Suddenly Hot Sabres Dull First Place Stars
Buffalo News
January 29 2006 (Buffalo, NY) -
Five different scorers contributed to an all-around excellent 5-2 Buffalo Sabres victory over the Western Conference leading Dallas Stars last night at HSBC Arena.
Buffalo has now won four of five games and six of their last eight.
J.P. Dumont, Derek Roy, Teppo Numminen, Tim Connolly and Jochen Hecht all scored for the Sabres. Connolly (1g 1a) and Chris Drury (2a) notched multipoint games.
Sergei Zubov and Steve Ott scored for the Stars.
Martin Biron was excellent in goal for Buffalo, stopping 28 of 30 Dallas shots. Marty Turco was busy, as most Sabres opposing goaltenders are these days, turning aside 38 of 43 Buffalo shots.
"We didn't panic after they opened the scoring and that was key", coach Lindy Ruff said after the game. "We kept with the game plan and really played a solid game."
"I'm really happy with our defensive zone coverage as well and our penalty killing continues to improve."
Jeff Jillson and Taylor Pyatt were the scratches for Buffalo. Maxim Afinogenov returned to the lineup and played on the right wing with Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek.
Buffalo once again gets no rest, as the team flew to Washington immediately after the game in preparation for tonight's tilt against the Capitals. Game time at MCI Center is 7:30pm.
| FINAL | 1
| 2
| 3
| OT/SO
| TOTAL
|
Dallas
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 2
|
Buffalo
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 5
|
|
| FIRST PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| 1. Dallas - S. Zubov 12 (M. Modano, P. Boucher), 6:45 |
| 2. Buffalo - J. Dumont 21 (T. Connolly, D. Briere), 18:41 (PP) | |
| SECOND PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| 3. Buffalo - D. Roy 4 (B. Campbell, T. Vanek), 1:37 | | |
| 4. Buffalo - T. Numminen 2 (J. McKee), 11:54 | | | |
| THIRD PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| 5. Buffalo - T. Connolly 17 (A. Kotalik, C. Drury), 9:09 | | |
| 6. Buffalo - J. Hecht 17 (C. Drury), 11:16 (PP) | | |
| 7. Dallas - S. Ott 2 (N. Kapanen), 17:58 | | | |
|
| GAME INFORMATION |
| SHOTS ON GOAL | 1
| 2
| 3
| OT
| TOTAL
|
Dallas
| 6
| 10
| 14
|
| 30
|
Buffalo
| 18
| 14
| 11
|
| 43
|
| GOALTENDING |
| Dallas | M. Turco (W: 32-11-3) |
| Buffalo | M. Biron (W: 18-9-0) |
| POWERPLAYS | THREE STARS |
| Dallas | 0 - 3
| 1. D. Roy (BUF) 1g +1 |
| Buffalo | 2 - 5
| 2. T. Connolly (BUF) 1g 1a +1 |
| ATTENDANCE | 17940
| 3. C. Drury (BUF) 2a +1 |