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Avalanche @ Sabres

Shots 1 2 3 OT FN
Avalanche 10 7 7 0 24
Sabres 11 17 15 0 43
Goals 1 2 3 OT FN
Avalanche 2 0 1 0 3
Sabres 1 2 3 0 6

Scoring Summary

Period 1
1. SABRES, LUPUL 16 (WESLEY, HANNAN), 00:36
2. AVALANCHE, ZHAMNOV 6 (LOUIS, NIINIMAA), 12:58
3. AVALANCHE, LOUIS 18 (ZHAMNOV, TANGUAY), 13:44

PENALTIES: R. FEDOTENKO COL (BOARDING, Minor) 02:16, B. LUKOWICH COL (ROUGHING, Minor) 17:40

Period 2
4. SABRES, SMYTH 5 (RICHARDS, HOSSA), 16:43
5. SABRES, LUPUL 17 (ZUBRUS, WESLEY), 17:55

PENALTIES: T. SELANNE COL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 00:28, C. ADAMS BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 09:07, K. RACHUNEK COL (HOOKING, Minor) 10:46, A. TANGUAY COL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:38, J. VANDERMEER COL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:27, N. BOYNTON BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 16:34

Period 3
6. SABRES, BOYNTON 7 (RICHARDS, RUUTU), 02:57
7. SABRES, RICHARDS 11 (HOSSA, BOYNTON), 03:46
8. SABRES, LUPUL 18 (HANNAN, WESLEY) (PP), 12:23
9. AVALANCHE, LOUIS 19 (HRDINA, VANDERMEER) (PP), 16:10

PENALTIES: J. NIINIMAA COL (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:55, M. NILSON COL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 11:18, T. RUUTU BUF (CHARGING, Double Minor) 14:53

Goalie Statistics

Miikka Kiprusoff (COL), 27 saves out of 32 shots, L, 7-14-2
Ron Tugnutt (COL), 10 saves out of 11 shots
Marty Turco (BUF), 21 saves out of 24 shots, W, 17-10-2

Power Play Conversions

Avalanche 1 for 3
Sabres 1 for 8

Game Stars

1 – Joffrey Lupul (BUF)
2 – Brad Richards (BUF)
3 – Ryan Smyth (BUF)

Avalanche Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Martin St. Louis RW 2 1 3 -1 0 2 1 24
Alexei Zhamnov C 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 25
Alex Tanguay LW 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 27
Janne Niinimaa D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 26
Jan Hrdina LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17
Jim Vandermeer D 0 1 1 -2 2 2 1 15
Philippe Boucher D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23
Matt Pettinger LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teemu Selanne RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15
Marcus Nilson RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11
Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 8
Wayne Primeau LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 8
Alexei Ponikarovsky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2
Karel Rachunek D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 27
Ruslan Fedotenko RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 22
Brad Lukowich D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 22

Lines

Sabres Pos G A Pts +/- Pim S H IT
Joffrey Lupul RW 3 0 3 2 0 6 2 22
Brad Richards C 1 2 3 3 0 4 1 23
Glen Wesley D 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 24
Nick Boynton D 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 23
Scott Hannan D 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 25
Marian Hossa RW 0 2 2 2 0 5 0 20
Ryan Smyth LW 1 0 1 2 0 8 4 22
Tuomo Ruutu C 0 1 1 2 4 7 4 22
Dainius Zubrus LW 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 28
Brad Bombardir D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Ethan Moreau LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
David Hale D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Craig Adams RW 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 8
Dave Lowry LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 7
Niklas Hagman RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 6

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Financial

Attendance: 19005
Net Profit: $1,436,778.00

Game Notes

Ron Tugnutt enters game at 03:46 of 3rd period
Joffrey Lupul scores a hat trick