Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Thursday, January 24, 2008, 8:30 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 2–1 on Thursday, January 24, 2008 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Buffalo Sabres	2	39-31-12
at Dallas Stars	1	45-30-7

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	1	2
Dallas Stars	0	1	0	1

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	6	6	7	19
Dallas Stars	9	7	10	26

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:51	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy (17)	Drew Stafford (12), Thomas Vanek (17)	Even strength	BUF 1, DAL 0
2nd	17:08	Dallas Stars	Stu Barnes (8)	Mattias Norstrom (3), Matt Niskanen (14)	Even strength	BUF 1, DAL 1
3rd	05:12	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy (18)	Thomas Vanek (18), Drew Stafford (13)	Even strength	BUF 2, DAL 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	2	0	2	+1	0	5	0	0	42.9%	23:04
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:35
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		17:58
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	2	2	+1	2	1	2	0		15:26
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50%	03:18
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0		17:39
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	66.7%	18:13
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50%	22:48
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		02:22
Number 41 C. MacArthur	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:45
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33.3%	22:30
Number 76 A. Peters	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0		02:18
Number 4 N. Pratt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		10:09
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	4		24:58
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		22:45
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	2		23:09
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		12:03
Number 51 B. Campbell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		22:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	26	25	1	.962	60:00	Win

Dallas Stars skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Modano	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	35.7%	23:40
Number 10 B. Morrow	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		21:30
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	14:04
Number 13 K. Barch	R	0	0	0	+1	17	1	5	0		04:37
Number 14 S. Barnes	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	57.1%	09:42
Number 15 N. Hagman	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		18:15
Number 20 A. Miettinen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		19:17
Number 21 L. Eriksson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		15:46
Number 29 S. Ott	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	100%	14:32
Number 36 J. Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	50%	15:42
Number 39 J. Lundqvist	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		05:25
Number 63 M. Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	55.6%	20:56
Number 2 N. Grossmann	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:28
Number 3 S. Robidas	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2		28:40
Number 4 M. Norstrom	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1		16:51
Number 5 M. Niskanen	D	0	1	1	-1	2	3	1	1		22:33
Number 6 T. Daley	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		17:03
Number 28 M. Fistric	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		09:11

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Turco	19	17	2	.895	58:48	Loss

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	09:16	Buffalo Sabres	Ryan Miller	Tripping	2
1st	12:20	Buffalo Sabres	Andrew Peters	Fighting (major)	5
1st	12:20	Dallas Stars	Krys Barch	Instigator	2
1st	12:20	Dallas Stars	Krys Barch	Fighting (major)	5
1st	12:20	Dallas Stars	Krys Barch	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	14:50	Dallas Stars	Matt Niskanen	Hooking	2
1st	18:51	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Hooking	2
2nd	04:31	Buffalo Sabres	Dmitri Kalinin	Hooking	2
2nd	09:19	Dallas Stars	Mark Fistric	Interference	2
2nd	13:55	Buffalo Sabres	Adam Mair	Holding	2
2nd	19:08	Dallas Stars	Jussi Jokinen	Slashing	2
3rd	02:21	Buffalo Sabres	Clarke MacArthur	Hooking	2
3rd	12:48	Buffalo Sabres	Henrik Tallinder	High sticking	2

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Michael McGeough, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Brian Mach
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Teppo Numminen, Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly, Michael Ryan, Nathan Paetsch, Michael Funk, Andrej Sekera, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Weber
Dallas Stars scratches: Sergei Zubov, Philippe Boucher, Jere Lehtinen, Toby Petersen, Brad Winchester, Tobias Stephan, B.J. Crombeen, Junior Lessard, Chris Conner

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