National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 8, Nashville 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Don Van Massenhoven
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Mark Pare
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Nashville 0314
Buffalo 2428
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:33 - Sabres Steve Bernier (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Thomas Vanek
14:07 - Sabres Steve Bernier (EV) Assists: Toni Lydman , Thomas Vanek
Penalties
14:42 - Sabres Dmitri Kalinin (2) Hooking
 17:57 - Predators Scott Nichol (2) Boarding
 18:56 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Roughing
 18:56 - Predators Vernon Fiddler (2) Roughing
 19:12 - Predators Dan Hamhuis (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:01 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Paul Gaustad , Toni Lydman
2:46 - Predators Jan Hlavac (EV) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Martin Erat
3:20 - Predators Jason Arnott (EV) Assists: J.P. Dumont , Alexander Radulov
4:13 - Sabres Andrew Peters (EV) Assists: Patrick Kaleta , Adam Mair
7:53 - Predators Jason Arnott (PP) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , David Legwand
14:50 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Ales Kotalik , Nolan Pratt
17:49 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Steve Bernier , Toni Lydman
Penalties
7:33 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Goaltender interference
 11:02 - Sabres Clarke MacArthur (2) Hooking
 19:19 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (4) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:04 - Predators David Legwand (PP) Assists: Ryan Suter , Marek Zidlicky
7:35 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Toni Lydman , Ales Kotalik
13:03 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Tim Connolly , Dmitri Kalinin
Penalties
6:48 - Sabres Andrew Peters (5) Fighting
 6:48 - Predators Darcy Hordichuk (5) Fighting
 6:49 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 6:49 - Predators Jordin Tootoo (5) Fighting
 10:22 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) High sticking
 14:04 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Roughing
 14:04 - Sabres Dmitri Kalinin (2) Roughing
 14:04 - Predators Vernon Fiddler (5) Elbowing
 14:04 - Predators Vernon Fiddler (2) Roughing
 14:04 - Predators Scott Nichol (2) Roughing
 16:52 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Roughing
 16:52 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Roughing
 16:52 - Predators Scott Nichol (2) Roughing
 16:52 - Predators Scott Nichol (2) Roughing
 18:49 - Predators Jordin Tootoo (2) Slashing
 18:49 - Predators Jordin Tootoo (2) Roughing
Nashville Predators
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chris Mason G 0 0 0 0 0 34:50 27:15 4:20 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Ellis G 0 0 0 0 0 25:10 13:29 5:45 5:56 0 0 - - - - -
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 24 20:45 14:18 2:31 3:56 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 3 3 -2 0 3 21 18:39 10:53 7:43 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 21:52 15:17 0:00 6:35 0 0 - - - - -
Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 19:33 15:41 2:22 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Greg De Vries D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 21 17:39 14:27 0:00 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Erat LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 24 16:32 11:31 2:35 2:26 0 0 - - - - -
David Legwand C 1 1 2 E 0 3 23 21:54 10:20 7:30 4:04 1 0 - - 8 10 44
Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 -1 8 3 17 12:46 12:08 0:00 0:38 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Radek Bonk C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 17 13:16 10:13 1:57 1:06 0 0 - - 2 2 50
Darcy Hordichuk LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 7 5:40 5:40 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hlavac LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 15 11:56 9:16 0:23 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Arnott C 2 0 2 -3 0 10 19 19:38 11:30 8:08 0:00 1 0 - - 6 11 35
Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 25 22:01 11:21 7:34 3:06 0 0 - - - - -
Jordin Tootoo RW 0 0 0 -3 9 1 14 10:42 9:47 0:00 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Jerred Smithson C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:56 7:39 0:00 5:17 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Vernon Fiddler C 0 0 0 -1 9 1 15 13:13 12:47 0:00 0:26 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Alexander Radulov RW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 17 13:21 10:49 2:18 0:14 0 0 - - - - -
J.P. Dumont RW 0 1 1 -3 0 2 19 17:27 10:03 7:24 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%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 51:44 32:48 9:11 9:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 8:16 7:56 0:00 0:20 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 1 1 E 0 0 17 15:09 13:40 0:00 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 4 4 +3 2 2 23 17:50 9:45 2:15 5:50 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 25 23:54 16:28 4:03 3:23 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +4 2 2 22 21:34 10:58 4:38 5:58 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 21 17:24 10:23 0:19 6:42 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 1 2 3 +2 0 4 21 18:23 13:11 5:12 0:00 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23 18:31 11:49 4:40 2:02 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Daniel Paille LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 14:06 10:01 1:11 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 1 1 +2 5 1 14 9:35 8:10 1:25 0:00 0 0 - - 6 3 67
Thomas Vanek LW 0 2 2 +3 0 5 20 17:31 12:02 5:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 2 1 3 +3 0 4 20 15:44 11:35 4:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 E 4 2 18 14:20 10:19 0:20 3:41 0 0 - - 9 3 75
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 25 21:07 11:33 4:36 4:58 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 1 1 +1 4 0 10 6:25 6:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 +1 4 1 19 16:15 13:57 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Clarke MacArthur LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 13:59 10:03 3:19 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 1 +2 4 2 26 22:24 17:37 2:01 2:46 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 1 0 1 +1 5 2 10 5:44 5:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Nashville
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chris Mason L (18-22-6) 19 14 5 .737 0 34:50
Dan Ellis 14 11 3 .786 0 25:10
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 26 24 2 .923 0 51:44
Jocelyn Thibault 7 5 2 .714 0 8:16