Columbus at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Columbus 16 13 10 0 39
Buffalo 10 15 3 0 28
Goals
123OTT
Columbus 3 1 2 0 6
Buffalo 0 2 1 0 3


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. COLUMBUS, OLESZ 2 (TAFFE, NIINIMAA), 05:01
2. COLUMBUS, WALKER 6 (KOPITAR, SANDERSON), 12:42
3. COLUMBUS, NASH 6 (HAVELID, BONDRA), 14:42

PENALTIES: J. MCKEE BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:31, J. NIINIMAA CBJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:34, A. KOTALIK BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:57

Period 2
4. BUFFALO, ROY 2 (ZHAMNOV, ZHITNIK), 04:16
5. COLUMBUS, FEDOROV 4 (NIINIMAA, BONDRA) (PP), 07:53
6. BUFFALO, AFINOGENOV 7 (BRIERE, MCKEE), 11:16

PENALTIES: S. WALKER CBJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 01:08, P. GAUSTAD BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 07:46, J. NIINIMAA CBJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:44, F. KABERLE CBJ (CHARGING, Minor) 17:25, J. MADDEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 19:14

Period 3
7. COLUMBUS, BONDRA 5 (FEDOROV, NIINIMAA), 01:45
8. BUFFALO, PIVKO 1 (KALININ, TALLINDER), 05:15
9. COLUMBUS, VYBORNY 3 (MALHOTRA, HAVELID) (PP), 13:04

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:16, P. GAUSTAD BUF (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 11:49, J. MCKEE BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 15:44

Goalie Statistics

Roberto Luongo (CBJ), 25 saves out of 28 shots, W, 5-5-1
Martin Biron (BUF), 25 saves out of 30 shots, L, 4-4-2
Ryan Miller (BUF), 8 saves out of 9 shots

Power Play Conversions

Columbus 2 for 7
Buffalo 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Janne Niinimaa (CBJ)
2 - Scott Walker (CBJ)
3 - Peter Bondra (CBJ)

Player Statistics

Columbus

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Matthew Lombardi      0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 18
David Vyborny         1  0  1    -1   0  1   1 11
Geoff Sanderson       0  1  1    +1   0  3   1 20
Manny Malhotra        0  1  1    -1   0  1   0 11
Anze Kopitar          0  1  1    +1   0  4   1 20
Niclas Havelid        0  2  2    -1   0  2   0 21
Ossi Vaananen         0  0  0    +2   0  2   3 20
Janne Niinimaa        0  3  3  Even   4  4   6 28
Peter Bondra          1  2  3  Even   0  2   1 18
Cam Barker            0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 12
Andrew Hutchinson     0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  9
Sergei Fedorov        1  1  2  Even   0  3   3 22
Jeff Taffe            0  1  1    +1   0  2   0  6
Frantisek Kaberle     0  0  0    +2   2  1   1 17
Duvie Westcott        0  0  0    -1   0  1   3 15
Rostislav Olesz       1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  8
Rick Nash             1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 20
Scott Walker          1  0  1    +1  12  6   2 18
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Alexei Zhitnik        0  1  1  Even   2  2   4 26
Chris Drury           0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 19
Daniel Briere         0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 14
Dimitri Kalinin       0  1  1  Even   0  3   2 22
Jay McKee             0  1  1  Even   4  2   0 20
John Madden           0  0  0    -1   2  3   0 18
Maxim Afinogenov      1  0  1  Even   0  6   1 21
Derek Roy             1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  4
Paul Martin           0  0  0    -1   0  0   2 20
Brian Campbell        0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 15
Thomas Vanek          0  0  0    +1   0  0   1  5
Tim Connolly          0  0  0    -1   0  2   0 18
Paul Gaustad          0  0  0    -1   6  1   1 17
Ales Kotalik          0  0  0    -1   2  3   2 15
Henrik Tallinder      0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  4
Jay Bouwmeester       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 20
Libor Pivko           1  0  1  Even   0  2   1 15
Alexei Zhamnov        0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 16
   

Financial

Attendance: 18600
Net Profit: $781,200.00

Game Notes

Ryan Miller enters game at 01:45 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Syracuse       1
Rochester      20
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Jared Boll 3 (Bruce Graham, Jeremy Reich)

Jiri Novotny 3 (Patrick Eaves, Eric Boulton)
Jim Slater 3 (Lee Goren, Chris Thorburn)
Brad Brown 1 (Jan Hejda, Ryan Jardine)
Ivan Novoseltsev 2 (Andy Rogers, Michael Ryan)
Ivan Novoseltsev 3 (Jakub Klepis, Denis Arkhipov)
Nathan Paetsch 2 (Guillaume Latendresse, Patrick Dwyer)
Guillaume Latendresse 1 (Daniel Paille, Jeff Farkas)
Patrick Dwyer 6 (Adam Mair, Doug Janik)
Patrick Dwyer 7 (Micki Dupont, Chris Thorburn)
Jan Hejda 3 (Brad Brown, Brad Brown)
Patrick Dwyer 8 (Doug Janik, Jim Slater)
Jiri Novotny 4 (Nathan Paetsch, Jakub Klepis)
Jim Slater 4 (Lee Goren, Jim Slater)
Jakub Klepis 1 (Denis Arkhipov, Guillaume Latendresse)
Michael Ryan 1 (Patrick Eaves, Guillaume Latendresse)
Patrick Eaves 2 (Adam Mair, Michael Ryan)
Jan Hejda 4 (Jiri Novotny, Micki Dupont)
Jan Hejda 5 (Patrick Dwyer, Doug Janik)
Ivan Novoseltsev 4 (Brad Brown, Ryan Jardine)
Michael Ryan 2 (Ivan Novoseltsev, Chris Thorburn)

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Goalies
Syracuse: Shane Bendera
Rochester: Marty Magers
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