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25/2/2009
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Chicago Blackhawks 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 27 - 18
PP: 2 of 8 (11 shots), Passing:64/77=83 %, Challenges:45/60=73 %
PP: 0 of 3 (3 shots), Passing:63/85=74 %, Challenges:25/40=61 %
Attendance: 11616 of 20500 (United Center)
Ticket income: 585447 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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18:37 0-1
Yanic Perreault [17] (Paul Gaustad)
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29:36 0-2
Paul Gaustad [10] (Andrew Ladd, Maxim Afinogenov)
33:56 1-2
Ryan Malone [11] (Shane Doan)SH
38:17 2-2
Vincent Lecavalier [32] (Joe Thornton, David Booth)PP
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44:31 3-2
Alexander Ovechkin [25] (Vincent Lecavalier, Joe Thornton)PP
49:11 4-2
Alexander Ovechkin [26] (Vincent Lecavalier)
51:04 5-2
Michael Ryder [19] (Sergei Gonchar, Petri Kontiola)
57:19 5-3
Michal Handzus [16] (Maxim Afinogenov, Andrej Sekera)
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Penalty summary:
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02:06
Kyle Quincey (2 min for boarding)
13:58
Matt Carle (2 min for hooking)
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20:11
Kyle Quincey (2 min for holding the stick)
21:46
Andrew Ladd (2 min for high-sticking)
24:17
Matt Carle (2 min for hooking)
27:54
Mark Mancari (5 min for fighting)
27:54
Ben Eager (5 min for fighting)
32:25
Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for slashing)
36:26
Jaroslav Spacek (2 min for elbowing)
38:46
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for slashing)
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44:16
Tim Kennedy (2 min for hooking)
45:58
Ben Eager (2 min for roughing)
45:58
Andrej Sekera (2 min for roughing)
46:51
Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for roughing)
52:21
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for tripping)
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Chicago Blackhawks scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Michael Ryder 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8.00 8
R Cory Stillman 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.00 6
R David Booth 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 -3 19.20 6
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 9
C Petri Kontiola 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8.00 7
C Patrick Sharp 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
C Shane Doan 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Joe Thornton 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 20.40 8
L Ben Eager 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 7.40 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 11.00 5
L Ryan Malone 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.10 8
L Vincent Lecavalier 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 19.50 10
D Marc-André Bergeron 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -2 14.20 6
D Sergei Gonchar 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 29.00 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 15.10 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -3 19.40 6
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 30.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 15 0 0 60.00 5
G Semen Varlamov 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 1 4 1 3 5 0 6.40 7
R Tim Kennedy 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 8.40 5
R Andrew Ladd 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 20.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 -1 18.50 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.20 4
C Dan Paillé 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 15.20 7
C Michal Handzus 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 -1 20.50 7
L Jan Mursak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.20 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 14.30 5
L Yanic Perreault 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 15.00 7
L Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 -1 19.50 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 13.40 6
D Kyle McLaren 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 25.10 8
D Andrej Sekera 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 24.20 9
D Toni Lydman 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 10.40 6
D Kyle Quincey 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 -1 22.20 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 5 0 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Nikolai Khabibulin 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Ovechkin
2nd star: Vincent Lecavalier
3rd star: Michael Ryder
Notes for Chicago Blackhawks:
-Joe Thornton notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Ryan Malone finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad has marked a new career high in goals with 10 tallies.
-Paul Gaustad scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Maxim Afinogenov notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrej Sekera notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Michal Handzus ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Mark Mancari beat Ben Eager in a fight.
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 2( 10) , Rochester Americans 3( 26)
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1-0 NOR Jonas Nordquist (Niklas Hjalmarsson)
1-1 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Marek Zagrapan)
1-2 ROC Andrew Peters (Marc-André Gragnani, Branislav Fabry)
2-2 NOR Jonas Nordquist
2-3 ROC Clarke MacArthur (Marek Zagrapan)
Goalies: Corey Crawford - Mikael Tellqvist