Sabres at Avalanche

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 8 11 8 0 27
Avalanche 10 12 11 0 33
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 2 3 2 0 7
Avalanche 0 2 1 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BEECH 1 (PETTINGER, MARLEAU), 05:37
2. SABRES, COLE 3 (BEECH, FROLOV) (PP), 11:40

PENALTIES: E. COLE BUF (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 00:56, J. JAGR BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 08:40, L. VISNOVSKY COL (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 11:13

Period 2
3. AVALANCHE, RANGER 1 (ZUBRUS, SCHNEIDER), 06:03
4. SABRES, PETTINGER 1 (KOPITAR, MARLEAU) (PP), 08:18
5. SABRES, MARLEAU 7 (BOUWMEESTER, PITKANEN), 08:49
6. AVALANCHE, DEMITRA 2 (CROSBY, MORROW), 11:21
7. SABRES, COLE 4 (PITKANEN, ORPIK), 12:17

PENALTIES: J. PITKANEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:04, R. OLESZ COL (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:45, S. HARTNELL BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 13:36, B. ORPIK BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 15:03

Period 3
8. AVALANCHE, CROSBY 6 (RECCHI, SCHNEIDER) (PP), 11:23
9. SABRES, MARLEAU 8 (GONCHAR, JAGR), 14:28
10. SABRES, PETTINGER 2 (GONCHAR, BEECH), 15:24

PENALTIES: M. PETTINGER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 03:08, J. PITKANEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 08:07, T. RUUTU BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 08:26, P. RANGER COL (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:26

Goalie Statistics

Ryan Miller (BUF), 30 saves out of 33 shots, W, 5-1-2
Robert Esche (COL), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 0-4-0
Danny Battochio (COL), 7 saves out of 9 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 2
Avalanche 1 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Matt Pettinger (BUF)
2 - Patrick Marleau (BUF)
3 - Erik Cole (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Alexander Frolov      0  1  1    +1   0  2   0 15
Erik Cole             2  0  2    +1  12  4   2 21
Brooks Orpik          0  1  1  Even   2  0   2 23
Sergei Gonchar        0  2  2    +2   0  2   2 23
Patrick Marleau       2  2  4    +1   0  3   0 17
Joni Pitkanen         0  2  2    +1   6  2   1 19
Jay Bouwmeester       0  1  1    +2   0  0   3 28
Josef Vasicek         0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  8
Anze Kopitar          0  1  1  Even   0  1   3 16
Matt Pettinger        2  1  3    +3   2  4   1  6
Travis Zajac          0  0  0    +1   0  2   3 14
Boyd Gordon           0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 15
Scott Hartnell        0  0  0  Even   2  0   0 12
Kris Beech            1  2  3    +2   0  1   2  8
Ryan Suter            0  0  0  Even   0  2   0 17
Ron Hainsey           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 11
Tuomo Ruutu           0  0  0  Even   4  2   1 17
Jaromir Jagr          0  1  1  Even   2  0   1 12
   
Avalanche

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Sidney Crosby         1  1  2    -1   0  4   3 19
Rostislav Olesz       0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 15
Paul Ranger           1  0  1    -2   2  2   1 19
Mark Recchi           0  1  1  Even   0  4   1 23
Brenden Morrow        0  1  1  Even   0  2   5 19
Mathieu Schneider     0  2  2    +1   0  2   1 23
Keith Ballard         0  0  0    -2   0  2   3 19
Vyacheslav Kozlov     0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 20
Travis Green          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0  4
Ales Kotalik          0  0  0    -2   0  0   0  3
Dainius Zubrus        0  1  1  Even   0  3   2 24
Pavol Demitra         1  0  1    -1   0  2   0 16
Lubomir Visnovsky     0  0  0    -1   4  5   2 23
Samuel Pahlsson       0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Michal Rozsival       0  0  0    -1   0  2   1 22
Alyn McCauley         0  0  0    -2   0  1   2  5
Mike Komisarek        0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 16
Steve Begin           0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 15134
Net Profit: $908,040.00

Game Notes

Danny Battochio enters game at 12:17 of 2nd period