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25/10/2007
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Buffalo Sabres 6 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 29 - 23
PP: 2 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:70/87=80 %, Challenges:28/35=77 %
PP: 1 of 6 (10 shots), Passing:73/95=76 %, Challenges:24/38=61 %
Attendance: 18240 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 837216 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:03 1-0
Maxim Afinogenov [3] (Teppo Numminen, Tim Connolly)
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24:26 2-0
Maxim Afinogenov [4] (Thomas Vanek, Chris Higgins)PP
29:12 3-0
Ales Kotalik [3] (Jochen Hecht, Teppo Numminen)PP
30:51 3-1
Michael Ryder [2] (Tom Poti, Patrick Marleau)PP
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48:41 4-1
Tim Connolly [1] (Zdeno Chara)
49:46 5-1
Thomas Vanek [5] (Zdeno Chara, Teppo Numminen)
50:45 6-1
Derek Roy [3] (Jochen Hecht)
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Penalty summary:
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07:45
Matt Pettinger (2 min for hooking)
13:02
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for slashing)
19:03
Ales Kotalik (2 min for tripping)
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21:53
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for hooking)
24:09
Michael Ryder (2 min for tripping)
27:21
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for cross-checking)
30:34
Zdeno Chara (2 min for cross-checking)
32:34
Mark Mancari (2 min for tripping)
37:41
Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
37:41
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
38:23
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for tripping)
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40:47
Jason King (2 min for tripping)
44:36
Jason King (2 min for boarding)
51:52
Brooks Laich (2 min for elbowing)
54:28
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for hooking)
56:34
Matt Pettinger (2 min for hooking)
58:54
Jochen Hecht (2 min for diving)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.20 5
R Ales Kotalik 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 11.50 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 20.50 9
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
C Chris Higgins 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 20.00 7
C Derek Roy 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.20 7
C Tim Connolly 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 3 17.40 8
L Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 7.10 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 12.20 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 20.40 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 21.10 9
D Mark Streit 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24.20 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 12.10 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 25.30 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 14.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 14.30 6
D Zdeno Chara 0 2 3 6 0 4 2 3 29.10 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 1 0 22 0 0 60.00 9
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jason King 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 10.50 6
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9.30 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 -1 9.10 7
R Michael Ryder 1 0 4 4 4 2 2 -3 20.40 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.10 6
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 14.00 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -3 20.00 6
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.10 6
L Vaclav Varada 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 20.30 6
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 -1 15.50 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 -3 22.40 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.20 6
D Sean O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.40 5
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 21.40 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 18.40 6
D Tom Poti 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 5
D Steve Eminger 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 21.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 6 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Tim Connolly
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht scored the 300th point of his career.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Patrick Marleau scored the 500th point of his career.
-Michael Ryder ended his 6 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Adam Mair beat Matt Bradley in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 21) , Portland Pirates 0( 19)
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1-0 ROC Marty Guerin (Mike Funk)
2-0 ROC Mike Weber
3-0 ROC Marty Guerin (Justin Aikins)
4-0 ROC Dylan Hunter (Marek Zagrapan)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Brent Johnson