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3/11/2007
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Minnesota Wild 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 30 - 27
PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:75/85=88 %, Challenges:28/37=73 %
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:72/81=88 %, Challenges:26/47=54 %
Attendance: 9943 of 18600 (Xcel Energy Center)
Ticket income: 481240 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:02 1-0
Éric Bélanger [3] (Antti Miettinen)
18:12 1-1
Jaroslav Spacek [2] (Craig Rivet)PP
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28:56 2-1
Éric Bélanger [4] (Mikko Koivu, Marian Gaborik)
32:43 3-1
Antti Miettinen [2] (Marek Zidlicky, Kurtis Foster)
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50:39 3-2
Jason Pominville [5] (Jarret Stoll, Thomas Vanek)
58:33 4-2
Marek Zidlicky [4] (Mikko Koivu) EN
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Penalty summary:
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17:04
Kim Johnsson (2 min for elbowing)
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34:59
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
35:09
Craig Rivet (2 min for roughing)
35:09
Mikko Koivu (2 min for roughing)
38:44
Éric Bélanger (2 min for hooking)
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41:19
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
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Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Cal Clutterbuck 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.00 4
C Mathias Joggi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 4
R Mikko Koivu 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 16.40 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 19.50 8
C Corey Locke 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.00 5
C Brian Rolston 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16.10 7
C Éric Bélanger 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 3 16.30 9
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 17.20 7
L Benoit Pouliot 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.00 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
L Antti Miettinen 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 18.10 9
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 16.10 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 16.10 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 17.50 8
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 23.40 7
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 18.30 6
D Marek Zidlicky 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 17.10 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 26.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 2 0 25 0 0 60.00 9
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kaleta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7.10 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.00 5
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 17.20 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.10 7
C Luke Adam 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 7.10 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.20 7
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17.30 7
C Jarret Stoll 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
L Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7.10 4
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.00 4
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 20.50 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 20.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.20 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 -3 26.00 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 -2 14.20 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 25.30 7
D Craig Rivet 0 1 5 2 2 2 2 -1 23.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 26 0 0 59.20 6
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Éric Bélanger
2nd star: Antti Miettinen
3rd star: Marek Zidlicky
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Marian Gaborik had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jaroslav Spacek finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Houston Aeros 8( 40) , Rochester Americans 0( 9)
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1-0 HOU Serge Payer (Joel Ward)
2-0 HOU John Adams (Josh Olson)
3-0 HOU Blair Yaworski (Paul Albers)
4-0 HOU Joel Ward (Serge Payer)
5-0 HOU Craig Weller (Troy Riddle, Paul Albers)
6-0 HOU Clayton Stoner
7-0 HOU Joel Ward (Serge Payer)
8-0 HOU Paul Albers (Derek Boogaard)
Goalies: Nolan Schaefer - Adam Dennis
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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 , San Jose Sharks 3
Shots: 24 - 33
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:74/82=90 %, Challenges:33/55=58 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:74/91=81 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
Attendance: 10104 of 16958 (Mellon Arena)
Ticket income: 480951 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:11 1-0
Tomas Plekanec [8] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Darryl Sydor)
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27:13 1-1
Joe Thornton [8] (Joe Pavelski)
28:28 1-2
Christian Ehrhoff [1] (Brian Lee, Logan Couture)
32:06 2-2
Alexander Semin [4] (Miroslav Satan, Sergei Gonchar)
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43:13 3-2
Marc Staal [1] (Patrick O'Sullivan, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
49:55 3-3
Logan Couture [3] (Christian Ehrhoff, Rob Blake)
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64:19 4-3
Alexander Semin [5] (Nikolai Zherdev, Miroslav Satan)
Penalty summary:
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42:48
Nick Foligno (2 min for roughing)
44:17
Lukas Kaspar (2 min for hooking)
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Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Prucha 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.30 5
R Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 -1 16.50 7
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 18.50 7
R Miroslav Satan 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 21.10 6
L Luca Caputi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Jordan Staal 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -1 16.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 18.50 7
C Alexander Semin 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Kris Beech 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 7.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 16.50 6
C Tomas Plekanec 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 18.40 6
L Nikolai Zherdev 0 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 21.20 9
D Hal Gill 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 -1 18.10 7
D Brooks Orpik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 29.10 7
D Alex Grant 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19.20 5
D Darryl Sydor 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 17.20 8
D Marc Staal 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marc-André Fleury 3 0 30 0 0 64.10 9
G Dany Sabourin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
San Jose Sharks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Devin Setoguchi 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8.40 6
R Ryane Clowe 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 17.40 6
R Nick Foligno 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 18.40 6
R Dany Heatley 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 21.00 8
C Marcel Goc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 4
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
C Peter Forsberg 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
C Joe Thornton 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
L Lukas Kaspar 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8.40 7
L Jody Shelley 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 17.40 5
L Logan Couture 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 17.00 7
L Joe Pavelski 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.10 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 17.40 7
D Brian Lee 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 16.40 7
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 30.00 5
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 18.50 6
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.10 9
D Rob Blake 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 -1 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Evgeny Nabokov 4 0 20 0 0 64.10 5
G Tyson Sexsmith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Semin
2nd star: Nikolai Zherdev
3rd star: Patrick O'Sullivan
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
Notes for San Jose Sharks:
-Christian Ehrhoff finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Wilkes-Barre Penguins 4( 26) , Cleveland Barons 3( 10)
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1-0 WIL Ryan Stone (Alex Goligoski, Joey Mormina)
2-0 WIL Danny Richmond (Eric Godard)
2-1 CLE Graham Mink (Doug Murray, Tom Cavanagh)
2-2 CLE Graham Mink (Tom Cavanagh, Derek Joslin)
3-2 WIL Milan Kraft (Lane Manson)
3-3 CLE Robert Liscak (Peter Tsimikalis)
4-3 WIL Joey Mormina (Dustin Jeffrey)
Goalies: Jeff Pietrasiak - Brian Boucher