National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Florida 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Paul Devorski, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Cherrey
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Florida 1113
Buffalo 1045
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
9:31 - Panthers Brett McLean (EV) Assists: Jassen Cullimore , Kamil Kreps
19:46 - Sabres Craig Rivet (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Toni Lydman
Penalties
19:14 - Panthers Gregory Campbell (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
14:55 - Panthers Richard Zednik (EV) Assists: Nathan Horton , Nick Boynton
Penalties
2:01 - Panthers Cory Stillman (2) Hooking
 10:04 - Sabres Clarke MacArthur (2) Interference
 15:17 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Interference
 19:00 - Panthers Bryan McCabe (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:25 - Panthers Michael Frolik (EV) Assists: Brett McLean , Keith Ballard
6:14 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Henrik Tallinder
7:05 - Sabres Clarke MacArthur (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Tim Connolly
8:21 - Sabres Tim Connolly (PP) Assists: Jaroslav Spacek , Jason Pominville
19:28 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
7:56 - Sabres Dominic Moore (2) Roughing
 7:56 - Panthers Nathan Horton (2) Roughing
 7:56 - Panthers Jassen Cullimore (2) Cross checking
 19:28 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Roughing
 19:28 - Sabres Craig Rivet (5) Fighting
 19:28 - Sabres Clarke MacArthur (10) Misconduct
 19:28 - Panthers Nathan Horton (2) Roughing
 19:28 - Panthers Nathan Horton (2) Roughing
 19:28 - Panthers Keith Ballard (5) Fighting
Florida Panthers
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tomas Vokoun G 0 0 0 0 0 59:30 50:01 4:00 5:29 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Keith Ballard D 0 1 1 +1 5 0 26 21:46 19:17 1:16 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Karlis Skrastins D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 29 17:32 13:16 0:00 4:16 0 0 - - - - -
Jay Bouwmeester D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 34 25:02 18:34 2:44 3:44 0 0 - - - - -
Stephen Weiss C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 22 15:40 13:12 1:33 0:55 0 0 - - 12 6 67
David Booth LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 16:00 13:48 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Gregory Campbell LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 21 15:14 12:52 0:15 2:07 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Radek Dvorak RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22 15:30 13:09 0:15 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Horton RW 0 1 1 E 6 5 23 15:58 14:04 1:33 0:21 0 0 - - 5 15 25
Ville Peltonen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 14:22 12:32 0:15 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
Richard Zednik LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 23 17:20 15:08 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jassen Cullimore D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 23 16:48 15:19 0:00 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Bryan McCabe D 0 0 0 E 2 3 30 24:31 21:43 2:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kamil Kreps C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 17 12:44 10:06 0:00 2:38 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Nick Boynton D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 14:23 12:55 1:12 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Brett McLean C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 14 11:19 10:03 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Cory Stillman LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 23 15:34 14:01 1:33 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Frolik C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 16 12:42 10:30 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Rostislav Olesz C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17 12:36 12:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mikael Tellqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 59:53 50:24 5:29 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 29 23:09 18:09 2:15 2:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 E 0 3 30 23:19 18:18 3:46 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 E 0 1 21 17:28 13:48 2:13 1:27 0 0 - - 9 3 75
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 27 19:15 16:28 0:02 2:45 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 +3 0 2 26 18:18 13:40 3:14 1:24 1 0 - - 6 8 43
Dominic Moore RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 17 15:59 13:10 1:43 1:06 0 0 - - 4 11 27
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16 14:19 14:17 0:02 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:35 6:44 1:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 15 12:23 9:44 2:39 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 24 17:21 12:06 3:48 1:27 0 0 - - 14 8 64
Jason Pominville RW 1 2 3 +2 0 5 24 17:23 12:28 3:46 1:09 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Butler D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 15:39 15:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -3 0 4 18 12:37 12:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 1 0 1 E 12 3 21 12:54 12:29 0:25 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 16:16 16:00 0:16 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 1 0 1 +2 5 1 26 19:08 16:28 1:25 1:15 1 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 20 14:50 13:23 0:00 1:27 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Afinogenov RW 1 0 1 +1 4 6 21 17:14 17:14 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Florida
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tomas Vokoun L (26-23-6) 44 40 4 .909 0 59:30
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Mikael Tellqvist W (9-6-1) 33 30 3 .909 0 59:53