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16/1/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Atlanta Thrashers 1
Shots: 25 - 18
BUF PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:77/97=79 %, Challenges:42/56=73 %
ATL PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/77=80 %, Challenges:20/40=48 %
Attendance: 7870 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 380121 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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17:45 1-0 BUF Patrick Marleau [10] (Tobias Enström, Paul Mara)
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29:34 1-1 ATL Stephen Weiss [7] (Janne Niinimaa, Michal Rozsival)
32:11 2-1 BUF Kristian Huselius [17] (Patrick Marleau, Cory Sarich)
34:57 3-1 BUF Eric Staal [18] (Dany Heatley, Glen Murray)
39:39 4-1 BUF Glen Murray [13] (Dany Heatley, Eric Staal)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tuomas Pihlman 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 10.00 4
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 17.10 7
R Kristian Huselius 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 14.50 8
R Glen Murray 1 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 18.00 7
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 10.00 6
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17.10 5
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14.50 5
C Eric Staal 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 18.00 9
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 10.00 7
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 17.10 7
L Patrick Marleau 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 14.50 7
L Dany Heatley 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 2 17.10 8
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.50 5
D Cory Sarich 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 8 2 7 0 2 25.00 9
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20.10 6
D Tobias Enström 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14.50 8
D Paul Mara 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 25.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 17 0 0 60.00 8
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Lundqvist 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Steven Stamkos 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.30 6
R Nikita Alexeev 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -2 17.40 5
R Bill Guerin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 5
C Brian Boyle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.30 6
C Stephen Weiss 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 17.40 5
C Brad Richards 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 6
L Chris Simon 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 -1 9.20 7
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 16.30 5
L Josef Vasicek 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 -1 16.30 7
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -1 17.40 4
D Brent Sopel 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 -2 20.20 7
D Mike Green 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 -1 22.30 7
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 18.30 7
D Janne Niinimaa 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 17.40 5
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 23.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Chris Osgood 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Patrick Marleau
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Marleau scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Stephen Weiss ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Janne Niinimaa ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3(
, Chicago Wolves 0( 4)
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1-0 ROC Anthony Stewart (T.J. Galiardi, Robert Scuderi)
2-0 ROC Scott Nichol (Timofei Shishkanov)
3-0 ROC Kyle Greentree (Anthony Stewart, T.J. Galiardi)
Goalies: David LeNeveu - Matt Keetley