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28/2/2011
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , New York Islanders 5
Shots: 29 - 27
PP: 1 of 5 (8 shots), Passing:67/78=85 %, Challenges:66/72=90 %
PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:55/66=83 %, Challenges:36/39=90 %
Attendance: 15264 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 744883 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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00:25 0-1
Thomas Vanek [23] (Bruno Gervais)
10:37 1-1
Marian Gaborik [29] (Ladislav Smid)
11:28 2-1
Joe Thornton [34] (Ales Hemsky, Marian Gaborik)
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26:28 3-1
Marian Gaborik [30] (Ales Hemsky, Joe Thornton)PP
28:27 3-2
Alexander Perezhogin [23] (Thomas Vanek, Corey Trivino)
33:52 3-3
Jon Sim [9] (Max Pacioretty, Danny Markov)
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46:19 4-3
Joe Thornton [35] (Marian Gaborik, Ales Hemsky)
48:21 4-4
Blake Comeau [4] (Pavel Kubina, Jiry Niemi)
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60:22 4-5
Pavel Kubina [3] (Andy Hilbert, Bryan Little)
Penalty summary:
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07:29
Brenden Morrow (2 min for tripping)
12:53
Jon Sim (2 min for hooking)
15:21
Kirill Petrov (2 min for tripping)
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25:17
Mark Bell (2 min for high-sticking)
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40:06
Kirill Petrov (2 min for cross-checking)
50:03
Mark Bell (2 min for tripping)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Knut Tretyakov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 4
R Mark Mancari 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 11.20 5
L Brenden Morrow 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 -1 18.50 7
R Marian Gaborik 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 10
C Phillip Gogulla 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
L Chris Neil 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 10.40 5
C Mike Ribeiro 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 18.40 7
C Joe Thornton 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 10
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.10 5
C Adam Mair 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 13.50 5
R Jarome Iginla 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -1 18.30 8
L Ales Hemsky 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 21.20 8
D Mike Card 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11.20 4
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 21.40 5
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 27.30 8
D Mark Fistric 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
D Dan Hamhuis 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 24.10 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 1 2 6 0 3 0 0 25.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marty Turco 5 0 22 0 0 60.30 4
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kirill Petrov 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 -1 9.10 6
R Blake Comeau 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 11.30 8
R Jon Sim 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 12.30 5
R Alexander Perezhogin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
C Mark Bell 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 -1 12.20 6
C Bryan Little 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 11.30 8
C Richard Park 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 16.40 7
C Corey Trivino 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
L Jeff Tambellini 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.10 6
L Andy Hilbert 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11.30 6
L Max Pacioretty 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 21.40 9
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Pavel Kubina 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 14.20 7
D Brendan Witt 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 22.10 8
D Bruno Gervais 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 -1 26.00 7
D Jiry Niemi 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 2 14.30 8
D Danny Markov 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 21.10 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 -1 22.50 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 25 0 0 60.30 6
G Yann Danis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Marian Gaborik scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Joe Thornton scored his 35th goal of the season.
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Bruno Gervais notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Danny Markov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Blake Comeau finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Blake Comeau finally ended his 16 game point drought.
-Jon Sim finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 1( 15) , Bridgeport Sound Tigers 5( 29)
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0-1
François Bouchard (Justin Azevedo)
0-2
Darren Haydar (Justin Azevedo)
0-3
Justin Azevedo (François Bouchard, Freddy Meyer)
0-4
François Bouchard (Darren Haydar, Yann Sauvé)
1-4
Cam Cunning (Mattias Hellström)
1-5
Matt Beleskey (Stephen Gionta)
Goalies: Brian Elliott - David McKee