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Thursday, October 23, 2008 · Xcel Energy Center

Sabres 4 at Wild 3

Final/OT

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 90OVR Derek Roy Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG L 92OVR Thomas Vanek Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG R 79OVR Drew Stafford Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 14:43 Drew Stafford (2) Derek Roy (4), Thomas Vanek (3) · Backhand BUF 1 – 0 MIN

2nd Period

  1. 9:57 Benoit Pouliot (2) Derek Boogaard (2), Craig Weller (1) · Wrist BUF 1 – 1 MIN
  2. 14:50 Stephane Veilleux (1) Eric Belanger (1), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3) · Wrist BUF 1 – 2 MIN

3rd Period

  1. 0:29 Brent Burns (1) PPG Unassisted · Deflection BUF 1 – 3 MIN
  2. 16:00 Adam Mair (2) Nathan Paetsch (1), Maxim Afinogenov (5) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 3 MIN
  3. 16:46 Thomas Vanek (8) Andrej Sekera (3), Drew Stafford (1) · Wrist BUF 3 – 3 MIN

Overtime

  1. 0:44 Derek Roy (1) Henrik Tallinder (2), Toni Lydman (3) · Wrist BUF 4 – 3 MIN

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Roy C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 23:41 2.05
Thomas Vanek L 1 1 1 0 1 +3 18:29 1.95
Drew Stafford R 1 1 1 0 0 +1 16:13 1.60
Maxim Afinogenov R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 16:30 1.05
Adam Mair C 1 0 1 3 0 +1 16:19 1.03
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 0 1 +1 24:49 1.00
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 0 0 1 +2 21:53 0.98
Toni Lydman D 0 1 0 3 3 +2 19:19 0.93
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 0 2 1 0 14:24 0.73
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 2 2 0 +1 16:50 0.30
Matt Ellis L 0 0 3 0 0 0 5:10 0.22
Jason Pominville R 0 0 2 1 3 -1 20:28 0.15
Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 1 1 0 0 5:06 0.08
Daniel Paille L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15:46 0.05
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:55 0.05
Clarke MacArthur L 0 0 2 1 0 -1 16:32 -0.15
Andrew Peters L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4:44 -0.15
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16:20 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller W 33 30 3 .909 60:43 0.75

Minnesota Wild

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Stephane Veilleux L 1 0 2 2 0 0 19:36 1.00
Brent Burns D 1 0 5 3 1 -2 23:12 0.93
Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 2 0 0 0 8:29 0.90
Craig Weller R 0 1 0 1 1 +1 4:59 0.83
Derek Boogaard L 0 1 0 2 0 +1 5:26 0.78
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 1 1 0 0 0 19:28 0.75
Eric Belanger C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 20:59 0.73
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 20:38 0.20
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 4 2 0 0 19:54 0.20
Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 2 7 0 0 14:26 0.15
James Sheppard C 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:31 0.15
Martin Skoula D 0 0 1 1 1 0 19:23 0.08
Kim Johnsson D 0 0 2 0 2 -1 20:52 0.05
Colton Gillies C 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:40 0.00
Marc-Andre Bergeron D 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:57 -0.05
Antti Miettinen R 0 0 5 2 0 -3 20:49 -0.07
Andrew Brunette L 0 0 1 3 1 -2 18:18 -0.18
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 -1 21:19 -0.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Niklas Backstrom O 24 20 4 .833 60:44 -1.00