Buffalo Sabres 6 , New York Rangers 3
Shots: 26 - 21
PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:32/48=65 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:75/95=78 %, Challenges:21/42=48 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:55 1-0
Ales Hemsky [8] (Jakub Kindl, Tim Connolly)
16:17 1-1
Brad Richards [11] (Radim Vrbata, Bill Thomas)
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27:13 2-1
Ladislav Nagy [10] (Joe Thornton)
34:25 2-2
Brad Richards [12] (Alex Tanguay, Chris Stewart)
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46:54 3-2
Tim Connolly [9] (Joe Thornton, Steve Mason)
50:32 3-3
Chris Kelly [7] (Ryan Kesler, Radim Vrbata)
51:26 4-3
James Sheppard [5] (Tim Connolly)
55:49 5-3
Jason Spezza [16] (Joe Thornton, Ladislav Nagy)
59:37 6-3
Tim Connolly [10] (Ales Hemsky, James Sheppard)
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Penalty summary:
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02:07
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
02:07
Chad Kilger (5 min for fighting)
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36:54
Jeff Petry (5 min for fighting)
36:54
James Sheppard (5 min for fighting)
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41:09
Kyle Beach (2 min for boarding)
45:03
Ryan White (5 min for fighting)
45:03
Kyle McLaren (5 min for fighting)
53:07
Chris Stewart (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Kyle Beach 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.50 4
R Alexandre Picard 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 19.40 7
R Ales Hemsky 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 8
R Jason Spezza 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 20.10 8
R Alex Korolyuk 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Nikita Filatov 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17.40 5
C Tim Connolly 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 15.20 8
C Joe Thornton 0 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 18.10 9
L Freddy Rozkine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 19.10 6
L James Sheppard 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 2 11.10 8
L Ladislav Nagy 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 19.10 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 19.00 6
D Jakub Kindl 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 17.20 7
D Anton Myllari 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 22.50 8
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 21.00 6
D Kimmo Puurunen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 23.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 1 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Jimmy Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Bill Thomas 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.30 4
R Oscar Möller 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 14.00 4
R Ryan Kesler 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 -5 17.20 7
R Radim Vrbata 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 21.00 8
C Ryan White 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 6.40 5
C Brandon Sutter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.10 6
C Chris Kelly 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -4 14.40 7
C Brad Richards 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 22.10 8
L Chris Stewart 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.30 6
L Matt Cooke 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 14.00 6
L Chad Kilger 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 -5 16.50 5
L Alex Tanguay 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 21.30 7
D Jeff Petry 0 0 0 3 1 3 5 -1 14.50 6
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -3 15.50 4
D Ryan Ellis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 29.20 5
D Alex Picard 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15.40 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 6
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 27.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeni Nabokov 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Ales Hemsky
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Ladislav Nagy scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Tim Connolly scored his 10th goal of the season.
-James Sheppard finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Brad Richards ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Chad Kilger beat James Sheppard in a fight.
-Jeff Petry fought James Sheppard in a fight.
-Ryan White beat Kyle McLaren in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 30) , Hartford Wolfpack 1( 10)
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1-0 ROC Ilmari Pitkänen (Rafael Rotter)
1-1 HFD Mike Pandolfo (Alexander Hegegy)
2-1 ROC Richie Regehr (Trevor Lewis)
3-1 ROC Ville Leino (Brandon Reid)
4-1 ROC Brandon Reid (Micki Dupont)
Goalies: Mika Noronen - Jacob Markstrom