Islanders at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
Islanders 9 7 6 0 22
Buffalo 13 8 7 0 28
Goals
123OTT
Islanders 4 1 1 0 6
Buffalo 1 1 0 0 2


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, JOKINEN 10 (WHITNEY, VYBORNY), 00:07
2. ISLANDERS, SANDERSON 5 (SAKIC) (PP), 02:10
3. ISLANDERS, WHITE 4 (HALPERN, GRIER), 03:15
4. ISLANDERS, RUCINSKY 6 (MODRY) (SH), 05:46
5. ISLANDERS, SANDERSON 6 (VRIES, MALIK) (PP), 18:42

PENALTIES: D. VYBORNY Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 00:23, D. BOYLE Isl (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:33, M. SILLINGER Buf (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:33, J. SAKIC Isl (ELBOWING, Major) 04:21, J. HALPERN Isl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor, Misconduct) 05:30, D. BRIERE Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:30, T. WHITE Isl (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 06:44, S. SAMSONOV Buf (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:53, D. BRIERE Buf (BOARDING, Minor, Misconduct) 09:06, M. RATHJE Buf (HOOKING, Minor) 17:36, O. JOKINEN Buf (BOARDING, Double Minor, Misconduct) 18:17

Period 2
6. BUFFALO, BRIERE 17 (RATHJE, MCGRATTAN) (PP), 11:29
7. ISLANDERS, VRIES 4 (SAKIC, UMBERGER), 12:54

PENALTIES: J. MODRY Isl (ELBOWING, Minor) 03:09, B. MCGRATTAN Buf (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:09, J. IGINLA Isl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 03:56, R. WHITNEY Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 03:56, T. SELANNE Buf (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 04:48, B. WILLSIE Isl (ELBOWING, Minor) 07:25, T. SELANNE Buf (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 08:09 (Served by Daniel Briere), M. RUCINSKY Isl (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor, Misconduct) 10:42, J. COWAN Isl (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:52, O. JOKINEN Buf (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 16:00

Period 3
8. ISLANDERS, BOYLE 6 (SAKIC) (PP), 13:07

PENALTIES: A. PONIKAROVSKY Isl (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 07:26 (Served by R.J. Umberger), B. MCGRATTAN Buf (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:57, J. ORTMEYER Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 12:47, M. MALIK Isl (HOOKING, Minor) 14:15, J. MODRY Isl (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor, Misconduct) 16:25, J. SAKIC Isl (CHARGING, Minor) 18:42, M. RATHJE Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:42, S. SAMSONOV Buf (HOOKING, Minor) 19:40

Goalie Statistics

Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Isl), 26 saves out of 28 shots, W, 9-8-1
Chris Osgood (Buf), 7 saves out of 12 shots, L, 7-5-2
Ray Emery (Buf), 9 saves out of 10 shots

Power Play Conversions

Islanders 3 for 11
Buffalo 1 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Joe Sakic (Isl)
2 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Isl)
3 - Geoff Sanderson (Isl)

Player Statistics

Islanders

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Dan Boyle             1  0  1    -1   2  3   0 27
Jeff Halpern          0  1  1    +1  12  1   2  9
Joe Sakic             0  3  3  Even   7  2   1 27
Geoff Sanderson       2  0  2    -1   0  3   2 22
Alexei Ponikarovsky   0  0  0  Even  12  0   4 14
Jeff Cowan            0  0  0    +1   2  1   1  6
Martin Rucinsky       1  0  1    +1  12  2   1 17
Todd White            1  0  1    +1   4  4   2 19
Jarome Iginla         0  0  0    -1   2  1   2 16
Radim Vrbata          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 15
Mike Grier            0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  5
Jaroslav Modry        0  1  1  Even  16  3   4 23
Marek Malik           0  1  1    -1   2  0   3 25
Sean O'Donnell        0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 16
Greg De Vries         1  1  2    +1   0  1   3 17
Brian Willsie         0  0  0  Even   2  0   0  3
R.J. Umberger         0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 12
Luke Richardson       0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  6
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Olli Jokinen          1  0  1  Even  18  2   2 21
Derek Armstrong       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 12
Daniel Briere         1  0  1    -1  14  4   3 18
Sergei Samsonov       0  0  0    -1   4  3   0 19
Ray Whitney           0  1  1  Even   2  2   2 21
David Vyborny         0  1  1  Even   2  2   1 20
Mike Rathje           0  1  1    +1   4  5   3 24
Teemu Selanne         0  0  0  Even  14  1   0  6
Fernando Pisani       0  0  0  Even   0  2   2 10
Kim Johnsson          0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 26
Colin White           0  0  0    -1   0  1   5 19
Dmitri Kalinin        0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 22
Stephane Robidas      0  0  0    -1   0  0   0  9
Niclas Havelid        0  0  0    -1   0  0   1 21
Mike Sillinger        0  0  0    -1   2  2   4 13
Jed Ortmeyer          0  0  0  Even   2  2   2 11
Derek Boogaard        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  3
Brian Mcgrattan       0  1  1  Even   4  0   0  7
   

Financial

Attendance: 18161
Net Profit: $1 078 763,00

Game Notes

Jeff Halpern injured at 08:09 of the 2nd Period
Teemu Selanne ejected at 08:09 of the 2nd Period
Ray Emery enters game at 12:54 of 2nd period
Dmitri Kalinin injured at 07:26 of the 3rd Period
Alexei Ponikarovsky ejected at 07:26 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Islanders      6
Buffalo        0
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Tim Taylor 3 (Artem Chubarov, Jimmie Olvestad)
Mathias Tjarnqvist 3 (Steve Poapst, Karel Rachunek)
Scott Ferguson 3 (Benoit Gratton, Bryan Marchment)
Tim Taylor 4 (Eric Chouinard, Petr Schastlivy)
Tim Taylor 5 (Travis Moen, Michael Rupp)
Benoit Gratton 4 (Brent Burns, Tomas Kurka)


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Goalies
Islanders: Frederic Cassivi
Buffalo: Martin Prusek
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