Pittsburgh at Buffalo

Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, LACOUTURE 5 (STRAKA, LEMIEUX), 02:34
2. PITTSBURGH, LANG 8 (HRDINA, KOVALEV), 13:08
3. BUFFALO, GRATTON 20 (WARRENER, CZERKAWSKI), 14:20
4. BUFFALO, CZERKAWSKI 15 (GRATTON, SATAN), 19:52

PENALTIES: R. WARRENER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:18, R. ZAMUNER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 02:56, W. TIBBETTS PIT (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Misconduct) 08:39, C. GRATTON BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:44

Period 2
5. BUFFALO, SATAN 33 (CZERKAWSKI, GRATTON), 09:17

PENALTIES: R. WARRENER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 18:58

Period 3
6. BUFFALO, GRATTON 21 (CZERKAWSKI, SMEHLIK), 01:21
7. PITTSBURGH, KOVALEV 30 (LANG, HRDINA), 08:13

PENALTIES: D. TKACZUK BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 05:33

Goalie Statistics

J-Sebastien Aubin (PIT), 25 saves out of 29 shots, L, 18-35-8
Bob Essensa (BUF), 31 saves out of 34 shots, W, 24-25-8

Power Play Conversions

Pittsburgh 0 for 5
Buffalo 0 for 1

Game Stars

1 - Chris Gratton (BUF)
2 - Mariusz Czerkawski (BUF)
3 - Alexei Kovalev (PIT)

Player Statistics

Pittsburgh G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Kovalev 1 1 2 Even 0 8 1 30 Alexei Morozov 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16 Andrew Ference 0 0 0 Even 0 0 6 22 Dan Lacouture 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 3 Darius Kasparaitis 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 20 Hans Jonsson 0 0 0 Even 0 2 3 18 Ian Moran 0 0 0 +2 0 1 1 21 Jan Hrdina 0 2 2 +1 0 3 1 22 Janne Laukkanen 0 0 0 -3 0 6 3 22 Krzysztof Oliwa 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 6 Marc Bergevin 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 18 Mario Lemieux 0 1 1 Even 0 3 0 23 Martin Straka 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 17 Rene Corbet 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19 Robert Lang 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 18 Toby Petersen 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10 Wayne Primeau 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10 William Tibbetts 0 0 0 Even 12 0 0 4

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 0 +2 0 1 4 27 Patric Kjellberg 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18 Chris Gratton 2 2 4 +3 2 3 3 19 Anders Eriksson 0 0 0 +1 0 2 5 24 Daniel Tkaczuk 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13 Erik Rasmussen 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14 James Patrick 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12 Jason Woolley 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22 Mike Eastwood 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11 Mariusz Czerkawski 1 3 4 +3 0 1 1 24 Miroslav Satan 1 1 2 +2 0 4 2 21 Rhett Warrener 0 1 1 +2 4 1 2 17 Richard Smehlik 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16 Rob Ray 0 0 0 Even 0 1 1 6 Stu Barnes 0 0 0 Even 0 3 1 17 Rob Zamuner 0 0 0 Even 2 2 0 17 Vladimir Tsyplakov 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 4 Taylor Pyatt 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10

Financial

Attendance: 12832
Net Profit: $808 416,00

Game Notes

Minor League Box Score

Scranton       0
Rochester      0
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Goalies
Scranton: Rich Parent
Rochester: unknown
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