Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars

Thursday, January 15, 2009, 8:30 PM ET American Airlines Center, Dallas Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 5–4 in a shootout on Thursday, January 15, 2009 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres	5	41-32-9
at Dallas Stars	4	36-35-11

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	3	0	0	5
Dallas Stars	2	1	1	0	0	4

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	5	10	18	2	0	35
Dallas Stars	12	3	9	1	0	25

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:44	Dallas Stars	Matt Niskanen (4)	Jere Lehtinen (6), Steve Ott (7)	Power play	BUF 0, DAL 1
1st	14:40	Dallas Stars	Steve Ott (5)	Mike Modano (14), Marty Turco (3)	Power play	BUF 0, DAL 2
2nd	02:47	Dallas Stars	Trevor Daley (5)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 0, DAL 3
2nd	13:12	Buffalo Sabres	Paul Gaustad (5)	Craig Rivet (6), Drew Stafford (17)	Power play	BUF 1, DAL 3
3rd	03:01	Buffalo Sabres	Jochen Hecht (5)	Derek Roy (25), Jason Pominville (20)	Even strength	BUF 2, DAL 3
3rd	03:49	Dallas Stars	Brad Richards (11)	Nicklas Grossmann (4), Joel Lundqvist (4)	Even strength	BUF 2, DAL 4
3rd	09:53	Buffalo Sabres	Paul Gaustad (6)	Drew Stafford (18), Ales Kotalik (13)	Even strength	BUF 3, DAL 4
3rd	10:09	Buffalo Sabres	Clarke MacArthur (12)	Jaroslav Spacek (21), Jason Pominville (21)	Even strength	BUF 4, DAL 4

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

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Dallas Stars	Brad Richards	Saved
1	Buffalo Sabres	Ales Kotalik	Saved
2	Dallas Stars	James Neal	Saved
2	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Saved
3	Dallas Stars	Loui Eriksson	Saved
3	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Connolly	Saved
4	Dallas Stars	Mike Ribeiro	Saved
4	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Saved
5	Dallas Stars	Jere Lehtinen	Goal
5	Buffalo Sabres	Derek Roy	Goal
6	Dallas Stars	Mark Parrish	Saved
6	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville	Goal

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	1	1	+2	0	5	2	0	0	64%	26:53
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0		15:17
Number 19 T. Connolly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0	41.7%	20:05
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		08:16
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	2	2	+1	4	0	3	1	0		14:49
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	66.7%	07:57
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0		22:53
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	2	0	2	+1	5	5	7	0	1	80%	11:57
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	2	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0		25:50
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40%	08:35
Number 41 C. MacArthur	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0		12:09
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	0	50%	21:43
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	0		28:30
Number 6 J. Spacek	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0		18:55
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0		22:39
Number 27 T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:15
Number 34 C. Butler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	0		15:53
Number 52 C. Rivet	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		18:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	25	21	4	.840	64:38	Win

Dallas Stars skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Modano	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	1	0	54.5%	18:40
Number 13 K. Barch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		07:57
Number 17 T. Petersen	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	0		14:44
Number 18 J. Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	1	0		13:45
Number 20 B. Sutherby	C	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	0	0	45.5%	09:05
Number 21 L. Eriksson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	0		20:46
Number 26 J. Lehtinen	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:02
Number 29 S. Ott	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	40%	19:40
Number 37 M. Parrish	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		08:48
Number 39 J. Lundqvist	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		13:09
Number 63 M. Ribeiro	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	0	40%	19:00
Number 91 B. Richards	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0	36%	20:48
Number 2 N. Grossmann	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		20:30
Number 3 S. Robidas	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		23:09
Number 5 M. Niskanen	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1		23:53
Number 6 T. Daley	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	2	0		27:53
Number 27 A. Hutchinson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0		11:56
Number 55 D. Sydor	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		19:39

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 M. Turco	35	31	4	.886	64:55	OT loss

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Dallas Stars
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:18	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Interference	2
1st	13:23	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Hooking	2
2nd	00:26	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Slashing	2
2nd	04:49	Buffalo Sabres	Paul Gaustad	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	04:49	Dallas Stars	Brian Sutherby	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	06:03	Dallas Stars	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:31	Dallas Stars	Toby Petersen	Hooking	2
2nd	19:16	Dallas Stars	James Neal	Holding the stick	2
3rd	07:53	Dallas Stars	Mike Ribeiro	Hooking	2

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Dallas Stars head coach: Dave Tippett
Referees: Tom Kowal, Steve Kozari
Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Maxim Afinogenov, Andrew Peters, Nathan Paetsch, Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Nathan Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, Mike Weber
Dallas Stars scratches: Sergei Zubov, Landon Wilson, Brenden Morrow, Doug Janik, Dan Jancevski, Sean Avery, Garrett Stafford, Mark Fistric, Raymond Sawada, Tom Wandell, Chris Conner, Fabian Brunnstrom

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