SABRES at HURRICANES

Shots
123OTT
SABRES 11 10 10 0 31
HURRICANES 8 5 7 0 20
Goals
123OTT
SABRES 0 1 2 0 3
HURRICANES 3 2 2 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. HURRICANES, KOZLOV 4 (PERREAULT, TANABE), 10:58
2. HURRICANES, FRANCIS 7 (RECCHI, LECLAIR), 18:03
3. HURRICANES, HEDICAN 6 (FRANCIS, O'DONNELL), 18:27

PENALTIES: M. RECCHI CRL (BOARDING, Minor) 08:04, V. VARADA BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 12:12, E. COLE CRL (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:47

Period 2
4. SABRES, SATAN 10 (NUMMINEN, BARNES), 03:35
5. HURRICANES, RECCHI 17 (LECLAIR, FRANCIS), 17:09
6. HURRICANES, FRANCIS 8 (MARLEAU, WESTLUND), 19:33

PENALTIES: P. TREPANIER CRL (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:15, I. KNYAZEV CRL (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 06:31, J. LECLAIR CRL (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 12:48, V. VARADA BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 17:27

Period 3
7. SABRES, HILL 5 (SATAN, BRUNETTE), 06:38
8. HURRICANES, FRANCIS 9 (UNASSISTED), 09:26
9. SABRES, VARADA 6 (VERBEEK, KLEMM), 13:43
10. HURRICANES, PERREAULT 12 (KNYAZEV, COLE), 19:29

PENALTIES: G. WESLEY CRL (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 10:53 (Served by Patrick Marleau), T. PYATT BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 19:36

Goalie Statistics

Martin Biron (BUF), 8 saves out of 13 shots, L, 14-13-2
Ryan Miller (BUF), 5 saves out of 7 shots
Curtis Joseph (CRL), 28 saves out of 31 shots, W, 12-9-5

Power Play Conversions

SABRES 0 for 6
HURRICANES 0 for 3

Game Stars

1 - Ron Francis (CRL)
2 - Mark Recchi (CRL)
3 - John LeClair (CRL)

Player Statistics

SABRES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Pat Verbeek           0  1  1    -1   0  1   2  7
Rhett Warrener        0  0  0    -4   0  3   1 19
Sean Hill             1  0  1    -3   0  2   0 20
Jon Klemm             0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 21
Jean-Pierre Dumont    0  0  0    -2   0  3   1 21
Tim Connolly          0  0  0    -3   0  1   2 23
Taylor Pyatt          0  0  0    -2   2  2   0 10
Vaclav Varada         1  0  1    -3   4  2   3 11
Curtis Brown          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Stu Barnes            0  1  1    +1   0  3   0 20
Eric Weinrich         0  0  0    -2   0  1   3 19
Richard Zednik        0  0  0    -3   0  3   0 22
Jay McKee             0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 20
Teppo Numminen        0  1  1  Even   0  3   1 25
Miroslav Satan        1  1  2    +1   0  1   0 20
Norm Milley           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  5
Andrew Brunette       0  1  1  Even   0  3   2 20
Jiri Novotny          0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  7
   
HURRICANES

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Glen Wesley           0  0  0    +1  12  0   2 15
John LeClair          0  2  2    +2   4  2   0 26
Bret Hedican          1  0  1    +3   0  1   0 25
Ron Francis           3  2  5    +4   0  6   1 22
Jeff Daniels          0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  3
Yanic Perreault       1  1  2    +1   0  1   1 14
Tommy Westlund        0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 13
Viktor Kozlov         1  0  1    +1   0  1   1  4
Sean O'Donnell        0  1  1    +3   0  1   5 24
Denis Shvidki         0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 16
Mark Recchi           1  1  2    +3   2  1   1 18
Erik Cole             0  1  1    +1   2  0   1 13
David Tanabe          0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 23
Patrick Marleau       0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 13
Pascal Trepanier      0  0  0  Even   2  1   0 19
Jaroslav Svoboda      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 14
Igor Korolev          0  0  0    +1   0  1   0  8
Igor Knyazev          0  1  1    +1   5  1   1 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 9671
Net Profit: $928'416.00

Game Notes

Viktor Kozlov injured at 13:59 of the 1st Period
Jeff Daniels injured at 04:05 of the 2nd Period
Ryan Miller enters game at 19:33 of 2nd period
Sean Hill injured at 10:53 of the 3rd Period
Glen Wesley ejected at 10:53 of the 3rd Period
Ron Francis scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      6
Lowell         1
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Ales Kotalik 12 (Artem Kriukov, Derek Roy)
Eric Boulton 11 (Jason Pominville, Jaroslav Kristek)
Sean McMorrow 2 (Rob Ray, Milan Bartovic)
Jaroslav Kristek 6 (unknown, Henrik Tallinder)
Brian Campbell 4 (Chris Thorburn, unknown)
Sean McMorrow 3 (Gerard Dicaire, unknown)

Marek Svatos 7 (Tomas Malec, Craig MacDonald)

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Goalies
Rochester: Bob Essensa
Lowell: Arturs Irbe
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