Buffalo 5, St. Louis 3

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 Total Buffalo 1 1 3 5 Final  St. Louis 1 2 0 3

Scoring Summary
1st Period
St. Louis	10:12, Alexander Steen 4 (unassisted)
Buffalo	15:52, Jochen Hecht 6 (Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly)
2nd Period
Buffalo	7:47, Mike Grier 7 (Tim Kennedy, Chris Butler)
St. Louis	9:14, Eric Brewer 2 (Keith Tkachuk)
St. Louis	15:24, Alexander Steen 5 (Brad Winchester, Patrik Berglund)
3rd Period
Buffalo	3:15, Mike Grier 8 (Tim Kennedy, Thomas Vanek)
Buffalo	7:22, Tim Connolly 8 (power play) (Chris Butler, Jason Pominville)
Buffalo	16:44, Tim Connolly 9 (shorthanded) (Mike Grier, Tyler Myers)

Team		Shots on Goal						Faceoffs				Power Plays
		1st	2nd	3rd	Total			Won	Lost			Converted	Total
Buffalo		9	9	6	24			25	42			1	4
St. Louis		8	13	14	35			42	25			0	5

Buffalo  Goalies       Shots   Saves    P. Lalime  35   32   Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM    C. Butler  13:57 0 2 -2 1 0    T. Connolly  18:16 2 1 +2 5 0    M. Ellis  10:47 0 0 -1 1 0    P. Gaustad  18:58 0 0 -2 1 0    M. Grier  19:11 2 1 +3 5 0    J. Hecht  17:33 1 0 +2 2 2    P. Kaleta  06:46 0 0 -2 0 6    T. Kennedy  16:45 0 2 +2 1 0    T. Lydman  19:45 0 0 +1 0 0    C. MacArthur  12:22 0 0 -2 1 0    A. Mair  09:55 0 0 -1 1 2    S. Montador  19:29 0 0 +1 3 2    T. Myers  25:49 0 1 +2 0 0    J. Pominville  19:24 0 2 +1 2 0    C. Rivet  13:44 0 0 -2 0 5    A. Sekera  07:03 0 0 -1 1 0    H. Tallinder  22:31 0 0 +2 0 0    T. Vanek  17:45 0 1 +1 0 0

St. Louis  Goalies       Shots   Saves    T. Conklin  24   19   Skaters TOI G A +/- SOG PIM    D. Backes  18:02 0 0 -1 3 0    P. Berglund  16:59 0 1 +1 3 0    B. Boyes  18:54 0 0 -1 3 0    E. Brewer  21:56 1 0 -1 4 0    C. Colaiacovo  18:25 0 0 -1 2 2    B.J. Crombeen  09:28 0 0 -1 0 7    B. Jackman  20:24 0 0 0 1 2    E. Johnson  22:07 0 0 0 1 2    P. Kariya  04:26 0 0 0 1 0    J. McClement  12:24 0 0 0 1 0    A. McDonald  20:24 0 0 -2 3 0    T.J. Oshie  17:20 0 0 -1 2 2    D. Perron  17:02 0 0 0 2 0    R. Polak  16:10 0 0 +1 0 0    A. Steen  20:11 2 0 +1 7 0    K. Tkachuk  17:32 0 1 -1 2 0    M. Weaver  15:03 0 0 0 0 0    B. Winchester  08:10 0 1 +1 0 0

Penalty Summary
1st Period
St. Louis	fighting - 5 min	0:37, B. Crombeen
Buffalo	fighting - 5 min	0:37, C. Rivet
Buffalo	unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min	0:37, P. Kaleta
St. Louis	unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min	0:37, B. Crombeen
St. Louis	cross check - 2 min	13:09, C. Colaiacovo
Buffalo	interference - 2 min	16:23, P. Kaleta
Buffalo	elbowing - 2 min	18:34, P. Kaleta
2nd Period
St. Louis	boarding - 2 min	0:56, B. Jackman
St. Louis	tripping - 2 min	2:21, T. Oshie
Buffalo	tripping - 2 min	4:47, A. Mair
3rd Period
St. Louis	holding - 2 min	6:32, E. Johnson
Buffalo	interference - 2 min	11:08, S. Montador
Buffalo	hooking - 2 min	15:35, J. Hecht

Updated on Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 9:23 pm ET