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9/3/2012
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Buffalo Sabres 3 , Edmonton Oilers 3
Shots: 25 - 53
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:58/60=96 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:73/81=90 %, Challenges:58/62=92 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 873964 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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07:21 0-1
Joe Thornton [35] (Nick Petrecki)PP
11:36 1-1
Patrick Kane [30] (Jirí Tlustý)
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26:24 2-1
Jochen Hecht [8] (Justin Williams, Ruslan Salei)
31:07 3-1
Ryan Smyth [12] (Charlie Coyle, Steve Eminger)
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46:44 3-2
Thomas Vanek [30] (Eric Staal)
59:23 3-3
Zach Boychuk [4] (Ville Leino, Sergei Kostitsyn) WG
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Penalty summary:
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05:48
Normand Lemay (2 min for roughing)
08:51
Ville Leino (2 min for tripping)
19:49
Ryan Potulny (2 min for high-sticking)
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26:56
Keith Yandle (5 min for fighting)
26:56
Evgeny Dadonov (5 min for fighting)
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48:21
Jochen Hecht (2 min for cross-checking)
50:22
Jirí Tlustý (2 min for boarding)
54:11
Charlie Coyle (2 min for high-sticking)
56:54
Kurtis Foster (2 min for elbowing)
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63:51
Ville Leino (2 min for hooking)
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Charlie Coyle 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 7.30 7
R Justin Williams 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.10 5
R Jarret Stoll 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 7
R Jason Pominville 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 12.00 6
C Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 14.20 5
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Normand Lemay 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 19.10 6
L Ryan Smyth 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 13.30 7
L Jochen Hecht 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 16.00 8
L Luke Adam 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 18.30 8
L Patrick Kane 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 -1 18.50 7
D Corey Fienhage 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 20.30 7
D Steve Eminger 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 21.50 6
D Keith Yandle 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 -1 18.30 5
D Ruslan Salei 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 21.30 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 22.00 5
D Tom Gilbert 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 -1 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jhonas Enroth 3 0 50 0 0 65.00 10
G Ryan Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Edmonton Oilers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Grabner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.10 4
R Sergei Kostitsyn 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 7
R Ales Hemsky 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 15.50 8
R Dany Heatley 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 21.50 7
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 7.10 7
C Zach Boychuk 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 -2 14.50 8
C Eric Staal 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 1 19.30 8
C Joe Thornton 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 21.30 8
L Evgeny Dadonov 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.50 6
L Ville Leino 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 -2 14.50 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 9
L Evgeny Malkin 0 0 6 5 0 3 0 0 22.40 10
D Ivan Vishnevskiy 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 15.10 6
D Dylan Olsen 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 30.00 7
D Christian Bäckman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.50 7
D Jeff Petry 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.40 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 31.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vladislav Tretiak 3 0 22 0 0 64.40 6
G Devan Dubnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Thomas Vanek
2nd star: Jhonas Enroth
3rd star: Zach Boychuk
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Kane scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Steve Eminger has marked a new career high in points with 25 points.
-Steve Eminger notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Justin Williams finally ended his 12 game point drought.
-Jochen Hecht finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
Notes for Edmonton Oilers:
-Joe Thornton scored his 35th goal of the season.
-Thomas Vanek scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Ales Hemsky had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Zach Boychuk finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Keith Yandle beat Evgeny Dadonov in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 32) , Hamilton Bulldogs 1( 13)
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1-0 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Paul Byron)
2-0 ROC Tyler Ennis (Daniel Sparre)
3-0 ROC Vladimir Orszagh (Kevin Jarman, Tyler Ennis)
3-1 HAM William Wrenn (Chris Vande Velde, Linus Omark)
Goalies: Nick Eno - Ray Emery