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25/2/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 1 , Ottawa Senators 3
Shots: 21 - 20
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:55/66=83 %, Challenges:63/72=86 %
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:71/80=88 %, Challenges:44/53=81 %
Attendance: 18690 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 584997 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:45 0-1
Niko Dimitrakos [5] (Keith Ballard, Andrej Meszaros)
10:04 0-2
Sidney Crosby [18] (Justin Mapletoft, Anton Volchenkov)
12:34 0-3
Jason Spezza [24] (Andrej Meszaros)
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27:47 1-3
Jussi Jokinen [12] (Toni Lydman, Paul Gaustad)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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05:35
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for cross-checking)
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21:07
Josh Hennessy (2 min for roughing)
24:58
Tony Amonte (2 min for hooking)
27:09
Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
27:09
Antoine Vermette (2 min for roughing)
34:38
Arttu Luttinen (2 min for slashing)
38:53
Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
38:53
Anton Volchenkov (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tony Amonte 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 6.40 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 11.30 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 19.30 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 20.00 6
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 16.10 8
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.10 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 -1 19.50 7
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 -1 6.40 7
L Jussi Jokinen 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 -1 17.40 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 -1 20.40 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 18.00 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 17.20 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 24.40 6
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.20 6
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 20.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 17 0 0 60.00 5
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Arttu Luttinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 5
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.50 5
R Shane Doan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 17.50 6
R Dany Heatley 0 0 3 7 0 4 0 1 18.40 10
C Justin Mapletoft 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.40 5
C Logan Couture 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Jason Spezza 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 14.20 9
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
L Josh Hennessy 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
L Niko Dimitrakos 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Antoine Vermette 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 20.30 6
C Corey Perry 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 14.30 7
D Joe Corvo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.10 5
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 21.50 7
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 19.00 8
D Keith Ballard 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 21.00 5
D Andrej Meszaros 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 14.30 8
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 24.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 1 0 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Martin Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Andrej Meszaros
3rd star: Ray Emery
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Pominville had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Marek Zagrapan had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Thomas Vanek had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Thomas Vanek had his 8 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Andrej Meszaros notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Sidney Crosby finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 20) , Binghamton Senators 5( 19)
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0-1
Nick Foligno (Alex Bourret)
1-1
Ryan Gibbons (Andrej Sekera)
2-1
Yannic Seidenberg (Dylan Hunter, Nathan Paetsch)
2-2
Nick Foligno (Michal Barinka)
2-3
Jack Skille (Brian Lee)
2-4
Jack Skille (Boris Valabik, Ryan O'Marra)
2-5
T.J. Oshie (Steve Downie, Bryan Little)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Jeff Deslauriers