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7/2/2009
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , New York Islanders 1
Shots: 24 - 20
BUF PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:33/47=68 %
NYI PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:50/66=75 %, Challenges:45/60=73 %
Attendance: 14423 of 18690 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 696631 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:58 1-0 BUF Glen Murray [16] (Dany Heatley, Eric Staal)
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27:32 2-0 BUF Glen Murray [17] (Dany Heatley, Paul Mara)
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49:21 2-1 NYI Rod Brind'Amour [13] (Milan Michalek)
49:59 3-1 BUF Eric Staal [21] (Dany Heatley)
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Penalty summary:
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35:46 BUF Tuomas Pihlman (2 min for high-sticking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tuomas Pihlman 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 6.50 6
R Vladimir Orszagh 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.00 5
R Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
R Glen Murray 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 18.40 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
C Kevyn Adams 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15.50 6
C Matthew Lombardi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
C Eric Staal 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 19.30 8
L Sean Avery 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16.20 6
L Patrick Marleau 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 17.20 7
L Dany Heatley 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 20.00 9
D Mike Mottau 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.00 6
D Cory Sarich 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 24.30 8
D Freddy Meyer 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 15.30 6
D Tobias Enström 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19.50 7
D Paul Mara 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 2 25.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 1 0 19 0 0 60.00 9
G Andrew Raycroft 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Georges Laraque 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 0 8.30 6
R Richard Park 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -2 15.50 4
R Mike Grier 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 17.00 5
R Jonathan Cheechoo 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 18.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.30 6
C Craig Conroy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 14.30 4
C Tim Connolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.40 5
C Rod Brind'Amour 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.20 8
L Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 14.30 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
L Milan Michalek 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 18.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 4
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21.40 4
D Andrei Markov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 15.20 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 -1 21.20 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Curtis Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Glen Murray
2nd star: Dany Heatley
3rd star: Eric Staal
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Marleau had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrick Marleau had his 6 game point streak snapped.
-Tobias Enström had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Rod Brind'Amour finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Milan Michalek had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ron Hainsey had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 26) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1(
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1-0 POR T.J. Galiardi (Timofei Shishkanov, Scott Nichol)
1-1 BRG Brandon Prust (Tomi Mäki)
2-1 POR Adam Pineault (Karl Stewart, David LeNeveu)
Goalies: David LeNeveu - Martin Houle