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21/1/2008
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Buffalo Sabres 2 , Boston Bruins 4
Shots: 22 - 29
PP: 2 of 7 (10 shots), Passing:68/80=85 %, Challenges:21/42=48 %
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:66/90=73 %, Challenges:38/42=88 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873965 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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16:35 0-1
Alexandre Picard [10] (P.J. Axelsson, James Van Riemsdyk)
17:02 0-2
Stefan Ruzicka [2] (Zdeno Chara, Mark Mowers)
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26:11 1-2
Andrei Kostitsyn [7] (Kristopher Letang, Mike Green)PP
31:21 1-3
Chuck Kobasew [17] (Daniel Sedin, Peter Schaefer)
39:45 2-3
Gilbert Brulé [17] (Thomas Vanek, Nikolai Zherdev)PP
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49:08 2-4
Zdeno Chara [9] (Kenny Jönsson, Henrik Sedin)
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Penalty summary:
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00:06
Nikolai Zherdev (2 min for boarding)
02:15
James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for hooking)
05:21
Benoit Pouliot (2 min for slashing)
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25:07
James Van Riemsdyk (2 min for holding the stick)
35:53
Marek Zagrapan (2 min for cross-checking)
38:38
Stefan Ruzicka (2 min for boarding)
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43:52
Aaron Ward (2 min for elbowing)
44:46
Daniel Sedin (2 min for tripping)
54:15
Phil Kessel (2 min for cross-checking)
56:39
Marek Zagrapan (2 min for roughing)
59:25
P.J. Axelsson (2 min for cross-checking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.10 4
R Andrei Kostitsyn 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 -1 16.00 7
R Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.00 7
R Nikolai Zherdev 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 -1 20.10 7
C Benoit Pouliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.10 5
C Phillip Gogulla 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 11.50 6
C Gilbert Brulé 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 -2 18.30 7
C Jason Pominville 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 -1 21.30 7
L Jean-Simon Allard 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5.10 5
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 -2 12.20 4
L Jonathan Toews 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 17.00 6
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 21.20 7
D Kristopher Letang 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -2 12.50 6
D Brent Burns 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 26.10 6
D Shawn Belle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
D Mike Green 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 -2 19.30 7
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 -1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 9.20 8
R Chuck Kobasew 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.10 8
R Daniel Sedin 0 1 3 7 0 4 2 0 17.40 10
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 16.40 8
C Mark Mowers 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.00 7
C James Van Riemsdyk 0 1 0 4 1 0 4 1 15.30 7
C Ryan Getzlaf 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 21.10 8
C Henrik Sedin 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 19.40 8
L Alexandre Picard 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 11.00 8
L P.J. Axelsson 0 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 11.40 8
L Peter Schaefer 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.40 7
C Phil Kessel 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 12.00 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 12.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 20.40 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 23.00 8
D Aaron Ward 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 16.10 7
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 22.10 7
D Zdeno Chara 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 25.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ilya Bryzgalov 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Zdeno Chara
2nd star: Stefan Ruzicka
3rd star: Chuck Kobasew
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Nikolai Zherdev has marked a new career high in assists with 28 assists.
-Guillaume Latendresse had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Alexandre Picard scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Peter Schaefer notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Stefan Ruzicka finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Chuck Kobasew ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 37) , Providence Bruins 4( 13)
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0-1 PRO Wacey Rabbit
0-2 PRO Sergei Zinovjev (Dmitri Kosmachev)
1-2 ROC Olivier Legault (Scott Jackson, Denis Ezhov)
2-2 ROC Felix Schütz (Olivier Latendresse, Scott Jackson)
3-2 ROC Ivan Tkachenko (Sergei Chubykin)
3-3 PRO Jeff Hoggan (Wacey Rabbit)
4-3 ROC Sergei Kostitsyn (Olivier Latendresse, Vyacheslav Buravchikov)
4-4 PRO Shawn Thornton (Ben Walter)
5-4 ROC Olivier Latendresse (Sergei Kostitsyn)
Goalies: Danny Battochio - Jordan Sigalet
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Columbus Blue Jackets 5 , Chicago Blackhawks 3
Shots: 30 - 29
PP: 1 of 8 (12 shots), Passing:58/68=85 %, Challenges:41/48=83 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:55/70=78 %, Challenges:35/48=71 %
Attendance: 12125 of 18500 (Nationwide Arena)
Ticket income: 568662 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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15:38 1-0
Jay Bouwmeester [7] (Pavel Kubina, Dan Fritsche)PP
17:12 1-1
Radek Dvorak [11] (Rene Bourque, Andrei Zyuzin)
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28:47 2-1
Pavel Kubina [5] (Lee Stempniak, Andre Benoit)
30:47 3-1
Maxim Afinogenov [16] (Chris Campoli, Jay Bouwmeester)
33:56 3-2
Martin Havlat [11] (Radek Dvorak, Brent Seabrook)SH
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45:13 4-2
David Vyborny [19] (Rick Nash)
46:27 4-3
Darren Haydar [19] (Martin Havlat)
58:42 5-3
Rick Nash [27] (Sergei Fedorov) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:34
Robert Lang (2 min for elbowing)
11:09
Martin Lapointe (2 min for boarding)
13:41
Darren Haydar (2 min for boarding)
15:04
Martin Lapointe (2 min for boarding)
18:39
Robert Lang (2 min for tripping)
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22:02
Lee Stempniak (2 min for tripping)
24:13
Martin Havlat (2 min for hooking)
33:26
Radim Vrbata (2 min for cross-checking)
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51:25
Andrei Zyuzin (2 min for high-sticking)
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Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Lee Stempniak 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 9.10 5
R Mike Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -1 17.10 7
R David Vyborny 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 16.30 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 12.00 7
C Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 7
C Dan Fritsche 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11.20 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
L Derick Brassard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.50 7
L Pavel Vorobiev 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18.40 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.10 6
L Rick Nash 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 17.30 9
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14.10 7
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
D Pavel Kubina 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 28.10 9
D Andre Benoit 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 13.40 7
D Chris Campoli 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 23.00 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 28.00 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Martin Lapointe 0 0 3 4 2 0 4 -1 19.50 6
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 -2 14.20 5
R Radek Dvorak 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 18.00 8
R Darren Haydar 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 7.40 8
C Vaclav Nedorost 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 15.50 5
C Alexandre Daigle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 13.30 5
C Yanic Perreault 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 11.20 7
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.00 5
L Rene Bourque 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 20.20 8
L Geoff Sanderson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 13.30 6
L Robert Lang 0 0 2 3 1 1 4 -1 12.20 6
L Martin Havlat 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 13.40 9
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 -2 17.40 7
D Noah Welch 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 7
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 24.10 8
D Magnus Johansson 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 16.10 7
D Mike Van Ryn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 4
D Brent Seabrook 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 27.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rick DiPietro 5 0 25 0 0 59.00 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jay Bouwmeester
2nd star: Rick Nash
3rd star: Pavel Kubina
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Pavel Kubina finally ended his 13 game goal drought.
-Andre Benoit ended his 6 game point drought.
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Andrei Zyuzin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Radek Dvorak notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Rene Bourque finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Syracuse Crunch 2( 16) , Norfolk Admirals 2( 13)
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1-0 SYR Tim Konsorada (Petr Pohl, Jiri Novotny)
1-1 NOR Michael Blunden (Colin Fraser, Dustin Byfuglien)
1-2 NOR Michael Blunden (Jim Fahey, Kris Versteeg)
2-2 SYR Jody Shelley (Jan Hejda)
Goalies: Adam Munro - Corey Crawford