Buffalo at Minnesota

Shots
123OTT
Buffalo 12 10 7 0 29
Minnesota 6 16 11 0 33
Goals
123OTT
Buffalo 2 1 0 0 3
Minnesota 0 0 2 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, MEZEI 8 (KOTALIK, THORNTON), 05:27
2. BUFFALO, VERTALA 11 (PECA, KLESLA), 10:45

PENALTIES: D. YTFELDT BUF (FIGHTING) 12:48, J. RUUTU MIN (FIGHTING) 12:48, D. BOYLE MIN (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:21, D. YTFELDT BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 19:27, B. ISBISTER MIN (FIGHTING) 19:27

Period 2
3. BUFFALO, SMYTH 23 (FISCHER, DAZE), 15:46

PENALTIES: P. TURGEON MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 02:15, J. RUUTU MIN (ROUGHING, Minor) 15:59

Period 3
4. MINNESOTA, BARTOS 28 (FRIESEN, RUUTU), 01:39
5. MINNESOTA, ISBISTER 7 (VAN-IMPE, DONOVAN), 10:02

PENALTIES: J. RUUTU MIN (CHARGING, Minor) 07:05, M. CROWLEY MIN (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 11:08, E. DAZE BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:41, S. HARTNELL BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:10, C. SIMON MIN (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:09

Goalie Statistics

Marc Denis (BUF), 31 saves out of 33 shots, W, 12-5-3
Roman Turek (MIN), 26 saves out of 29 shots, L, 19-31-4

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 0 for 6
Minnesota 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Marc Denis (BUF)
2 - Brad Isbister (MIN)
3 - Branislav Mezei (BUF)

Player Statistics

Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Scott Hartnell        0  0  0  Even   2  3   1 12
Janne Niinimaa        0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 23
Eric Daze             0  1  1  Even   2  4   0 21
Michael Peca          0  1  1    -1   0  2   2 17
Rostislav Klesla      0  1  1    +1   0  0   5 21
Keith Tkachuk         0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 19
Ron Hainsey           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  5
Branislav Mezei       1  0  1    +1   0  3   2 22
Joe Thornton          0  1  1    +1   0  2   5 24
David Legwand         0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 21
Ryan Smyth            1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 22
David Ytfeldt         0  0  0  Even  20  0   1  5
Jarome Iginla         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 22
Ales Kotalik          0  1  1    +1   0  1   2  7
Jiri Fischer          0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 17
Timo Vertala          1  0  1  Even   0  1   0 12
Taylor Pyatt          0  0  0  Even   0  7   1 13
Rhett Warrener        0  0  0    +1   0  0   2 13
   
Minnesota

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brad Isbister         1  0  1    +1   5  6   3 14
Jeff Friesen          0  1  1    -2   0  3   1 17
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 0  0  0    -2   0  1   2 23
Peter Bartos          1  0  1    -2   0  2   0 20
Teemu Laine           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
Mike Crowley          0  0  0  Even   4  4   3 21
Pierre Turgeon        0  0  0    +1   2  1   2 16
Jarkko Ruutu          0  1  1    -2   9  2   0 17
Chris Simon           0  0  0  Even   2  1   0  4
Doug Weight           0  0  0  Even   0  0   3 15
Darren Van-Impe       0  1  1    +1   0  0   3 21
Sergei Brylin         0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  9
Jim Campbell          0  0  0  Even   0  3   4 23
Shean Donovan         0  1  1    +1   0  1   1 16
Darryl Laplante       0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 12
Dan Boyle             0  0  0    -2   2  1   3 21
Sean O'Donnell        0  0  0    +1   0  3   0 15
Chris Heid            0  0  0  Even   0  2   4 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 17653
Net Profit: $1,482,852.00

Game Notes

Teemu Laine injured at 00:56 of the 1st Period
Ron Hainsey injured at 12:48 of the 1st Period
David Ytfeldt beats up Jarkko Ruutu
David Ytfeldt and Brad Isbister fight to a draw
David Ytfeldt ejected at 19:27 of the 1st Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      11
Houston        16
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Peter Sejna 14 (Jared Aulin, Pierre-Marc Bouchard)
Eric Staal 15 (Karil Safronov, Stanislav Chistov)
Tuomo Ruutu 15 (Antii Miettinen, Colby Armstrong)
Colby Armstrong 17 (Zach Parise, Ramzi Abid)
Zach Parise 10 (Jordan Leopold, Eric Nystrom)
Fredrik Sjostrom 20 (Dimitri Kosmachev, Jim Fahey)
Alexander Frolov 15 (Konstantin Glazachev, Igor Knyasev)
Eric Staal 16 (Jeff Woywitka, Keil McLeod)
Keil McLeod 17 (Dan Hamhuis, Garnet Exelby)
Tuomo Ruutu 16 (Eric Nystrom, Antii Miettinen)
Dimitri Kosmachev 4 (Jared Aulin, Stanislav Chistov)

Randy McKay 6 (Marc Cavosie, Matt Foy)
Eric Johansson 22 (Trevor Daley, Tomas Vanek)
Matt Foy 6 (Stephen Heinze, Calle Johansson)
Jamie Heward 8 (Trent Klatt, Todd Fedoruk)
Calle Johansson 13 (Jake Riddle, Derek Boogaard)
Eric Johansson 23 (Steve Rucchin, Curtis Murphy)
Trevor Daley 4 (Askhat Rakhmatullin, Zdeno Ciger)
Calle Johansson 14 (Matthew Barnaby, Lawrence Nycholat)
Stephen Heinze 19 (Matt Foy, Calle Johansson)
Matt Foy 7 (Askhat Rakhmatullin, Steve Rucchin)
Askhat Rakhmatullin 3 (Jake Riddle, Stephen Heinze)
Tomas Vanek 3 (Stephen Heinze, Trevor Daley)
Jake Riddle 18 (Todd Fedoruk, Tomas Vanek)
Steve Rucchin 19 (Marc Cavosie, Marc Cavosie)
Jake Riddle 19 (Calle Johansson, Derek Boogaard)
Marc Cavosie 17 (Curtis Murphy, Lawrence Nycholat)

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Goalies
Rochester: Mikka Kiprusoff
Houston: Frederic Cloutier
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