Buffalo Sabres vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 2010 · HP Pavilion at San Jose
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Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at HP Pavilion at San Jose. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 40–24.
Joe Pavelski scored twice and Jed Ortmeyer scored twice. Tim Connolly, Dany Heatley and Jason Pominville also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Connolly (1)Jason Pominville (1), Jochen Hecht (1)1–007:19 BUF
2nd period
Joe Pavelski (1)Manny Malhotra (1)1–102:07 SJS
Dany Heatley (1)Joe Thornton (1), Rob Blake (1)1–214:00 SJS
3rd period
Jason Pominville (1)Chris Butler (1), Tyler Myers (1)2–200:18 BUF ·
Joe Pavelski (2)Devin Setoguchi (1), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1)2–306:31 SJS
Jed Ortmeyer (1)Ryane Clowe (1), Scott Nichol (1)2–410:27 SJS
Jed Ortmeyer (2)Scott Nichol (2), Manny Malhotra (2)2–519:00 SJS ·
Team stats
BUFSJS
4024
49%51%
1/40/4
1212
2332
1614
1412
810
Penalties
- 9:30 into the first period
Paul Gaustad · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:09 into the first period
Brad Staubitz · slashing2 min
- 13:09 into the first period
Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the first period
Ryane Clowe · hooking2 min
- 2:52 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:54 into the second period
Jed Ortmeyer · slashing2 min
- 9:15 into the second period
Adam Mair · slashing2 min
- 14:40 into the second period
Brad Staubitz · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the second period
Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min
- 18:47 into the second period
Scott Nichol · tripping2 min
- 16:13 into the third period
Craig Rivet · high sticking2 min
- 19:33 into the third period
Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:23 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:11 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 14:41 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:26 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 13:05 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 15:59 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:53 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:49 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19:16 |
| 16Devin SetoguchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 23:11 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:39 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 59Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 28Jay LeachD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 40Kent HuskinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |