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4/12/2009
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Colorado Avalanche 4 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 17 - 19
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:55/80=68 %, Challenges:26/38=66 %
PP: 0 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:75/92=81 %, Challenges:29/45=63 %
Attendance: 6693 of 18129 (Pepsi Center)
Ticket income: 341344 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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30:36 1-0
Kyle Quincey [3] (Mikael Samuelsson)PP
32:03 2-0
Cody Hodgson [1] (Ed Jovanovski, Michael Grabner)
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44:32 2-1
Tim Connolly [9] (Dustin Penner, Tyler Myers)
57:56 2-2
Jason Pominville [11] (Thomas Vanek, Patrick Kaleta)
58:35 3-2
Sergei Kostitsyn [4] (Darcy Tucker, Josh Gorges)
59:58 4-2
Benoit Pouliot [4] (Ruslan Salei, Josh Gorges) EN
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Penalty summary:
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06:12
Scott Hannan (2 min for tripping)
08:43
Mark Mancari (5 min for fighting)
08:43
Darcy Tucker (5 min for fighting)
08:59
Cody Hodgson (2 min for elbowing)
19:15
Drew Stafford (2 min for roughing)
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25:16
Brendan Witt (2 min for slashing)
28:54
Ryan Callahan (2 min for boarding)
32:42
Marc Savard (2 min for tripping)
33:54
Chris Durno (2 min for cross-checking)
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51:18
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
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Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Grabner 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8.40 5
R T.J. Galiardi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 6
R Sergei Kostitsyn 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10.10 5
R Mikael Samuelsson 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Cody Hodgson 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7.40 7
C Chris Durno 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 17.30 5
C Ryan O'Reilly 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11.00 5
C Marc Savard 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 20.10 5
L Cody McLeod 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10.40 6
L Benoit Pouliot 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 15.30 6
L Darcy Tucker 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 12.40 6
L Peter Mueller 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20.00 7
D Ruslan Salei 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 18.50 8
D Josh Gorges 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 13.20 8
D Kyle Quincey 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 -1 29.20 8
D Scott Hannan 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 15.20 7
D Brett Clark 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 18.40 7
D Ed Jovanovski 0 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 24.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Craig Anderson 2 0 17 0 0 60.00 6
G Peter Budaj 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Mancari 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 5.30 6
R Ryan Callahan 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 15.00 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 20.10 7
R Jason Pominville 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Matt Ellis 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6.50 4
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 4
C Tim Connolly 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 16.50 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Patrick Kaleta 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 8.30 5
L Matthew Lombardi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.00 4
R Dustin Penner 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 19.30 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Jay McKee 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17.10 6
D Brendan Witt 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 20.30 7
D Michal Rozsival 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -1 25.50 6
D Dennis Persson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.10 4
D Tyler Myers 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.40 7
D Paul Martin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 20.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 4 0 13 0 0 59.30 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mikael Samuelsson
2nd star: Cody Hodgson
3rd star: Benoit Pouliot
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Mikael Samuelsson notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ed Jovanovski finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Patrick Kaleta ended his 9 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Darcy Tucker beat Mark Mancari in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 11( 45) , Rochester Americans 1( 10)
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1-0 HER T.J. Hensick (Brett Skinner, Philippe Dupuis)
1-1 ROC Brad Larsen (Denis Istomin, Jesse Jyrkkiö)
2-1 HER Stephane Yelle (David Jones)
3-1 HER Tom Fritsche (Matt Hendricks)
4-1 HER Brandon Yip (Tom Preissing)
5-1 HER Matt Hendricks
6-1 HER T.J. Hensick (Brett Skinner, Brandon Yip)
7-1 HER Philippe Dupuis (David Jones, Brett Skinner)
8-1 HER Andy Inderieden (Matt Hendricks)
9-1 HER Atte Ohtamaa
10-1 HER Tom Preissing (Raffi Torres)
11-1 HER Brian Willsie
Goalies: Tyler Weiman - Jean-Philippe Lamoureux