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23/1/2014
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Shots: 18 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:65/87=74 %, Challenges:27/44=60 %
PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:65/89=73 %, Challenges:20/40=48 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (First Niagara Center)
Ticket income: 849791 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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13:51 1-0
Tyler Ennis [8] (Scott Hartnell)PP
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33:24 2-0
Greg Nemisz [5] (Braydon Coburn, Joel Armia)
36:42 2-1
Antoine Vermette [14] (R.J. Umberger, John Moore)
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40:35 3-1
Blake Wheeler [21] (Jay Bouwmeester)
55:31 4-1
Christian Ehrhoff [3] (Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford)
59:36 4-2
Patrick Sharp [17] (Dennis Wideman, R.J. Umberger)
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Penalty summary:
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02:32
R.J. Umberger (2 min for high-sticking)
12:29
R.J. Umberger (2 min for elbowing)
12:29
R.J. Umberger (10 min misconduct)
15:06
Petr Straka (2 min for hooking)
18:26
Blake Comeau (2 min for hooking)
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26:09
Travis Zajac (5 min for attempt to injury)
32:08
Travis Zajac (2 min for roughing)
32:08
Petr Straka (2 min for roughing)
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40:46
Scott Hartnell (2 min for elbowing)
41:51
Rick Nash (2 min for roughing)
41:51
Tyler Myers (2 min for roughing)
43:24
Nathan Gerbe (2 min for hooking)
44:45
Jay Bouwmeester (2 min for roughing)
44:45
Tomas Kubalik (2 min for roughing)
48:58
Mark Letestu (2 min for tripping)
51:28
Travis Zajac (5 min for fighting)
51:28
Tomas Kubalik (5 min for fighting)
58:43
Travis Zajac (5 min for fighting)
58:43
Bobby Butler (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joel Armia 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.20 5
R Travis Zajac 0 0 2 5 1 5 17 0 16.10 8
R Scott Hartnell 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 16.10 7
R Thomas Vanek 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 17.20 6
C Greg Nemisz 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17.50 6
C Tyler Ennis 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
C Blake Wheeler 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 9.40 4
C Drew Stafford 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 18.10 7
L Nathan Gerbe 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8.30 5
L Rene Bourque 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.10 5
L Blake Comeau 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9.40 5
L Derek Roy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17.20 7
D John Negrin 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 12.30 6
D Marc-André Gragnani 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 13.50 7
D Christian Ehrhoff 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 23.10 7
D Braydon Coburn 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 22.50 8
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 20.10 6
D Tyler Myers 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 27.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Roberto Luongo 2 0 24 0 0 60.00 9
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Columbus Blue Jackets scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Petr Straka 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 6.50 4
R Tomas Kubalik 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 -1 16.40 6
R R.J. Umberger 0 2 0 4 3 1 14 0 13.40 6
R Rick Nash 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 20.20 7
C Jerred Smithson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.50 6
C Ryan Johansen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -1 14.10 7
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 18.50 6
C Jeff Carter 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 20.10 7
L Mark Letestu 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 6.50 4
L Bobby Butler 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 -1 13.00 7
L Patrick Sharp 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 8
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 14.00 4
D Marc Methot 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 19.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -1 24.40 7
D James Wisniewski 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 29.30 7
D Theo Peckham 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.40 6
D Nick Ebert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.30 6
D John Moore 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 -1 22.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 4 0 14 0 0 60.00 4
G Mark Dekanich 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Greg Nemisz
2nd star: Tyler Ennis
3rd star: Christian Ehrhoff
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jay Bouwmeester notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Drew Stafford notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Christian Ehrhoff finally ended his 31 game goal drought.
Notes for Columbus Blue Jackets:
-R.J. Umberger notched his 10th assist of the season.
-R.J. Umberger had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrick Sharp finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Travis Zajac fought Tomas Kubalik in a fight.
-Bobby Butler beat Travis Zajac in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 15) , Syracuse Crunch 0( 17)
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1-0 ROC Colin Jacobs (Marlo Rotter, Brad Ross)
2-0 ROC Paul Szczechura (Brad Ross, Marlo Rotter)
Goalies: Drew MacIntyre - Mathieu Corbeil