Buffalo at Pittsburgh

Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, STRAKA 18 (MOROZOV, CORBET), 00:55
2. BUFFALO, ZAMUNER 6 (GRATTON, WARRENER), 01:18
3. BUFFALO, GRATTON 18 (KJELLBERG, WOOLLEY), 04:47
4. PITTSBURGH, KOVALEV 19 (LEMIEUX, STEVENS), 07:14
5. BUFFALO, BARNES 13 (CZERKAWSKI, ZHITNIK), 16:28

PENALTIES: R. LANG PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 04:54, R. CORBET PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 07:58, L. ODELEIN BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 09:05, V. TSYPLAKOV BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 18:24

Period 2
6. PITTSBURGH, STRAKA 19 (LEMIEUX, FERENCE) (PP), 01:04

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 00:37, R. CORBET PIT (CHARGING, Minor) 03:55, A. FERENCE PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 11:23, M. CZERKAWSKI BUF (HOOKING, Minor, Misconduct) 11:26, M. LEMIEUX PIT (HOOKING, Minor) 11:26

Period 3
7. PITTSBURGH, KOVALEV 20 (LEMIEUX, CORBET) (PP), 00:56
8. BUFFALO, SATAN 28 (CZERKAWSKI), 14:43
9. PITTSBURGH, KOVALEV 21 (LEMIEUX, STEVENS), 16:31
10. BUFFALO, SATAN 29 (ZHITNIK, ODELEIN), 17:06

PENALTIES: S. BARNES BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 00:14, H. JONSSON PIT (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:01, D. KASPARAITIS PIT (BOARDING, Minor) 11:48, E. RASMUSSEN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 18:35

Overtime
11. PITTSBURGH, LANG 6 (HRDINA, STEVENS), 03:12



Goalie Statistics

Bob Essensa (BUF), 16 saves out of 21 shots
Jason Labarbera (BUF), 0 saves out of 1 shots, L, 1-3-0
Robbie Tallas (PIT), 28 saves out of 33 shots, W, 1-0-0
Johan Hedberg (PIT), 3 saves out of 3 shots

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 0 for 6
Pittsburgh 2 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Alexei Kovalev (PIT)
2 - Chris Gratton (BUF)
3 - Mario Lemieux (PIT)

Player Statistics

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Zhitnik 0 2 2 -1 2 3 4 31 Patric Kjellberg 0 1 1 +2 0 2 2 23 Chris Gratton 1 1 2 +2 0 5 0 21 Juha Ylonen 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12 Chris Chelios 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 Daniel Tkaczuk 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11 Lyle Odelein 0 1 1 +2 2 2 2 22 Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 -2 12 0 2 14 James Patrick 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15 Jason Woolley 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 21 Mariusz Czerkawski 0 2 2 +1 12 6 2 21 Miroslav Satan 2 0 2 Even 0 4 3 28 Rhett Warrener 0 1 1 +3 0 1 5 17 Richard Smehlik 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 9 Stu Barnes 1 0 1 +1 2 2 1 20 Rob Zamuner 1 0 1 +2 0 3 1 18 Vladimir Tsyplakov 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 10 Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11

Pittsburgh G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Kovalev 3 0 3 Even 0 6 1 17 Alexei Morozov 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17 Andrew Ference 0 1 1 -1 2 0 2 22 Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 Even 2 0 10 23 Mike Wilson 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 20 Hans Jonsson 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 23 Ian Moran 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16 Jan Hrdina 0 1 1 Even 0 1 0 9 Janne Laukkanen 0 0 0 Even 0 1 2 19 Kevin Stevens 0 3 3 +1 0 0 1 29 Krzysztof Oliwa 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14 Marc Bergevin 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 5 Mario Lemieux 0 4 4 Even 2 3 1 22 Martin Straka 2 0 2 -1 0 2 1 18 Rene Corbet 0 2 2 -1 4 1 5 20 Robert Lang 1 0 1 Even 2 1 0 5 Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 Even 0 2 1 15 William Tibbetts 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 11

Financial

Attendance: 11681
Net Profit: $613 252,00

Game Notes

Chris Chelios injured at 00:34 of the 1st Period
Jason Labarbera enters game at 16:31 of 3rd period
Johan Hedberg enters game at 17:06 of 3rd period
Alexei Kovalev scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      5
Scranton       3
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Christian Matte 9 (Chris Taylor, Rory Fitzpatrick)
Chris Taylor 8 (Mike Eastwood, unknown)
unknown (Eric Boguniecki, Reto Von Arx)
Reto Von Arx 19 (unknown, Jonathan Girard)
Rob Ray 4 (unknown, unknown)

Kris Beech 13 (Kip Miller, unknown)
Kip Miller 27 (unknown, unknown)
Toby Petersen 27 (Milan Kraft, Dennis Bonvie)

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Goalies
Rochester: unknown
Scranton: Rich Parent
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