The St. Louis Blues fell to the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 3, on December 27, 2009.

Final

Sabres

23-11-4

5

Blues

17-16-5

3

Team

BUF

STL

1

2

1

2

3

0

Total

5

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

STL

Alexander Steen (EV) unassisted

0

1

Jochen Hecht (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Tim Connolly

1

2nd period

BUF

STL

Mike Grier (EV) assisted by Tim Kennedy and Chris Butler

2

1

Eric Brewer (EV) assisted by Keith Tkachuk

2

Alexander Steen (EV) assisted by Brad Winchester and Patrik Berglund

2

3

3rd period

BUF

STL

Mike Grier (EV) assisted by Tim Kennedy and Thomas Vanek

3

Tim Connolly (PP) assisted by Chris Butler and Jason Pominville

4

3

Tim Connolly (SH) assisted by Mike Grier and Tyler Myers

5

3

Sabres

Blues

Goals

5

3

Shots

24

35

Penalty Minutes

17

15

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

4

5

Faceoff Wins

25

42

Hits

14

Giveaways

3

9

Takeaways

5

Sabres

Blues

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Patrick Lalime (W)	1	35	3	32	.914	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Chris Butler	0	2	-2	0	1	13:57	1	0	0	0
Tim Connolly	2	1	+2	0	5	18:16	0	2	0	0
Matt Ellis	0	0	-1	0	1	10:47	0	0	0	2
Paul Gaustad	0	0	-2	0	1	18:58	4	2	0	0
Mike Grier	2	1	+3	0	5	19:11	0	1	0	0
Jochen Hecht	1	0	+2	2	2	17:33	0	0	0	0
Patrick Kaleta	0	0	-2	6	0	6:46	0	0	0	0
Tim Kennedy	0	2	+2	0	1	16:45	1	0	0	1
Toni Lydman	0	0	+1	0	0	19:45	1	2	1	0
Clarke MacArthur	0	0	-2	0	1	12:22	0	0	0	0
Adam Mair	0	0	-1	2	1	9:55	2	0	0	0
Steve Montador	0	0	+1	2	3	19:29	0	4	0	1
Tyler Myers	0	1	+2	0	0	25:49	2	4	0	1
Jason Pominville	0	2	+1	0	2	19:24	0	0	0	0
Craig Rivet	0	0	-2	5	0	13:44	0	1	1	0
Andrej Sekera	0	0	-1	0	1	7:03	1	0	0	0
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	+2	0	0	22:31	2	1	0	0
Thomas Vanek	0	1	+1	0	0	17:45	0	0	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ty Conklin (L)	1	24	5	19	.792	58:13

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
David Backes	0	0	-1	0	3	18:02	3	0	1	0
Patrik Berglund	0	1	+1	0	3	16:59	1	1	1	0
Brad Boyes	0	0	0	0	3	18:44	1	0	0	1
Eric Brewer	1	0	-1	0	4	21:56	2	0	1	0
Carlo Colaiacovo	0	0	-1	2	2	18:25	2	2	0	0
B.J. Crombeen	0	0	-2	7	0	9:38	0	0	0	0
Barret Jackman	0	0	0	2	1	20:24	0	0	0	1
Erik Johnson	0	0	0	2	1	22:07	0	0	0	2
Paul Kariya	0	0	0	0	1	4:26	0	1	0	0
Jay McClement	0	0	0	0	1	12:24	0	1	0	0
Andy McDonald	0	0	-2	0	3	20:24	0	0	2	1
T.J. Oshie	0	0	-1	2	2	17:20	0	1	1	0
David Perron	0	0	0	0	2	17:02	0	1	1	0
Roman Polak	0	0	+1	0	0	16:10	0	0	1	0
Alexander Steen	2	0	+1	0	7	20:11	0	0	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	0	1	-1	0	2	17:32	2	0	0	0
Mike Weaver	0	0	0	0	0	15:03	0	0	0	0
Brad Winchester	0	1	+1	0	0	8:10	3	0	0	0