Sabres at Avalanche

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 9 10 10 0 29
Avalanche 8 9 13 0 30
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 3 0 0 0 3
Avalanche 1 3 1 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. AVALANCHE, THORNTON 10 (WHITNEY, HAVELID), 00:53
2. SABRES, ALFREDSSON 9 (ZUBOV, TANGUAY), 01:41
3. SABRES, ALFREDSSON 10 (ROENICK, TANGUAY), 15:36
4. SABRES, NIINIMAA 3 (TANGUAY, VAANANEN), 19:03

PENALTIES: D. ALFREDSSON (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor), 07:56, S. HANNAN (ROUGHING, Minor), 15:10, M. KUZNETSOV (HIGHSTICKING, Minor), 15:10, O. VAANANEN (ROUGHING, Minor), 16:58, J. THORNTON (CHARGING, Minor), 19:25

Period 2
5. AVALANCHE, HEATLEY 8 (CAJANEK, RACHUNEK), 11:05
6. AVALANCHE, HEATLEY 9 (WEIGHT, CAJANEK), 11:27
7. AVALANCHE, WHITNEY 6 (THORNTON, FEDOROV), 17:48

PENALTIES: D. WEIGHT (ELBOWING, Minor), 18:33

Period 3
8. AVALANCHE, FEDOROV 7 (WHITNEY, THORNTON), 15:51



Goalie Statistics

Kevin Weekes (BUF), 19 saves out of 24 shots, L, 8-11-3
Zac Bierk (BUF), 6 saves out of 6 shots
Brian Boucher (AVS), 26 saves out of 29 shots, W, 8-4-3

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 0 for 2
Avalanche 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Joe Thornton (AVS)
2 - Sergei Fedorov (AVS)
3 - Ray Whitney (AVS)

Player Statistics

Sabres

               G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  IT
---------------------------------------
D. ALFREDSSON  2  0  2    -2   2  5  28
J. ROENICK     0  1  1    -1   0  2  26
A. TANGUAY     0  3  3    +2   0  1  22
S. ZUBOV       0  1  1    +1   0  1  24
J. SMITH       0  0  0    +2   0  2  21
M. STURM       0  0  0    -1   0  0  18
S. SULLIVAN    0  0  0  Even   0  3  29
J. NIINIMAA    1  0  1  Even   0  1  21
A. VOLCHENKOV  0  0  0    -2   0  1   7
E. BELANGER    0  0  0    -1   0  0  13
O. VAANANEN    0  1  1  Even   2  1  18
P. SCHASTLIVY  0  0  0    -2   0  3   6
N. DIMITRAKOS  0  0  0    -1   0  4  19
S. HANNAN      0  0  0    -1   2  2  13
D. QUINT       0  0  0  Even   0  0   3
P. TURGEON     0  0  0    -1   0  2  12
R. KLESLA      0  0  0    -2   0  0   6
T. KLATT       0  0  0    -1   0  1  13
   
Avalanche

               G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  IT
---------------------------------------
S. FEDOROV     1  1  2    +3   0  5  24
M. SCHNEIDER   0  0  0    +3   0  0  24
D. HEATLEY     2  0  2  Even   0  4  25
J. THORNTON    1  2  3    +2   2  7  28
D. WEIGHT      0  1  1  Even   2  0  18
R. WHITNEY     1  2  3    +3   0  2  22
K. RACHUNEK    0  1  1    +1   0  1  24
N. HAVELID     0  1  1    +3   0  1  22
P. DUPUIS      0  0  0    -1   0  2  16
E. CHOUINARD   0  0  0  Even   0  0   0
P. CAJANEK     0  2  2  Even   0  2  18
M. KUZNETSOV   0  0  0    -1   2  0  16
C. MCALLISTER  0  0  0    -1   0  0  13
C. THERIEN     0  0  0    +1   0  3  18
K. MILLER      0  0  0    -1   0  2  17
M. MALHOTRA    0  0  0    -1   0  1  11
A. FERENCE     0  0  0    -1   0  0   1
R. ROBITAILLE  0  0  0  Even   0  0   0
   

Financial

Attendance: 23382
Net Profit: $1 178 453,00

Game Notes

Deron Quint injured at 15:10 of 1st Period
Zac Bierk enters game at 15:51 of 3rd period