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9/12/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Ottawa Senators 4
Shots: 25 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:55/68=80 %, Challenges:29/43=65 %
PP: 1 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:73/85=85 %, Challenges:42/52=79 %
Attendance: 14537 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 630907 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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11:09 0-1
Shean Donovan [3] (Josh Hennessy, Jonathan Cheechoo)
16:06 1-1
Clarke MacArthur [3] (Nathan Paetsch, Tyler Myers)
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23:41 1-2
Alex Kovalev [8] (Anton Volchenkov, Nick Foligno)
30:28 2-2
Jason Pominville [9] (Nikolai Zherdev, Tyler Myers)
34:34 2-3
Daniel Alfredsson [10] (Milan Michalek, Mike Fisher)
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45:06 3-3
Tyler Myers [1] (Thomas Vanek, Nikolai Zherdev)
50:58 3-4
Milan Michalek [11] (Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza)PP
55:33 4-4
Alexander Radulov [11] (Clarke MacArthur)
57:45 5-4
Ales Kotalik [7] (Thomas Vanek, Toni Lydman)
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Penalty summary:
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04:59
Josh Hennessy (2 min for cross-checking)
08:47
Daniel Alfredsson (2 min for cross-checking)
13:34
Ales Kotalik (2 min for hooking)
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21:17
Mike Grier (2 min for tripping)
32:39
Philippe Gogulla (2 min for slashing)
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49:15
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for tripping)
58:56
Craig Rivet (2 min for hooking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Grier 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 6.10 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 13.00 6
R Jason Pominville 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 8
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.20 7
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 8.10 7
L Alexander Radulov 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 13.00 8
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21.00 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19.40 6
L Philippe Gogulla 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.10 5
L Clarke MacArthur 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 13.00 8
L Ales Kotalik 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 20.00 8
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 14.50 6
D Chris Butler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 6
D Tyler Myers 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 18.40 8
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 2 17.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 -1 23.40 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 25.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 24 0 0 60.00 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Ottawa Senators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shean Donovan 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6.30 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 11.30 8
R Alex Kovalev 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
R Daniel Alfredsson 1 1 2 3 0 0 2 -2 21.00 7
C Josh Hennessy 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6.30 6
C Chris Kelly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 6
C Mike Fisher 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.00 8
C Jason Spezza 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -2 20.00 8
R Chris Neil 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.30 6
L James van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.40 5
L Nick Foligno 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
L Milan Michalek 1 1 5 3 0 2 0 -1 20.50 10
D Brian Lee 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 10.00 5
D Braydon Coburn 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 21.20 7
D Filip Kuba 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 28.40 7
D Alex Picard 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 -1 13.30 4
D Chris Phillips 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 18.40 6
D Anton Volchenkov 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 0 27.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 5 0 20 0 0 58.50 4
G Brian Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tyler Myers
2nd star: Clarke MacArthur
3rd star: Milan Michalek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Nikolai Zherdev notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nathan Paetsch finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Ottawa Senators:
-Daniel Alfredsson scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Shean Donovan ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Daniel Alfredsson ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 14) , Grand Rapids Griffins 1( 10)
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1-0 ROC Brad Marchand (Mark Mancari, Mike Kostka)
1-1 GRD Ryan Shannon (Jim O'Brien)
Goalies: Jhonas Enroth - Mike Brodeur