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December 15,2007  (Saturday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot CHI 1 0 0 1 BUF 0 2 1 3	Shots 1 2 3 Tot CHI 7 12 8 27 BUF 10 10 3 23	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season CHI 0 / 7 26 / 139 (18.7%) 125 / 147 (85.0%) BUF 1 / 5 29 / 137 (21.2%) 113 / 137 (82.5%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 18,690 Referees: Tim Peel, Dean Warren Officials: Brian Murphy, David Brisebois	Chicago Blackhawks Game #31 15-16-0 30 Pts Prev Game vs LA Next Game vs FLA Buffalo Sabres Game #31 16-14-1 33 Pts Prev Game vs WAS Next Game vs NYI Three Stars: (1) Ryan Miller  (BUF)  (2) Thomas Vanek (BUF)  (3) Patrick Kane (CHI)

Goals 1st Period 1. CHI Patrick Kane    [8]  [c8]   ( Patrick Sharp [11],  Jonathan Toews [12] ) 2:35 2nd Period 2. BUF Thomas Vanek    [10]  [c78]   (Powerplay)   ( Derek Roy [15],  Maxim Afinogenov [10] ) 2:52 3. BUF Drew Stafford    [7]  [c20]   (GW)   ( Thomas Vanek [11],  Derek Roy [16] ) 10:18 3rd Period 4. BUF Jason Pominville    [8]  [c60]   (Empty Net)   ( Tim Connolly [20],  Toni Lydman [9] ) 19:13 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Nikolai Khabibulin Career CHI L 59 2 22 20 11-10-2 2.77 Ryan Miller Career BUF W 60 1 27 26 14-12-1 2.63

Penalties 1st Period 1. BUF Jochen Hecht [2] Slashing 2 0:26 2. CHI Duncan Keith [1] Slashing 2 5:07 3. CHI Patrick Kane [3] Hooking 2 7:31 4. BUF Jaroslav Spacek [2] Tripping 2 8:37 5. BUF Nathan Paetsch [1] Roughing 2 18:31 2nd Period 6. CHI Dustin Byfuglien [1] Hooking 2 1:16 7. CHI Yanic Perreault [2] Slashing 2 5:06 8. CHI Patrick Sharp [1] Hooking 2 6:59 9. BUF Maxim Afinogenov [1] Holding the stick 2 6:59 10. BUF Daniel Paille [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 7:20 11. BUF Andrej Sekera [1] Slashing 2 15:44 3rd Period 12. CHI Dustin Byfuglien [4] Holding 2 2:32 13. BUF Nathan Paetsch [1] Tripping 2 10:41

Faceoffs
Chicago Blackhawks   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jonathan Toews 11 6 64.7% 195 193 50.3% Robert Lang 9 6 60.0% 210 206 50.5% Yanic Perreault 6 4 60.0% 157 82 65.7% Dave Bolland 3 7 30.0% 43 59 42.2% Patrick Sharp 3 1 75.0% 94 84 52.8% Martin Lapointe 0 1 .0% 7 11 38.9%   32 25 56.1% 832 799 51.0%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Tim Connolly 10 10 50.0% 134 148 47.5% Paul Gaustad 8 10 44.4% 239 208 53.5% Derek Roy 4 8 33.3% 283 262 51.9% Adam Mair 2 3 40.0% 30 52 36.6% Jochen Hecht 0 1 .0% 146 181 44.6% Ales Kotalik 1 0 100.0% 15 27 35.7%   25 32 43.9% 875 919 48.8%

Chicago Blackhawks Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Duncan Keith D 194 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 20:41 0:31 3:52 5 Brent Sopel D 462 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 21:45 4:34 5:19 7 Brent Seabrook D 181 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 17:54 0:31 3:11 10 Patrick Sharp RW 225 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 18:44 4:00 2:35 14 Sergei Samsonov LW 618 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8:33 1:34 0:00 15 Tuomo Ruutu C 197 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 15:45 5:02 0:00 19 Jonathan Toews C 29 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 20:17 4:47 3:06 20 Robert Lang C 830 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 18:29 4:45 0:21 22 Martin Lapointe RW 952 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6:24 0:00 1:04 23 Jim Vandermeer D 217 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 15:37 0:25 3:12 24 Martin Havlat RW 363 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 19:32 4:23 1:47 27 Andrei Zyuzin D 482 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 15:12 2:06 2:00 36 Dave Bolland C-RW 15 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 14:51 2:33 3:23 37 Adam Burish RW-LW 40 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 12:18 1:01 3:09 43 James Wisniewski D 97 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 18:42 6:12 0:18 52 Dustin Byfuglien D 53 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 1 18:56 6:50 0:00 88 Patrick Kane RW 31 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 18:16 5:03 0:08 94 Yanic Perreault C 833 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9:29 1:13 2:19   5899 1 2 3 -6 12 27 12 20

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 461 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 22:04 0:35 6:25 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 584 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 25:26 5:06 3:51 9 Derek Roy C 225 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 20:16 3:55 5:35 10 Henrik Tallinder D 272 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 22:04 0:35 6:21 12 Ales Kotalik RW 320 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12:03 2:59 0:00 19 Tim Connolly C 416 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 23:17 4:38 5:21 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 72 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7:37 0:23 0:10 21 Drew Stafford RW 69 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 13:26 2:56 0:04 22 Adam Mair C 355 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7:37 0:02 0:00 26 Thomas Vanek LW 194 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 14:22 3:51 0:33 28 Paul Gaustad C 164 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 18:09 4:38 1:55 29 Jason Pominville RW 171 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 18:36 3:04 4:38 38 Nathan Paetsch D 95 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 13:11 3:15 0:54 44 Andrej Sekera D 23 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 9:08 0:00 0:54 51 Brian Campbell D 359 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 2 25:29 5:17 3:47 55 Jochen Hecht C 504 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 18:23 0:23 3:56 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 496 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 13:20 3:03 0:00 76 Andrew Peters LW 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3:32 0:00 0:00   5272 3 6 9 5 14 23 12 14

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