Buffalo at Atlanta

Shots
123OTT
Buffalo 10 11 9 0 30
Atlanta 10 12 7 0 29
Goals
123OTT
Buffalo 0 1 1 0 2
Atlanta 2 3 4 0 9


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. ATLANTA, HEJDUK 1 (ZHERDEV, SOPEL), 06:04
2. ATLANTA, ZHERDEV 3 (HINOTE, STAIOS) (SH), 19:48

PENALTIES: N. ZHERDEV Atl (BOARDING, Minor) 01:00, N. HAVELID Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:41, J. MARSHALL Atl (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 01:41, B. SOPEL Atl (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:43, H. ZETTERBERG Atl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 06:26, N. HAVELID Buf (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 08:49, C. HIGGINS Atl (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:34, M. SILLINGER Buf (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 11:23, J. PANDOLFO Atl (BOARDING, Minor) 18:50

Period 2
3. ATLANTA, HIGGINS 1 (HEJDUK, SOPEL), 01:47
4. ATLANTA, HOLMSTROM 1 (THORNTON, ZETTERBERG), 05:25
5. BUFFALO, BRIERE 2 (SAMSONOV), 07:59
6. ATLANTA, PANDOLFO 1 (THORNTON, STAIOS) (SH), 14:08

PENALTIES: D. ARMSTRONG Buf (ROUGHING, Minor, Misconduct) 12:12, C. HIGGINS Atl (HOOKING, Minor) 12:12, D. HINOTE Atl (ROUGHING, Minor) 13:46, J. PANDOLFO Atl (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 14:07, B. SOPEL Atl (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:59, S. HILL Atl (CHECKING-FROM-BEHIND, Major) 18:46

Period 3
7. ATLANTA, PANDOLFO 2 (HINOTE, KRAJICEK) (SH), 11:08
8. ATLANTA, HILL 1 (THORNTON, KRAJICEK), 11:53
9. ATLANTA, PANDOLFO 3 (STAIOS, HINOTE), 12:18
10. ATLANTA, HEJDUK 2 (THORNTON, HILL) (SH), 17:36
11. BUFFALO, JOHNSSON 3 (WHITNEY, JOKINEN) (PP), 18:18

PENALTIES: K. JOHNSSON Buf (CHARGING, Minor) 01:03, L. KRAJICEK Atl (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:03, A. RAYCROFT Atl (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:15 (Served by Brent Sopel), B. MCGRATTAN Buf (ROUGHING, Minor) 12:37, H. ZETTERBERG Atl (CHARGING, Minor) 13:43, M. RATHJE Buf (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 13:46, K. PRIMEAU Atl (CHARGING, Major) 13:46, C. WHITE Buf (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 14:59

Goalie Statistics

Chris Osgood (Buf), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 2-1-0
Ray Emery (Buf), 4 saves out of 8 shots
Andrew Raycroft (Atl), 28 saves out of 30 shots, W, 1-0-0

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 1 for 12
Atlanta 0 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Milan Hejduk (Atl)
2 - Joe Thornton (Atl)
3 - Jay Pandolfo (Atl)

Player Statistics

Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Olli Jokinen          0  1  1    -4   0  5   1 26
Derek Armstrong       0  0  0    -1  12  1   1  7
Daniel Briere         1  0  1  Even   0  6   0 21
Sergei Samsonov       0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 19
Ray Whitney           0  1  1    -3   0  0   1 20
David Vyborny         0  0  0    -4   0  3   4 26
Mike Rathje           0  0  0    -4   2  2   3 27
Teemu Selanne         0  0  0  Even   0  3   1 22
Fernando Pisani       0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
Kim Johnsson          1  0  1    -3   2  4   0 29
Colin White           0  0  0    -1   2  3   2 15
Dmitri Kalinin        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 19
Stephane Robidas      0  0  0  Even   0  1   0 10
Niclas Havelid        0  0  0  Even   6  0   1 22
Mike Sillinger        0  0  0  Even  12  0   1  6
Jed Ortmeyer          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  7
Derek Boogaard        0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  5
Brian Mcgrattan       0  0  0  Even   2  1   1  4
   
Atlanta

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Brad Boyes            0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Joe Thornton          0  4  4    +2   0  2   3 22
Christopher Higgins   1  0  1    +1   4  1   0 18
Keith Primeau         0  0  0    +2   5  3   5 17
Nikolai Zherdev       1  1  2    +1   2  1   1 14
Tomas Holmstrom       1  0  1    +2   0  3   1 15
Henrik Zetterberg     0  1  1    +2   4  3   0 15
Milan Hejduk          2  1  3    +2   0  3   1 13
Jay Pandolfo          3  0  3  Even   4  4   2 12
Valeri Bure           0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  8
Brent Sopel           0  2  2    +2   4  4   1 25
Sean Hill             1  1  2    +3   5  2   0 27
Steve Staios          0  3  3    +1   0  1   1 26
Lukas Krajicek        0  2  2    +2   2  0   0 22
Dan Hinote            0  3  3  Even   2  0   0 13
Fredrik Sjostrom      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  2
Jason Marshall        0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 20
   

Financial

Attendance: 15732
Net Profit: $707 940,00

Game Notes

Ray Emery enters game at 14:08 of 2nd period
Jay Pandolfo scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Buffalo        4
Atlanta        1
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Michel Riesen 1 (Andrew Alberts, Randy Jones)
Pavel Rosa 1 (Michael Farrell, Bill Lindsay)
Mike Danton 1 (Andreas Salomonsson, Jeffrey Hamilton)
Mike Danton 2 (Brad Leeb, Darren Langdon)

Scott Barney 1 (Robert Reichel, Thomas Pock)

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Goalies
Buffalo: Martin Prusek
Atlanta: Pascal Leclaire
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