Buffalo Sabres 6 , Nashville Predators 2
Shots: 34 - 22
BUF PP: 0 of 2 (6 shots), Passing:64/74=86 %, Challenges:43/53=79 %
NAS PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:74/89=83 %, Challenges:34/37=89 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 637809 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:16 1-0 BUF Teemu Selänne [3])
01:28 1-1 NAS Vincent Lecavalier [16] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Kimmo Timonen)
02:58 1-2 NAS Henrik Sedin [7] (Martin Erat)
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21:49 2-2 BUF Zdeno Chara [3] (Joni Pitkänen, Evgeny Malkin)
24:56 3-2 BUF Mike Komisarek [2] (Ryan Smyth)
26:56 4-2 BUF Evgeny Malkin [9] (Olli Jokinen, Joni Pitkänen)SH
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40:17 5-2 BUF Zdeno Chara [4] (Olli Jokinen)SH
41:48 6-2 BUF Alexandre Daigle [7] (Ryan Smyth, Joni Pitkänen)
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Penalty summary:
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17:44 NAS Joe Pavelski (2 min for hooking)
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25:54 BUF Zdeno Chara (2 min for tripping)
29:21 BUF Evgeny Malkin (2 min for roughing)
29:21 NAS Kimmo Timonen (2 min for roughing)
35:33 NAS Ryan Suter (2 min for boarding)
39:12 BUF Alexandre Daigle (2 min for cross-checking)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12.20 6
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 6
L Brian Rolston 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
R Teemu Selänne 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.00 7
R Alexandre Daigle 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 12.20 7
L Ryan Smyth 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 12.10 7
C Pavol Demitra 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
C Evgeny Malkin 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 19.10 8
L Andrew Peters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.20 6
L Richard Zednik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12.00 7
C Brian Gionta 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.10 7
C Olli Jokinen 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 19.20 9
D Mike Komisarek 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 13.20 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 16.20 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 3 2 5 0 2 0 3 28.30 10
D Karel Rachunek 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 12.40 7
D Dmitri Kalinin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 2 0 5 5 0 1 2 3 28.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 2 0 20 0 0 60.00 8
G Johan Holmqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Nashville Predators scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 12.40 7
L Henrik Sedin 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 -1 13.40 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -3 19.20 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10.20 6
R Vernon Fiddler 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 16.40 8
C David Legwand 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 17.40 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 -3 19.20 8
C Jerred Smithson 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.20 7
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 7
L Martin Erat 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 -1 13.40 8
R Marian Hossa 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 -3 19.20 7
D Dmitry Yushkevich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Ryan Suter 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 17.30 6
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 24.40 6
D Shea Weber 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 18.00 9
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -3 26.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 28 0 0 60.00 4
G Pekka Rinne 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Joni Pitkänen
2nd star: Zdeno Chara
3rd star: Evgeny Malkin
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Olli Jokinen notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Joni Pitkänen notched his 20th assist of the playoffs.
-Pavol Demitra had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
Notes for Nashville Predators:
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