.30 7
R Alexander Steen 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 11.40 10
R Scott Hartnell 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 0 21.20 10
C Mike Richards 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 13.00 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 9
C Joffrey Lupul 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 7.30 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 11.00 6
L Denis Tolpeko 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6.30 6
L Patrick Thoresen 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 12.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 -1 18.30 9
D Randy Jones 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 21.30 7
D Lasse Kukkonen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.10 7
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 22.20 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -1 28.10 8
D Ossi Väänänen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14.30 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Antero Niittymäki 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Steen
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Scott Hartnell
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Thomas Vanek finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Nicklas Bäckström notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexander Steen finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Mike Richards ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Arron Asham beat Ryan Kesler in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 19) , Philadelphia Phantoms 0( 12)
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1-0 ROC Pier-Alexandre Poulin
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Michael-Lee Teslak