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23/1/2010
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Columbus Blue Jackets 4
Shots: 26 - 27
PP: 0 of 4 (9 shots), Passing:58/73=79 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
PP: 0 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:74/97=76 %, Challenges:34/38=87 %
Attendance: 11709 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 526905 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:33 0-1
Raffi Torres [7] (Ryan Kesler, Sam Gagner)
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29:33 1-1
Ales Kotalik [7] (Maxim Lapierre)
30:26 1-2
Derek MacKenzie [5] (Dustin Boyd)
32:48 2-2
Jochen Hecht [12] (Jason Pominville, Dan Girardi)
38:23 2-3
Sam Gagner [6] (Jason Spezza, Michael Peca)
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42:19 2-4
Raffi Torres [8] (Sam Gagner, Jan Hejda)
54:41 3-4
Tim Connolly [15] (Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik)
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Penalty summary:
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01:22
Maxim Afinogenov (5 min for spearing)
10:21
Rick Nash (2 min for hooking)
16:04
Dan Girardi (5 min for fighting)
16:04
Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
18:14
Mike Commodore (2 min for tripping)
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21:25
Maxim Lapierre (2 min for elbowing)
25:07
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
25:07
Kevin Bieksa (5 min for fighting)
39:27
Francis Lemieux (2 min for hooking)
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48:15
Craig Rivet (2 min for holding the stick)
52:47
Derek MacKenzie (2 min for high-sticking)
55:19
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (2 min for roughing)
55:19
Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.10 4
R Ales Kotalik 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 -1 16.10 7
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 12.50 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 0 5 1 1 0 5 0 17.50 6
C Maxim Lapierre 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 -1 10.30 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 -2 12.10 5
C Tim Connolly 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 17.20 8
C Shawn Horcoff 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 5
L Patrick Kaleta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.50 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 12.50 5
L Jochen Hecht 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.50 7
L Ales Hemsky 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.10 7
D Pavel Valentenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 13.00 5
D Dan Girardi 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 18.40 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 3 3 2 0 2 -1 28.10 6
D Mike Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 13.10 5
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 27.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 23 0 0 59.30 5
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Derek MacKenzie 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 15.20 7
R Sam Gagner 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 22.20 7
R Jiri Novotny 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -2 8.40 5
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Dustin Boyd 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 15.20 7
C Ryan Kesler 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 21.10 9
C Michael Peca 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 10.20 6
C Jason Spezza 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 8
L Francis Lemieux 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15.20 6
L Raffi Torres 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 3 21.50 8
L Manny Malhotra 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 4.50 5
L Rick Nash 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 0 14.20 8
D Jan Hejda 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 23.50 6
D Mike Commodore 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 -3 12.10 6
D Robyn Regehr 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 26.00 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 20.30 8
D Kevin Bieksa 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 -2 12.50 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 24.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Fredrik Norrena 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 6
G Steve Mason 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Sam Gagner
2nd star: Raffi Torres
3rd star: Derek MacKenzie
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Tim Connolly scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Shawn Horcoff had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Sam Gagner ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Michael Peca finally ended his 11 game point drought.
-Francis Lemieux had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Kevin Bieksa beat Dan Girardi in a fight.
-Kevin Bieksa beat Adam Mair in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 4( 40) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 11)
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1-0 ROC Andrew Peters (Yannic Seidenberg)
1-1 SYR Tommy Sestito (John Vigilante, Andrew Murray)
2-1 ROC Michael Kostka (Mike Card, Alexandre Picard)
2-2 SYR Danny Stewart (Clay Wilson)
3-2 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Alexandre Picard, Phillip Gogulla)
3-3 SYR Derek Couture (John Mitchell)
4-3 ROC Alexandre Picard (Marek Zagrapan, Michael Kostka)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Daniel LaCosta