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4/1/2008
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Sabres 5 ,
Blues 1
Shots: 30 - 21
BUF PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:70/89=78 %, Challenges:33/42=76 %
STL PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:77/90=85 %, Challenges:22/41=52 %
Attendance: 14714 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 691558 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:58 1-0 BUF Mike Komisarek [4] (Nick Petrecki, Raffi Torres)
18:13 1-1 STL Keith Tkachuk [13] (Barret Jackman, Brad Boyes)
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28:54 2-1 BUF Thomas Vanek [12] (Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly)
33:31 3-1 BUF Jason Pominville [18] (Maxim Lapierre, Ryan Miller)
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42:47 4-1 BUF Raffi Torres [4] (Tim Connolly, Marc-Édouard Vlasic)
43:11 5-1 BUF Raffi Torres [5] (Ales Kotalik, Gary Roberts)
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Penalty summary:
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01:48 BUF Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
01:48 STL Dan Hinote (5 min for fighting)
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29:17 BUF Gary Roberts (2 min for high-sticking)
34:11 STL Keith Tkachuk (2 min for elbowing)
37:21 BUF Maxim Lapierre (2 min for slashing)
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40:57 BUF Maxim Lapierre (5 min for fighting)
40:57 STL Zack FitzGerald (5 min for fighting)
52:11 BUF Mike Komisarek (5 min for fighting)
52:11 STL D.J. King (5 min for fighting)
54:58 BUF Nick Petrecki (2 min for roughing)
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Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 4
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 16.10 7
L Raffi Torres 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 4 17.20 9
L Tim Connolly 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 1 0 1 12 0 6.30 7
C Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15.20 7
R Gary Roberts 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 14.30 7
C Jason Pominville 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 17.30 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 13.50 9
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 20.20 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 14.50 6
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 14.00 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 25.50 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17.00 7
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 2 3 0 3 5 3 18.00 9
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 1 20 0 0 60.00 9
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Blues scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cam Janssen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R David Backes 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2 19.40 7
R Dan Hinote 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 17.20 6
R Jamal Mayers 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 -2 17.20 6
C Jay McClement 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5.40 4
C Petr Cajanek 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -2 13.00 5
C Brad Boyes 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 7
C Chris Drury 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 20.20 6
L D.J. King 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5.40 4
L Timofei Shishkanov 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 13.00 5
L Keith Tkachuk 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 -1 19.20 7
L Paul Kariya 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 20.00 8
D Zack FitzGerald 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -2 11.50 6
D Micki Dupont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 24.40 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 -1 29.00 7
D Tomas Mojzis 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -2 15.00 4
D Barret Jackman 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 7
D Jay McKee 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -2 23.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Legace 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Hannu Toivonen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Raffi Torres
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Mike Komisarek
Notes for
Sabres:
-Mike Komisarek ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for
Blues:
-Paul Kariya had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Dan Hinote beat Maxim Lapierre in a fight.
-Maxim Lapierre beat Zack FitzGerald in a fight.
-D.J. King beat Mike Komisarek in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 15) , Worcester Icecats 2( 17)
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1-0 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Adam Mair)
1-1 WOR Konstantin Zakharov (Trent Whitfield)
2-1 ROC Mika Hannula (Michael Ryan, Steeve Villeneuve)
2-2 WOR Konstantin Zakharov (Martin Kariya, Trent Whitfield)
Goalies: Jocelyn Thibault - Marek Schwarz