Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 25, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 45–33.
Goals came from Brett McLean, Craig Rivet, Richard Zednik, Michael Frolik, Jason Pominville, Clarke MacArthur, Tim Connolly and Maxim Afinogenov.
Mikael Tellqvist made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Brett McLean (5)Jassen Cullimore (7), Kamil Kreps (14)1–009:31 FLA
Craig Rivet (2)Derek Roy (39), Toni Lydman (16)1–119:46 BUF ·
2nd period
Richard Zednik (16)Nathan Horton (21), Nick Boynton (14)2–114:55 FLA
3rd period
Michael Frolik (19)Brett McLean (11), Keith Ballard (26)3–103:25 FLA
Jason Pominville (16)Henrik Tallinder (9)3–206:14 BUF
Clarke MacArthur (14)Jason Pominville (38), Tim Connolly (21)3–307:05 BUF
Tim Connolly (14)Jaroslav Spacek (28), Jason Pominville (39)3–408:21 BUF · 
Maxim Afinogenov (5)Unassisted3–519:28 BUF ·
Team stats
FLABUF
3345
48%52%
0/22/5
1923
1817
1716
713
01
Penalties
- 19:14 into the first period
Gregory Campbell · holding2 min - 2:01 into the second periodCory Stillman · hooking2 min
- 10:04 into the second period
Clarke MacArthur · interference2 min - 15:17 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodBryan McCabe · interference2 min
- 7:56 into the third periodDominic Moore · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · cross checking2 min
- 7:56 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 19:28 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · roughing2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodClarke MacArthur · misconduct10 min
- 19:28 into the third periodKeith Ballard · fighting5 min
- 19:28 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 53Brett McLeanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:58 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 15:40 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 44 | 4 | .909 |
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 17:23 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:54 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:14 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:09 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:19 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:15 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 17Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 12:37 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:50 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |