Florida Panthers 6 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 23 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:19/35=52 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:95/111=85 %, Challenges:35/51=67 %
Attendance: 19252 of 19252 (National Car Rental Center)
Ticket income: 477450 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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03:12 0-1
Kyle Beach [3] (Nikita Nikiforovich, Paul Gaustad)
05:33 1-1
Boris Valabik [1] (Danny Kristo, Kurtis Foster)
10:15 2-1
Ivan Novoseltsev [4] (Kruise Reddick, Kjell Lamm)
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21:25 3-1
Danny Kristo [3] (Steve Downie)
31:11 4-1
R.J. Umberger [6] (Marcus Thurell, Scott Hannan)
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40:57 4-2
Joe Thornton [7] (Jason Spezza, Joni Pitkänen)
47:22 4-3
Joe Thornton [8] (Jason Spezza, Joni Pitkänen)
52:01 5-3
Jakub Voracek [3] (Marcus Thurell, Steve Downie)
54:41 6-3
Sergei Samsonov [7] (Jesper Sahlstein, Boris Valabik)
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Penalty summary:
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09:08
Nikita Filatov (5 min for fighting)
09:08
Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
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57:49
Steve Downie (2 min for elbowing)
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Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jakub Voracek 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 10.50 7
R Ryan White 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 5
R Sergei Samsonov 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
R Marco Sturm 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
C Steve Downie 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 10.50 7
C Kruise Reddick 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13.00 6
C Chris Higgins 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 17.10 6
C R.J. Umberger 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 21.10 7
L Danny Kristo 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 10.50 8
L Ivan Novoseltsev 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 13.00 7
L Jesper Sahlstein 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 -1 15.00 6
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 19.00 7
D Kjell Lamm 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 16.40 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 1 8 0 6 0 2 27.50 10
D Scott Hannan 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 19.00 6
D Boris Valabik 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 0 18.30 7
D Marcus Thurell 0 2 1 8 1 3 0 2 24.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Robert Esche 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikita Filatov 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 -1 6.10 4
R Kyle Beach 1 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 14.30 9
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 19.30 7
R Jason Spezza 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 19.50 8
C James Sheppard 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 -1 6.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.30 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 19.30 6
C Joe Thornton 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19.50 9
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 6.10 4
C Nikita Nikiforovich 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 14.30 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 -2 19.30 4
L Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.30 6
D Jared Cowen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 17.30 6
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 25.50 6
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17.30 5
D Anton Myllari 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 20.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 -2 24.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 6 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Mark Guggenberger 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joe Thornton
2nd star: Danny Kristo
3rd star: Boris Valabik
Notes for Florida Panthers:
-Kurtis Foster notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Marcus Thurell notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Boris Valabik finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jason Spezza notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
Other notes:
-Boris Valabik beat Nikita Filatov in a fight.