Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
BUF	1	0	2	1	(0 - 0)	4
MIN	0	2	1	0	(0 - 0)	3

Scoring Summary

1st Period
14:43	BUF	D. Stafford (2) Backhand - ASST: D. Roy (4) AND T. Vanek (3)	1 - 0 BUF

2nd Period
09:57	MIN	B. Pouliot (2) Wrist - ASST: D. Boogaard (2) AND C. Weller (1)	1 - 1 TIE
14:50	MIN	S. Veilleux (1) Wrist - ASST: E. Belanger (1) AND P. Bouchard (3)	2 - 1 MIN

3rd Period
00:29	MIN	PPG - B. Burns (1) Deflected - ASST: NONE	3 - 1 MIN
16:00	BUF	A. Mair (2) Tip-In - ASST: N. Paetsch (1) AND M. Afinogenov (5)	3 - 2 MIN
16:46	BUF	T. Vanek (8) Wrist - ASST: A. Sekera (3) AND D. Stafford (1)	3 - 3 TIE

OT Period
00:44	BUF	D. Roy (1) Wrist - ASST: H. Tallinder (2) AND T. Lydman (3)	4 - 3 BUF

Penalty Summary

1st Period
NONE

2nd Period
05:26	MIN	Marek Zidlicky : Hi-sticking (Patrick Kaleta)
19:00	BUF	Jaroslav Spacek : Hooking (Pierre-Marc Bouchard)

3rd Period
02:20	BUF	Toni Lydman : Hi-sticking (Antti Miettinen)
07:51	MIN	Marc-Andre Bergeron : Hooking (Maxim Afinogenov)
10:30	BUF	Clarke MacArthur : Holding the stick (Mikko Koivu)

OT Period
NONE

Stats

Buffalo Sabres Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
5	T. Lydman	D	0	1	1	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	-	19:19
6	J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	-	24:55
9	D. Roy	C	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	37%	23:41
10	H. Tallinder	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	21:53
12	A. Kotalik	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	-	16:50
20	D. Paille	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	1	-	15:46
21	D. Stafford	R	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	16:13
22	A. Mair	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	60%	16:19
26	T. Vanek	L	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	-	18:29
27	T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	16:20
29	J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	3	0	0	-	20:28
36	P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	5:06
37	M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	83%	5:10
38	N. Paetsch	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	-	14:24
41	C. MacArthur	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	0	40%	16:32
44	A. Sekera	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	-	24:49
61	M. Afinogenov	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	-	16:30
76	A. Peters	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	4:44

Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
30	R. Miller (W) 5-0-0	28 - 30	0 - 1	2 - 2	30 - 33	.909	0	60:43

Minnesota Wild Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
3	M. Zidlicky	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	1	-	19:54
5	K. Johnsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	1	0	-	20:52
8	B. Burns	D	1	0	1	-2	0	5	3	1	0	1	-	23:12
9	M. Koivu	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0	1	60%	20:38
12	C. Weller	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0%	4:59
15	A. Brunette	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1	0	0	-	18:18
18	C. Gillies	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	11:40
19	S. Veilleux	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	-	19:36
20	A. Miettinen	R	0	0	0	-3	0	5	2	0	0	0	0%	20:49
22	C. Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	50%	14:26
24	D. Boogaard	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	5:26
25	E. Belanger	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	0	2	73%	20:59
41	M. Skoula	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	-	19:23
47	M. Bergeron	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	-	15:57
51	J. Sheppard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	43%	13:31
55	N. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	21:19
67	B. Pouliot	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17%	8:29
96	P. Bouchard	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	-	19:28

Minnesota Wild Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
32	N. Backstrom (L) 4-0-1	16 - 20	3 - 3	1 - 1	20 - 24	.833	0	60:44

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	BUF	MIN
1st	9	10
2nd	9	15
3rd	5	8
OT	1	0
Total	24	33

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	BUF	MIN
Power Plays	0/2	1/3
Hits	13	26
Faceoff Wins	27	28
Giveaways	2	6
Takeaways	10	9
Blocked Shots	11	8
Penalty Minutes	6	4

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Rob Martell, Bill McCreary
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Vaughan Rody

HEAD COACHES
Lindy Ruff: (Buffalo Sabres)
Jacques Lemaire: (Minnesota Wild)

Buffalo Sabres SCRATCHES

Minnesota Wild SCRATCHES

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