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8/4/2010
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Buffalo Sabres 5 , Philadelphia Flyers 4
Shots: 32 - 41
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:79/85=92 %, Challenges:36/48=73 %
PP: 2 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:53/66=80 %, Challenges:39/48=79 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 898138 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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07:39 1-0
Denis Grebeshkov [7] (Toni Lydman, Alexandre Picard)
08:23 1-1
Sam Ayre [14] (Kevin Marshall, Derian Hatcher)
10:13 1-2
Eric Staal [34] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Braydon Coburn)
13:36 1-3
Mark Parrish [33] (Mike Richards, Joffrey Lupul)PP
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22:14 2-3
Maxim Afinogenov [33] (Anze Kopitar, Ladislav Nagy)
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45:26 2-4
Mike Richards [27] (Mark Parrish, Joffrey Lupul)PP
48:04 3-4
François Beauchemin [8] (Anze Kopitar, Ladislav Nagy)
55:04 4-4
Maxim Afinogenov [34] (Tomas Kaberle)
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61:46 5-4
Alexandre Picard [19] (Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov)
Penalty summary:
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12:28
Toni Lydman (2 min for tripping)
18:11
Mark Parrish (2 min for elbowing)
19:35
Ossi Väänänen (2 min for slashing)
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35:54
Toni Lydman (2 min for roughing)
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41:18
Scott Hartnell (2 min for slashing)
44:13
Torrey Mitchell (2 min for high-sticking)
49:12
Alexandre Picard (5 min for fighting)
49:12
Braydon Coburn (5 min for fighting)
51:59
Scottie Upshall (2 min for slashing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Fabian Brunnström 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 8.40 4
R Michael Ryder 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.50 8
R Ales Kotalik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
R Maxim Afinogenov 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 21.50 9
C Jordin Tootoo 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 8.40 7
C Alexander Svitov 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 11.30 7
C Alexandre Picard 1 1 3 3 0 1 5 2 19.40 9
C Anze Kopitar 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 21.40 8
L Torrey Mitchell 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -1 8.40 5
L Éric Dazé 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 11.50 7
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 15.00 8
L Ladislav Nagy 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 3 21.50 7
D Ted Ruth 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9.40 6
D Denis Grebeshkov 1 0 3 1 4 1 0 2 22.50 7
D François Beauchemin 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 28.40 8
D Michal Barinka 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -1 14.50 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 2 4 0 1 4 1 18.10 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 3 29.30 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 37 0 0 61.50 9
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Philadelphia Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefan Ruzicka 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 8.50 4
L Sam Ayre 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9.50 7
R Mark Parrish 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 -1 22.30 8
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 -1 21.30 8
C Steve Downie 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 8.50 4
C Joffrey Lupul 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.30 7
L Mike Richards 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 -1 18.30 7
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Steve Ott 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.50 4
C Scottie Upshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8.30 6
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 -3 19.50 8
L Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 6 3 1 3 0 1 20.40 9
D Kevin Marshall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 7
D Kiril Marashov 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 -2 25.10 6
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 1 4 0 4 5 -2 27.10 9
D Derian Hatcher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 -2 22.10 8
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 28.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Rejean Beauchemin 5 0 27 0 0 61.50 5
G Martin Houle 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Maxim Afinogenov
2nd star: Alexandre Picard
3rd star: Ales Kotalik
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexandre Picard notched his 40th assist of the season.
Notes for Philadelphia Flyers:
-Sam Ayre has marked a new career high in goals with 14 tallies.
-Sam Ayre ended his 6 game point drought.
-Kevin Marshall ended his 6 game point drought.
-Derian Hatcher ended his 5 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Braydon Coburn beat Alexandre Picard in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 16) , Philadelphia Phantoms 1(
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0-1 PHL Riley Cote (David Kveton, Steve Eminger)
1-1
Craig Rivet (Christopher Thörn, Joe Vitale)
2-1
Michael Ryan (Marc-André Gragnani, Stephen Gionta)
Goalies: Patrick Lalime - Antero Niittymäki