Buffalo at Washington

Period 1
1. WASHINGTON, KOIVU 21 (OATES, GONCHAR), 02:46
2. WASHINGTON, HEINZE 27 (OATES) (PP), 08:52
3. BUFFALO, GRATTON 22 (ZHITNIK, CZERKAWSKI), 13:46
4. BUFFALO, GRATTON 23 (SATAN, WARRENER), 14:22

PENALTIES: B. SAVAGE WSH (CHARGING, Minor) 03:57, M. SATAN BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:05

Period 2
5. BUFFALO, MURRAY 12 (KJELLBERG, BARNES), 03:20
6. WASHINGTON, HALPERN 20 (HEINZE, DRAPER), 08:14

PENALTIES: J. WOOLLEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 09:54, M. SCHNEIDER WSH (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:32

Period 3
7. WASHINGTON, KOIVU 22 (OATES, RECCHI), 04:31
8. WASHINGTON, RECCHI 33 (GONCHAR, OATES), 04:46
9. BUFFALO, SATAN 39 (CZERKAWSKI, ZHITNIK), 17:20



Goalie Statistics

Bob Essensa (BUF), 18 saves out of 23 shots, L, 26-29-9
Zac Bierk (BUF), 8 saves out of 8 shots
Olaf Kolzig (WSH), 24 saves out of 28 shots, W, 35-22-4

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 0 for 2
Washington 1 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Chris Gratton (BUF)
2 - Adam Oates (WSH)
3 - Saku Koivu (WSH)

Player Statistics

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Zhitnik 0 2 2 +1 0 3 2 25 Patric Kjellberg 0 1 1 Even 0 1 1 23 Chris Gratton 2 0 2 +2 0 3 1 21 Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 24 Daniel Tkaczuk 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11 Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 12 James Patrick 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16 Jason Woolley 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 20 Mike Eastwood 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 7 Mariusz Czerkawski 0 2 2 +2 0 4 1 22 Jonathan Girard 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11 Miroslav Satan 1 1 2 +2 2 2 0 20 Rhett Warrener 0 1 1 +2 0 4 4 20 Rob Ray 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 6 Stu Barnes 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 20 Rem Murray 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 20 Vladimir Tsyplakov 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 7 Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12

Washington G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Adam Oates 0 4 4 +1 0 1 1 23 Brian Savage 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 18 Brendan Witt 0 0 0 +2 0 6 2 23 Kris Draper 0 1 1 Even 0 0 1 13 Chris Simon 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 6 Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 23 Dmitri Khristich 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 4 John LeClair 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18 Jeff Halpern 1 0 1 Even 0 1 2 13 Steve Duchesne 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20 Joe Reekie 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 14 Joe Sacco 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 5 Steve Heinze 1 1 2 Even 0 1 0 13 Mark Recchi 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 23 Saku Koivu 2 0 2 +1 0 4 1 21 Sergei Gonchar 0 2 2 +1 0 4 3 27 Sylvain Cote 0 0 0 Even 0 0 3 14 Ulf Dahlen 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17

Financial

Attendance: 14612
Net Profit: $1 052 064,00

Game Notes

Zac Bierk enters game at 04:46 of 3rd period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      0
Portland       4
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Maxim Sushinsky 27 (Dmitri Mironov, unknown)
Brantt Myhres 12 (Terry Yake, Trent Whitfield)
unknown (unknown, James Black)
Frantisek Kucera 11 (unknown, unknown)

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Goalies
Rochester: Jason Labarbera
Portland: Corey Hirsch
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