Colorado Avalanche 4 , Buffalo Sabres 5
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:76/91=83 %, Challenges:43/50=84 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:71/82=86 %, Challenges:31/55=55 %
Attendance: 18007 of 18007 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 547412 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:25 0-1
Jason Spezza [14] (Matt Duchene, Miroslav Satan)
18:36 1-1
Brett McLean [5] (Tom Poti, Matt Niskanen)
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28:34 2-1
Valtteri Filppula [22] (Duncan Keith, Rick Nash)PP
30:55 2-2
Jason Spezza [15] (Marc-Édouard Vlasic)
35:21 3-2
Valtteri Filppula [23] (Rick Nash, Tom Poti)
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46:05 4-2
Ryan Malone [15] (Dainius Zubrus, Maxim Lapierre)
48:31 4-3
Dany Heatley [14] (Jason Spezza)
52:52 4-4
Dany Heatley [15] (Joe Thornton)
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63:14 4-5
Joe Thornton [21] (Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza)
Penalty summary:
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05:38
Rhett Warrener (5 min for fighting)
05:38
Rick Nash (5 min for fighting)
11:06
Matt Greene (5 min for fighting)
11:06
Ryan Kesler (5 min for fighting)
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28:08
Russ Hamulakie (2 min for high-sticking)
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58:36
Trent Hunter (2 min for tripping)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brett McLean 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 6
R Jack Skille 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -2 14.50 7
R Dainius Zubrus 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
R Patrick Kane 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.10 6
C Rick Rypien 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 5
C Artem Anisimov 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 -2 14.50 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 17.30 7
C Valtteri Filppula 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 -1 21.00 8
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.20 5
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 -2 15.40 7
L Ryan Malone 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Rick Nash 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 -1 19.40 8
D Matt Niskanen 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 -2 16.00 7
D Duncan Keith 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 22.30 7
D Tom Poti 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 -1 27.20 8
D Marc Staal 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 -2 20.30 6
D Matt Greene 0 0 2 6 2 5 5 2 17.20 9
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 -2 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Peter Budaj 5 0 20 0 0 63.20 4
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ville Leino 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 3 1 5 1 5 0 15.50 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 -2 20.10 5
R Jason Spezza 2 2 3 1 2 1 0 4 21.40 9
C Russ Hamulakie 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.50 5
C Brandon Reid 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14.20 6
C Matt Duchene 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 7
C Joe Thornton 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 18.30 9
L Juraj Kolnik 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.50 6
L Zach Boychuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 5
L Miroslav Satan 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 -1 18.50 5
L Dany Heatley 2 1 6 2 0 0 0 3 18.10 10
D Mark Mitera 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 6
D Rhett Warrener 0 0 0 5 1 1 5 -1 23.40 7
D Jared Cowen 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 24.00 5
D Kurt Sauer 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 15.20 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 5
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 27.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 4 0 28 0 0 63.20 6
G Mark Guggenberger 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Joe Thornton
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Ryan Malone scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Dainius Zubrus notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Brett McLean finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
-Patrick Kane had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Miroslav Satan notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Jason Spezza notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Dany Heatley scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Trent Hunter had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Trent Hunter had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Rick Nash beat Rhett Warrener in a fight.
-Ryan Kesler beat Matt Greene in a fight.
Farm game result:
Lake Erie Monsters 5( 35) , Portland Pirates 1( 13)
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1-0 LEM Jeff Heerema (Maksim Mamin)
2-0 LEM Phillip Gogulla (Jeff Heerema, Kristopher Letang)
2-1 POR Sean Brown (Lance Monych, Chad Rau)
3-1 LEM Morten Madsen (Karl Stewart)
4-1 LEM Morten Madsen (Richard Park)
5-1 LEM Morten Madsen (Teemu Laakso, Richard Park