Est - 1er tour - Buffalo / Carolina

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11/4/2005
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 3
Shots: 27 - 20
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:83/96=86 %, Challenges:27/50=52 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:63/83=75 %, Challenges:19/35=52 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:23 0-1 Kristian Huselius [1] (David Hale)
11:35 0-2 Sami Kapanen [1] (Mike Comrie, Bret Hedican)
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20:45 0-3 David Hale [1] (Chris Phillips, Brad Richards)
27:14 1-3 Jiri Novotny [1] (Antoine Vermette, Brian Campbell)
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43:53 2-3 Pat Rissmiller [1] (James Sheppard, Nicklas Lidström)
50:41 3-3 Ladislav Nagy [1] (Alyn McCauley, Ronald Petrovicky)
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61:26 4-3 Ronald Petrovicky [1] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Danny Markov)
Penalty summary:
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08:01 Nicklas Bergfors (5 min for fighting)
08:01 Brian Campbell (5 min for fighting)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9.10 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 13.40 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 -1 17.20 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 21.20 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9.10 6
C Jiri Novotny 1 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 13.40 9
C Antoine Vermette 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 -1 17.20 6
C Patrick Marleau 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 21.20 6
L James Sheppard 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 9.10 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 13.40 7
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 21.20 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 15.50 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 17.20 8
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 28.20 8
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 16.20 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 2 15.40 8
D Danny Markov 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 29.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 3 0 17 0 0 61.30 5
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6.20 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 -1 14.00 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17.40 6
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 23.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.20 4
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 3 4 4 4 0 -1 15.10 5
C Mike Comrie 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18.10 7
C Brad Richards 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 21.50 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.20 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 15.10 6
L Sami Kapanen 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18.30 7
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 21.30 7
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 16.10 5
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 19.50 7
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 25.30 8
D Jamie McBain 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 -1 16.30 6
D Bret Hedican 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
D David Hale 1 1 2 8 0 8 0 0 27.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 23 0 0 61.30 5
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ronald Petrovicky
2nd star: Pat Rissmiller
3rd star: Jiri Novotny

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Alexander Radulov had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Ladislav Nagy finally ended his 11 game goal drought.

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Sami Kapanen ended his 8 game goal drought.
-Kristian Huselius finally ended his 13 game goal drought.

Other notes:
-Nicklas Bergfors fought Brian Campbell in a fight.

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13/4/2005
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Buffalo Sabres 4 , Carolina Hurricanes 1
Shots: 40 - 10
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:74/90=82 %, Challenges:39/57=67 %
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:66/82=80 %, Challenges:21/45=45 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 582023 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:05 0-1 Kristian Huselius [2] (David Hale, Chris Phillips)
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22:29 1-1 Patrick Marleau [1] (Danny Markov, Nicklas Lidström)
28:36 2-1 Alyn McCauley [1] (Ladislav Nagy, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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46:19 3-1 Patrick Marleau [2] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Nicklas Lidström)
47:14 4-1 Ilya Kovalchuk [1] (Patrick Marleau, Nicklas Lidström)
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Penalty summary:
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06:44 Denis Arkhipov (5 min for fighting)
06:44 Ladislav Nagy (5 min for fighting)
19:18 Jamie McBain (2 min for roughing)
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24:22 Denis Arkhipov (5 min for fighting)
24:22 Antoine Vermette (5 min for fighting)
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50:15 Nicklas Lidström (2 min for elbowing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.30 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14.10 7
R Alyn McCauley 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14.50 6
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 2 17.50 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9.10 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 15.50 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 3 3 1 1 5 0 15.50 8
C Patrick Marleau 2 1 6 4 1 4 0 2 19.50 10
L James Sheppard 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
L Steve Bégin 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 14.50 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 1 15.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 18.10 8
D Erik Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15.40 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 28.00 9
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 2 6 1 6 0 0 17.50 9
D Brian Campbell 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 16.00 7
D Danny Markov 0 1 2 6 1 4 0 2 25.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 1 0 9 0 0 60.00 7
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 8.50 6
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 17.20 4
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 -3 16.20 4
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 17.30 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10.20 4
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 0 3 1 3 10 0 14.30 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -3 17.30 5
C Brad Richards 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 17.40 6
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.50 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.50 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -3 17.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 15.50 6
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 17.00 6
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 -3 18.00 6
D Chris Phillips 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 23.30 7
D Jamie McBain 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 22.00 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -3 17.50 5
D David Hale 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 21.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 4 0 36 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrick Marleau
2nd star: Ilya Kovalchuk
3rd star: Nicklas Lidström

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:

Other notes:
-Denis Arkhipov beat Ladislav Nagy in a fight.
-Denis Arkhipov beat Antoine Vermette in a fight.

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15/4/2005
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Carolina Hurricanes 2 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 17 - 36
PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:64/75=85 %, Challenges:27/41=64 %
PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:83/91=91 %, Challenges:32/49=64 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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10:28 0-1 Antoine Vermette [1] (Brian Campbell, Lubomir Visnovsky)
11:24 0-2 Alexander Radulov [1] (Erik Johnson, Lubomir Visnovsky)
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34:16 1-2 Nicklas Bergfors [1] (Andrew Hutchinson, Denis Arkhipov)
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41:58 1-3 Patrick Marleau [3] (Ronald Petrovicky, Ilya Kovalchuk)
45:39 2-3 Bret Hedican [1] (Jeff Jillson, Ruslan Fedotenko)SH
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Penalty summary:
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06:34 Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
06:34 Mike Comrie (5 min for fighting)
09:32 Chris Phillips (5 min for fighting)
09:32 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
17:26 Jiri Novotny (5 min for fighting)
17:26 Mike Comrie (5 min for fighting)
18:59 Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
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35:15 Ronald Petrovicky (2 min for hooking)
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43:12 Alexander Radulov (2 min for slashing)
45:11 Sami Kapanen (2 min for hooking)
58:55 Sami Kapanen (2 min for tripping)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 5
R Nicklas Bergfors 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12.30 6
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 14.10 5
R Trent Hunter 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 -3 21.40 6
C Tim Connolly 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 10.10 5
C Denis Arkhipov 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 15.40 6
C Mike Comrie 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 11.20 6
C Brad Richards 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -3 20.10 5
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 15.10 6
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 17.50 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14.00 5
D Jeff Jillson 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.40 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 2 5 0 4 5 -1 26.20 9
D Jamie McBain 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 13.40 7
D Bret Hedican 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 15.40 8
D David Hale 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 -3 30.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 33 0 0 60.00 9
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.30 5
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12.40 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 17.50 5
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 1 6 3 2 0 7 1 14.30 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.40 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 -1 14.10 6
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 20.30 8
C Patrick Marleau 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 19.50 8
L James Sheppard 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.00 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12.40 6
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 17.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 1 16.50 7
D Erik Johnson 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 15.50 8
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.00 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 24.00 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 16.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19.20 7
D Danny Markov 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1 25.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 2 0 15 0 0 60.00 6
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alexander Radulov
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Patrick Marleau

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Andrew Hutchinson ended his 6 game point drought.
-Bret Hedican finally ended his 33 game goal drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Erik Johnson finally ended his 10 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Jiri Novotny beat Mike Comrie in a fight.
-Chris Phillips fought Ronald Petrovicky in a fight.
-Jiri Novotny beat Mike Comrie in a fight.

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17/4/2005
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Carolina Hurricanes 0 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 5 - 43
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/77=81 %, Challenges:14/41=33 %
PP: 0 of 2 (8 shots), Passing:71/86=82 %, Challenges:33/53=61 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 531506 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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01:26 0-1 Ronald Petrovicky [2] (Danny Markov, Patrick Marleau)
12:01 0-2 Antoine Vermette [2] (Lubomir Visnovsky, Nicklas Lidström)
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no scoring
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46:18 0-3 Ladislav Nagy [2] (Brian Campbell, Danny Markov)
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Penalty summary:
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02:16 Ladislav Nagy (2 min for holding the stick)
09:46 Ruslan Fedotenko (2 min for roughing)
09:46 James Sheppard (2 min for roughing)
13:07 Steve Bégin (2 min for cross-checking)
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22:15 Andrei Kostitsyn (5 min for fighting)
22:15 Ronald Petrovicky (5 min for fighting)
30:28 Craig Adams (2 min for holding the stick)
35:31 Bret Hedican (2 min for slashing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Craig Adams 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 7.20 4
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.10 5
R Trevor Letowski 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 -1 14.50 4
R Trent Hunter 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 20.00 5
C Tim Connolly 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10.10 5
C Denis Arkhipov 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 16.20 5
C Mike Comrie 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 -1 13.30 4
C Brad Richards 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 20.00 4
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 6.40 5
L Ruslan Fedotenko 0 0 0 2 7 2 2 0 15.50 4
L Sami Kapanen 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.30 6
L Kristian Huselius 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -2 18.40 5
D Andrew Hutchinson 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13.50 5
D Jeff Jillson 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 -1 18.40 5
D Chris Phillips 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 -2 26.50 9
D Jamie McBain 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14.50 6
D Bret Hedican 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 -1 18.10 6
D David Hale 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 -2 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Biron 3 0 40 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Krahn 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 3 4 2 4 0 0 9.10 6
R Alexander Radulov 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 11.00 7
R Alyn McCauley 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 15.00 8
R Ronald Petrovicky 1 0 2 3 1 1 5 1 19.40 8
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.30 5
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 14.30 8
C Antoine Vermette 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 20.30 7
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 1 20.00 8
L James Sheppard 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 10.10 7
L Steve Bégin 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 11.00 5
L Ladislav Nagy 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 17.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 3 5 6 5 0 1 21.00 7
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 14.50 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18.40 7
D Nicklas Lidström 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 29.10 7
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14.00 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.00 8
D Danny Markov 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 5 0 0 60.00 7
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ronald Petrovicky
2nd star: Antoine Vermette
3rd star: Patrick Marleau

Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:

Other notes:
-Ronald Petrovicky beat Andrei Kostitsyn in a fight.