National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Buffalo 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 12, 2010
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Frederic L'Ecuyer, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Mark Wheler
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 2103
Buffalo 0022
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:02 - Wild Andrew Ebbett (PP) Assists: Marek Zidlicky , Josh Harding
10:11 - Wild Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
2:01 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Tripping
 7:17 - Wild James Sheppard (2) Holding
 15:42 - Sabres Steve Montador (5) Fighting
 15:42 - Wild Owen Nolan (5) Fighting
 16:14 - Wild Antti Miettinen (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
18:35 - Wild Andrew Brunette (EV) Assists: Antti Miettinen
Penalties
1:50 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Hooking
 7:20 - Sabres Adam Mair (2) Cross checking
 7:20 - Wild Andrew Ebbett (2) Interference
 14:37 - Wild John Scott (2) Cross checking
 19:49 - Sabres Mark Mancari (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
3:42 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Jason Pominville
18:02 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Jochen Hecht
Penalties
2:56 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Tripping
 5:46 - Wild Mikko Koivu (2) Tripping
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Wade Dubielewicz G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Harding G 0 1 1 0 0 59:56 46:09 3:01 10:46 0 0 - - - - -
Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 38 27:52 19:58 2:24 5:30 0 0 - - - - -
Greg Zanon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 34 27:05 19:47 0:10 7:08 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 +1 4 2 31 22:51 17:29 2:13 3:09 0 0 - - 11 16 41
Owen Nolan RW 0 0 0 E 5 2 25 15:30 11:38 0:48 3:04 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Martin Havlat RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 22 16:38 13:29 2:13 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Brunette LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 21 16:07 13:54 2:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ebbett C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 29 17:01 11:44 0:48 4:29 1 0 - - 7 9 44
Antti Miettinen RW 0 1 1 +2 2 2 25 18:50 14:26 2:13 2:11 0 0 - - - - -
Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 14:50 10:21 0:00 4:29 0 0 - - 3 11 21
Cal Clutterbuck RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 12:27 9:58 0:00 2:29 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 3:29 3:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jaime Sifers D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17 10:57 9:53 0:00 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
John Scott D 0 0 0 E 2 1 15 7:00 7:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robbie Earl LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 8:10 8:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cam Barker D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 32 22:26 17:44 0:48 3:54 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 1 0 1 E 0 4 20 13:52 13:04 0:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Sheppard C 0 0 0 E 2 1 15 9:25 8:40 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 36 22:48 18:25 0:27 3:56 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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 58:39 44:52 10:46 3:01 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 5 1 17 12:26 12:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 14:19 13:30 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +1 2 3 22 23:22 15:14 7:20 0:48 0 0 - - 20 6 77
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 20:03 17:48 0:03 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Kennedy LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 6:47 6:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Raffi Torres LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:03 12:27 3:36 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 25 20:24 12:37 7:35 0:12 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 11:26 11:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 7 9 44
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 11:17 9:05 0:00 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Mancari RW 0 0 0 E 2 7 22 18:14 14:38 3:36 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Thomas Vanek LW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 25 21:21 14:14 7:07 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 E 0 8 26 20:34 12:35 7:10 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 8:23 8:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 8 5:42 5:42 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 1 80
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 E 0 3 26 20:09 13:38 6:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 23 18:20 14:20 3:11 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 1 1 E 0 8 28 20:51 15:24 3:26 2:01 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 27:11 20:44 4:15 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Josh Harding W (9-12-0) 45 43 2 .956 0 59:56
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Patrick Lalime L (4-8-2) 33 30 3 .909 0 58:39