----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/1/2016
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buffalo Sabres 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 32 - 25
PP: 1 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:73/79=92 %, Challenges:32/39=80 %
PP: 1 of 2 (7 shots), Passing:64/85=75 %, Challenges:29/40=70 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 957642 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
------------------------------------------------------------
10:33 1-0
Ed Purcell [24] (Joni Pitkänen)
18:35 1-1
Jack Skille [8] (Ilmo Vatanen, Boris Valabik)
19:32 2-1
Larry Calhoun [12] (Alexei Cherepanov, Joni Pitkänen)PP
------------------------------------------------------------
26:51 3-1
Vlastislav Omer [9] (Wes O'Neill, Tyson Westover)
31:13 3-2
Rico Rosger [7] (Angelo Esposito, Brad Stuart)PP
34:05 3-3
Boris Valabik [1] (Oscar Wahlroos, Bryan Little)
------------------------------------------------------------
43:26 4-3
Ed Purcell [25] (Jonathon Blum)
43:52 5-3
Heimo Jarvi [9] (Brent Burns)
48:22 6-3
Alexei Cherepanov [11] (Francis Béliveau, Ed Purcell)
50:42 6-4
Jürgen Wollf [3] (Daultan Leveille, John Ebarle)
------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty summary:
-----------------
02:42
Ilmo Vatanen (2 min for tripping)
05:24
Zigmund Hubergritz (2 min for tripping)
09:52
Matt Carle (5 min for fighting)
09:52
Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
18:56
Ilmo Vatanen (2 min for boarding)
------------------------------------------------------------
29:47
Ahti Pulkkinen (2 min for roughing)
32:01
Daultan Leveille (5 min for fighting)
32:01
Shane O'Brien (5 min for fighting)
38:35
Rico Rosger (2 min for hooking)
------------------------------------------------------------
57:25
Boleslav Huml (2 min for elbowing)
------------------------------------------------------------
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zigmund Hubergritz 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7.50 6
R Kyle Turris 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 12.00 8
R Larry Calhoun 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.40 7
R Ed Purcell 2 1 6 3 0 2 0 3 20.30 10
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 6.50 5
C Tyson Westover 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13.30 7
C Heimo Jarvi 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.00 7
C Brian Boyle 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 20.40 7
L Pavel Lebziak 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Vlastislav Omer 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 12.00 7
L Ahti Pulkkinen 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -1 18.30 7
R Alexei Cherepanov 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 20.40 9
D Shane O'Brien 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 11.10 6
D Brent Burns 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 -1 17.20 7
D Francis Béliveau 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 28.40 8
D Wes O'Neill 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 13.00 7
D Jonathon Blum 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 6
D Joni Pitkänen 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 28.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Eric Kaprielian 4 0 21 0 0 60.00 5
G Lennart Simonsson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colin Wilson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
R Jürgen Wollf 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 12.00 6
R Jack Skille 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 14.20 7
R Bryan Little 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -3 21.10 5
C Radek Kubicek 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
C John Ebarle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.00 6
C Oscar Wahlroos 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -4 20.40 6
C German Lupandin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
L Daultan Leveille 0 1 2 2 0 2 5 1 11.00 6
L Rico Rosger 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 16.40 7
L Boleslav Huml 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -3 17.10 6
D Marek Doms 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 13.10 6
D Ilmo Vatanen 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 14.40 6
D Boris Valabik 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 -3 28.40 7
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.10 6
D Brad Stuart 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -1 25.10 6
D Matt Carle 0 0 2 1 3 0 5 -2 24.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Stanislav Cerna 6 0 26 0 0 60.00 4
G Jacob Markstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ed Purcell
2nd star: Alexei Cherepanov
3rd star: Joni Pitkänen
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexei Cherepanov scored the 300th point of his career.
-Wes O'Neill notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ed Purcell scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Brian Boyle had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Jürgen Wollf finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-Jürgen Wollf finally ended his 10 game point drought.
-Rico Rosger ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Boris Valabik finally ended his 38 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Jiri Novotny beat Matt Carle in a fight.
-Daultan Leveille fought Shane O'Brien in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 5( 16) , Chicago Wolves 2( 17)
------------------------------------------------------------
1-0 ROC Pascal Massicotte (Patrick Kaleta, Vladimir Zharkov)
2-0 ROC Artur Hogan (Pascal Massicotte)
2-1 CHW Anton Korolev (Boris Kursinsky, Aaron Craven)
3-1 ROC Vladimir Zharkov (Juho Salonen, Artur Hogan)
4-1 ROC Vladimir Zharkov (Patrick Kaleta)
4-2 CHW Mike Forney (Aaron Craven)
5-2 ROC Vladimir Zharkov (Francis Gardner, Artur Hogan)