Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 2009 · BankAtlantic Center
FS-F (HD) · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at BankAtlantic Center. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 43–36.
Goals came from Mike Grier, Jason Pominville, Matt Ellis, Tyler Myers, Steve Reinprecht, Thomas Vanek and Rostislav Olesz.
Ryan Miller made 41 saves on 43 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Grier (1)Tim Kennedy (1), Jochen Hecht (1)1–001:11 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Tim Connolly (1), Chris Butler (1)2–001:56 BUF · 
Matt Ellis (1)Patrick Kaleta (1), Henrik Tallinder (1)3–004:37 BUF
Tyler Myers (1)Henrik Tallinder (2), Derek Roy (1)4–010:20 BUF
Steve Reinprecht (1)Michael Frolik (1), Rostislav Olesz (1)4–114:11 FLA
Thomas Vanek (1)Drew Stafford (1), Steve Montador (1)5–116:48 BUF
3rd period
Rostislav Olesz (1)David Booth (1), Ville Koistinen (1)5–217:47 FLA
Team stats
BUFFLA
3643
53%47%
1/41/7
2822
1430
109
310
21
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Kamil Kreps · hooking2 min - 6:33 into the first period
Steve Montador · interference2 min - 7:31 into the first periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the first periodTim Kennedy · interference2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodJason Pominville · tripping2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodDmitry Kulikov · interference2 min
- 13:29 into the second periodJordan Leopold · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodNathan Horton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodPatrick Kaleta · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodNathan Horton · roughing2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodPatrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodNathan Horton · misconduct10 min
- 15:19 into the third periodClarke MacArthur · interference2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodClarke MacArthur · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:19 into the third periodClarke MacArthur · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:50 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:04 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:40 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:38 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 43 | 2 | .954 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 85Rostislav OleszL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12:49 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:04 |
| 27Steve ReinprechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15:18 |
| 67Michael FrolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 6Ville KoistinenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 16Nathan HortonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 28Kamil KrepsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:48 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 4Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:45 |
| 43Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:00 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 30Scott ClemmensenG | 3 | 2 | .333 |