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8/12/2007
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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , Minnesota Wild 3
Shots: 31 - 28
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:58/70=82 %, Challenges:41/50=80 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:75/82=91 %, Challenges:33/41=78 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 959181 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:03 1-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [15] (Niclas Hävelid, Ron Hainsey)
15:23 2-0
Colby Armstrong [9] (Mark Popovic, Kari Lehtonen)PP
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23:09 3-0
Colby Armstrong [10] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Niclas Hävelid)
26:26 4-0
Ilya Kovalchuk [16] (Steve Rucchin)
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46:24 4-1
Wes Walz [13] (Mark Parrish, Marian Gaborik)
48:08 4-2
Chris Simon [3] (Marian Gaborik, Marc-André Bergeron)SH
49:12 5-2
Éric Perrin [4] (Mark Popovic, Ron Hainsey)
58:57 5-3
Mark Parrish [7] (Wes Walz, Antti Miettinen)
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Penalty summary:
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14:32
Steve Kelly (2 min for tripping)
18:43
Ken Klee (2 min for boarding)
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32:38
Jordan LaVallee (2 min for cross-checking)
34:06
Ken Klee (2 min for holding the stick)
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47:16
Marek Zidlicky (2 min for slashing)
54:53
Jordan LaVallee (2 min for tripping)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 6
R Milan Bartovic 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14.00 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.30 7
R Colby Armstrong 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 1 21.00 9
C Éric Perrin 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 12.50 7
C Erik Christensen 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.20 6
C Todd White 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 14.20 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.40 6
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 3 2 2 0 4 0 8.30 6
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 14.20 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 15.50 10
D Mark Popovic 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 18.40 8
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 15.10 6
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 25.10 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 16.10 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 22.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 22.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 1 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Minnesota Wild scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Branko Radivojevic 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 -1 7.00 5
R Owen Nolan 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 6
R Mark Parrish 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 19.20 9
R Marian Gaborik 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 20.10 9
C Steve Kelly 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 -1 5.40 5
C Mikko Koivu 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 -2 15.00 7
C Wes Walz 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
C Pierre-Marc Bouchard 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
L Chris Simon 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 8.40 6
L Stéphane Veilleux 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.20 4
L Antti Miettinen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16.10 7
L Andrew Brunette 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 21.40 6
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 14.20 5
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17.30 6
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 28.40 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 20.20 4
D Sean Hill 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 26.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Josh Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Mark Parrish
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Colby Armstrong scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Niclas Hävelid notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Éric Perrin finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Notes for Minnesota Wild:
-Chris Simon ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Chicago Wolves 1( 26) , Houston Aeros 4( 18)
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0-1 HOU Éric Bélanger (Brent Burns)
0-2 HOU Matt Foy (Benoit Pouliot, Brent Burns)
0-3 HOU Matt Foy (Éric Bélanger, Benoit Pouliot)
1-3 CHW Chris Thorburn (Chad Painchaud, Scott Lehman)
1-4 HOU Éric Bélanger (Benoit Pouliot, Brent Burns)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Dieter Kochan
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 3
Shots: 28 - 21
PP: 2 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:64/77=83 %, Challenges:49/58=83 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:61/77=79 %, Challenges:36/46=76 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 996692 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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13:44 0-1
Kristian Huselius [9] (Michael Peca)
16:33 1-1
Teppo Numminen [6] (Jaroslav Spacek, Tim Connolly)PP
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24:26 2-1
Tim Connolly [12] (Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek)PP
29:16 2-2
Manny Malhotra [3] (Petr Pohl, Steven Goertzen)
30:01 3-2
Maxim Afinogenov [10] (Tim Connolly, Ryan Miller)
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43:55 4-2
Tim Connolly [13] (Thomas Vanek, Andrew Peters)
49:32 4-3
Fredrik Modin [10] (Christian Bäckman, Duvie Westcott)
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Penalty summary:
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03:18
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for holding the stick)
13:59
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
13:59
Fedor Tyutin (2 min for roughing)
14:45
Mike Commodore (2 min for hooking)
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22:42
Derick Brassard (2 min for tripping)
25:07
Drew Stafford (2 min for hooking)
25:38
Michael Peca (2 min for roughing)
25:38
Adam Mair (2 min for roughing)
30:31
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (5 min for fighting)
30:31
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
30:42
Duvie Westcott (2 min for slashing)
35:27
Derick Brassard (2 min for tripping)
36:26
Michael Peca (2 min for hooking)
39:47
Teppo Numminen (2 min for cross-checking)
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51:47
Andrew Peters (5 min for fighting)
51:47
Steven Goertzen (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 11.40 5
R Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 15.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.40 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 10.10 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 14.40 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.10 7
C Tim Connolly 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 22.00 10
L Andrew Peters 0 1 0 4 0 4 10 0 5.20 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -1 12.00 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 8
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 12.00 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -1 13.00 5
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 27.40 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.00 5
D Teppo Numminen 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 30.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 1 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Pohl 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.30 6
R Steven Goertzen 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 0 11.10 7
R David Vyborny 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 14.30 7
R Rick Nash 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 -2 19.50 7
C Derick Brassard 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 5.30 5
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 17.10 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 8
C Michael Peca 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 -1 19.30 7
L Manny Malhotra 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 8
L Jason Chimera 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12.30 6
L Fredrik Modin 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 12.00 5
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 -1 20.20 8
D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 13.20 6
D Duvie Westcott 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 15.00 5
D Fedor Tyutin 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 27.00 7
D Mike Commodore 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 12.50 5
D Christian Bäckman 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 23.20 7
D Rostislav Klesla 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 28.30 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 4 0 24 0 0 59.20 6
G Fredrik Norrena 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Tim Connolly
2nd star: Maxim Afinogenov
3rd star: Thomas Vanek
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 10th goal of the season.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-Fredrik Modin scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Christian Bäckman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Petr Pohl ended his 8 game point drought.
-Kristian Huselius ended his 9 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ole-Kristian Tollefsen fought Andrew Peters in a fight.
-Andrew Peters beat Steven Goertzen in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 7( 44) , Syracuse Crunch 3( 16)
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0-1 SYR Alexandre Picard (Gino Guyer)
1-1 ROC Peter Sejna (Andrej Sekera)
2-1 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Ivan Tkachenko, Mike Funk)
2-2 SYR Curtis Glencross (Philippe Dupuis)
3-2 ROC Peter Sejna (Mark Mancari, Dan Paillé)
4-2 ROC Mark Mancari (Nathan Paetsch, Dan Paillé)
5-2 ROC Vladimir Gorbunov
5-3 SYR Eric Neilson (Andrew Murray)
6-3 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Mattias Trattnig)
7-3 ROC Mark Mancari (Dan Paillé)