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10/10/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Edmonton Oilers 5
Shots: 31 - 20
PP: 3 of 10 (13 shots), Passing:69/84=82 %, Challenges:39/43=88 %
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:70/88=79 %, Challenges:30/38=76 %
Attendance: 16821 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 526498 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:51 0-1
Gilbert Brulé [2] (Ales Kotalik, Geoff Sanderson)PP
09:48 1-1
Thomas Vanek [1] (Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly)PP
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25:58 1-2
Shawn Horcoff [1] (Ales Hemsky, Robbie Schremp)
27:34 1-3
Shawn Horcoff [2] (Ales Hemsky, Ales Kotalik)SH
34:29 2-3
Tim Connolly [1] (Teppo Numminen, Toni Lydman)
35:26 3-3
Thomas Vanek [2] (Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly)PP
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40:51 4-3
Jochen Hecht [1] (Thomas Vanek, Tim Connolly)PP
45:27 4-4
Shawn Horcoff [3] (Ethan Moreau, Dwayne Roloson)
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62:17 4-5
Sam Gagner [1] (Shawn Horcoff, Patrick O'Sullivan)
Penalty summary:
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03:08
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
05:02
Toni Lydman (2 min for tripping)
07:57
Sheldon Souray (2 min for roughing)
07:57
Andrew Peters (2 min for roughing)
09:21
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
11:13
Andrew Peters (2 min for hooking)
15:53
Drew Stafford (2 min for tripping)
18:12
Robbie Schremp (2 min for hooking)
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22:56
Adam Mair (2 min for tripping)
26:01
Sam Gagner (2 min for high-sticking)
31:24
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for high-sticking)
35:09
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for high-sticking)
36:34
Tim Connolly (2 min for cross-checking)
39:31
Jeff Petry (2 min for boarding)
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42:55
Sam Gagner (2 min for roughing)
46:59
Sheldon Souray (2 min for diving)
53:18
Gilbert Brulé (2 min for hooking)
59:14
Denis Grebeshkov (2 min for holding the stick)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 10.30 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 -1 13.00 7
R Thomas Vanek 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 -1 20.20 9
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -1 16.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 11.50 5
C Tim Connolly 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 -1 21.30 9
L Andrew Peters 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 0 6.00 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 21.10 4
L Adam Mair 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 14.30 8
L Jochen Hecht 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 -2 22.00 8
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 10.50 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -2 21.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 27.20 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 -2 24.00 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 28.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 15 0 0 62.20 4
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dustin Penner 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 8.30 6
R Fernando Pisani 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.10 5
R Ales Kotalik 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 13.50 7
R Sam Gagner 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 18.00 7
C Patrick O'Sullivan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.30 5
C Robert Nilsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 6 2 0 0 6 -1 18.10 7
C Shawn Horcoff 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 4 22.20 10
L Robbie Schremp 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 8.30 6
L Ethan Moreau 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.50 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 5
L Ales Hemsky 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 20.50 9
D Jeff Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.30 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 19.30 6
D Sheldon Souray 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 4 26.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Steve Staios 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 16.30 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 30.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Dwayne Roloson 4 1 27 0 0 62.20 6
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Shawn Horcoff
2nd star: Thomas Vanek
3rd star: Tim Connolly
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 16) , Springfield Falcons 1( 22)
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0-1 SPR Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Marty Reasoner)
1-1 POR Andrej Sekera (Marek Zagrapan, Bryce Cockburn)
2-1 POR Mark Mancari (Nathan Paetsch)
Goalies: Mikael Tellqvist - Devan Dubnyk