Buffalo at Pittsburgh

Period 1
1. PITTSBURGH, HRDINA 1 (KOVALEV, STRAKA), 12:56

PENALTIES: A. FERENCE PIT (ELBOWING, Minor) 17:23

Period 2
2. BUFFALO, SMEHLIK 1 (KJELLBERG, PATRICK), 08:33

PENALTIES: M. STRAKA PIT (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 02:05, R. WARRENER BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:39

Period 3
3. PITTSBURGH, ROZSIVAL 2 (LEMIEUX), 01:46
4. BUFFALO, KJELLBERG 1 (PYATT, GRATTON), 05:17
5. PITTSBURGH, WILSON 1 (MOROZOV, KOVALEV) (PP), 09:32
6. BUFFALO, BARNES 2 (CZERKAWSKI, WARRENER) (PP), 11:35

PENALTIES: A. ZHITNIK BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 09:08, K. MILLER PIT (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 10:42, A. KOVALEV PIT (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 12:49, L. ODELEIN BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 16:20 (Served by Erik Rasmussen), D. BONVIE PIT (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 16:20, A. ZHITNIK BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 17:11

Overtime
7. PITTSBURGH, ROZSIVAL 3 (LEMIEUX, HRDINA) (PP), 02:19

PENALTIES: R. WARRENER BUF (CHARGING, Minor) 01:13

Goalie Statistics

Bob Essensa (BUF), 29 saves out of 33 shots, L, 0-2-0
J-Sebastien Aubin (PIT), 26 saves out of 29 shots, W, 1-0-1

Power Play Conversions

Buffalo 1 for 4
Pittsburgh 2 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Jan Hrdina (PIT)
2 - Michal Rozsival (PIT)
3 - Mario Lemieux (PIT)

Player Statistics

Buffalo G A P +/- PIM S IT --------------------------------------- A. ZHITNIK 0 0 0 -1 4 0 28 P. KJELLBERG 1 1 2 +2 0 2 23 C. GRATTON 0 1 1 +1 0 2 24 A. KOTALIK 0 0 0 Even 0 0 11 J. YLONEN 0 0 0 Even 0 0 9 A. ERIKSSON 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 A. KOROLYUK 0 0 0 Even 0 2 8 L. ODELEIN 0 0 0 Even 12 0 11 E. RASMUSSEN 0 0 0 Even 0 1 10 J. PATRICK 0 1 1 +2 0 0 22 M. CZERKAWSKI 0 1 1 -2 0 1 20 M. SATAN 0 0 0 -2 0 7 27 R. WARRENER 0 1 1 -1 4 4 22 R. SMEHLIK 1 0 1 +2 0 3 24 R. RAY 0 0 0 Even 0 1 6 S. BARNES 1 0 1 -2 0 1 16 R. MURRAY 0 0 0 Even 0 0 9 T. PYATT 0 1 1 +2 0 4 20

Pittsburgh G A P +/- PIM S IT --------------------------------------- A. KOVALEV 0 2 2 Even 2 3 28 A. MOROZOV 0 1 1 -1 0 1 17 A. FERENCE 0 0 0 Even 2 2 18 D. LACOUTURE 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 D. KASPARAITIS 0 0 0 +1 0 3 24 D. BONVIE 0 0 0 Even 2 1 8 M. WILSON 1 0 1 -1 0 2 19 K. BEECH 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 H. JONSSON 0 0 0 Even 0 1 11 J. HRDINA 1 1 2 +2 0 5 23 J. LAUKKANEN 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 K. STEVENS 0 0 0 Even 0 0 14 K. MILLER 0 0 0 -1 2 1 16 K. OLIWA 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 M. LEMIEUX 0 2 2 +2 0 3 24 M. STRAKA 0 1 1 Even 4 1 24 M. ROZSIVAL 2 0 2 +1 0 5 23 R. LANG 0 0 0 Even 0 3 17 W. PRIMEAU 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6

Financial

Attendance: 16958
Net Profit: $1 068 354,00

Game Notes

Alexei Kovalev injured at 16:20 of the 3rd Period
Lyle Odelein ejected at 16:20 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      0
Scranton       3
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unknown (Toby Petersen, Milan Kraft)
Tom Kostopoulos 2 (Eric Meloche, unknown)
Tom Kostopoulos 3 (Ian Moran, unknown)

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Goalies
Rochester: Jason Labarbera
Scranton: unknown
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