The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

[SkateZilla]

(Last Updated 9:41 PM EST)
My Notes:
Biron Starts, Leighton Called Up to back Him Up.

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Final/Shootout

Buffalo
Sabres - 4
(GP-21, 11-09-1, 22 pts, Win % .523) (GF-70,GA-72)(Div:4th, Con:8th, Lg:17th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 21.6% (27 For 130, 4th), Penalty Killing 80.8% (76 For 94, T-21st)

New York
Islanders - 3
(GP-21, 11-10-0, 22 pts, Win % .523) (GF-67, GA-72)(Div:3rd, Con:9th, Lg:18th)
Special Teams : Power Play = 16.4% (22 For 134, 21st), Penalty Killing 84.2% (128 For 152, 10th)

Goalies:
BUF-Biron (4-4-0, 0 SO, 4.04 GAA),Leighton (No Record)
NYI-DiPietro (8-8-0, 0 SO, 3.19 GAA),Snow (3-2-0, 0 SO, 3.53 GAA)

1st Period Scoring:
15:04-NYI-M. YORK (3), Assists : C. CAMPOLI (7) - Ev - 5 On 5
17:29-BUF-C. DRURY (6), Assists : B. CAMPBELL (5), T. CONNOLLY (10) - PP - 5 On 4

2nd Period Scoring:
03:30-NYI-T. HUNTER (4), Assists : B. SOPEL (9), M. YORK (9) - PP - 5 On 4
04:22-NYI-J. BLAKE (8), Assists : M. WEINHANDL (3) - Ev - 5 On 5
05:48-BUF-J. HECHT (4), Assists : T. NUMMINEN (15), C. DRURY (8) - Ev - 5 On 5

3rd Period Scoring:
17:11-BUF-A. KOTALIK (11), Assists : B. CAMPBELL (6) - Ev - 5 On5

4th Period Scoring:
None

Shootout, BUF:2 , NYI: 0
BUF:
1. Kotalik, YES
2. Vanek, NO
3. Connolly, YESS

NYI:
1. Yashin, NO
2. Blake, NO
3. Satan,

Shots On Goal (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 05+10+09+04 - Total : 28
NYI: 15+07+04+00 - Total : 26

BUF-Biron: 1/15, 2/07, 0/04, 0/00 - 3/26
NYI-Depietro: 1/05, 1/10, 1/08, 0/04 - 3/28

Power Plays (by Period)
Team: 1st-2nd-3rd-OT
BUF: 1 For 2, 0 For 2, 0 For 0 - Total : 1 For 04 ( 25%)
NYI: 0 For 3, 1 For 1, 0 For 1 - Total : 1 For 05 ( 20%)

Penalties In Minutes (by Period)
BUF: 3 For 06, 1 For 02, 1 For 02 - Total : 05 For 10
NYI: 2 For 04, 2 For 04, 0 For 00 - Total : 04 For 08

Penalty Summary:
BUF:
1st-02:16-M. AFINOGENOV-2:00-Hooking
1st-05:05-R. FITZPATRICK-2:00-Hi stick
1st-18:37-J. MCKEE-2:00-Roughing
2nd-01:35-T. PYATT-2:00-Slashing
3rd-04:35-Team-2:00-Too many men/ice - bench

NYI:
1st-06:04-A. ZHITNIK-2:00-Holding
1st-15:36-Team-2:00-Too many men/ice - bench
2nd-06:45-B. SOPEL-2:00-Hooking
2nd-11:32-A. ZHITNIK-2:00-Tripping

3 Stars:
1. M. Biron (BUF)
2. J. Blake (NYI)
3. A. Kotalik (BUF)

[JD]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

SCOOOOREESSSS!!!!!! 3-3 With like 5 Minutes left!

[Dozerdog]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

Great effort in this game-

[Ebenezer]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

The Sabres win!!

[SkateZilla]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

in case you didnt watch,

4 Minutes and 37 Seconds of OT was Sabres in the Islanders End,

Satan had a Semi-Breakaway and tried a drop pass to Lydman .. haha..

[clumping platelets]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

Awesome update SkateZilla

[SkateZilla]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

Satan Was Also Bashing PLayers, Saying He Shoulda Shot 1st in the Shootout...

Sopel Says That Kotalik's Goal was a Joke....

``They kept skating and it looked like we stopped,'' Stirling said. ``Buffalo is a better team than we are. They're built for the new rules.''

[JD]

Re: The Sabres Go the the Loooong Island

who the hell is stirling, the team waterboy?