LAS VEGAS (June 23) — Washington Capitals left wing Alex
Ovechkin, who becomes the first player in National Hockey League history
voted a First Team All-Star in each of his first five seasons, highlights
the players named to the league’s First and Second All-Star Teams for
2009-10.

Ovechkin surpassed the mark of Montreal Canadiens Hall of Fame
goaltender Bill Durnan, named in his first four seasons from 1943-44
through 1946-47. Joining Ovechkin on the First Team is Capitals teammate
Mike Green, who earned his second consecutive berth on defense.

Each of the remaining First Team players is a first-time
selection, including two Chicago Blackhawks — defenseman Duncan Keith and
right wing Patrick Kane. The last time the Blackhawks boasted as many was
in 1992-93 (goaltender Ed Belfour, defenseman Chris Chelios). Other First
Team honorees are goaltender Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres and center
Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks.

Among those named to the Second Team is Canucks left wing Daniel
Sedin, marking the first time in 36 years that brothers had earned berths
on post-season All-Star Teams in the same year. In 1973-74, Boston center
Phil Esposito earned First Team honors and Chicago goaltender Tony
Esposito was voted to the Second Team.

Joining Daniel Sedin on the Second Team: goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov
of the Phoenix Coyotes, defensemen Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings
and Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings, center Sidney Crosby of the
Pittsburgh Penguins and right wing Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay
Lightning.

Voting for the All-Star Team is conducted among representatives of
the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association at the end of the regular
season.

2009-2010 NHL First All-Star Team
GP      W       L       OT      GAA     SO
G       Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabres     69      41      18      8 2.22  5

GP      Mins.   G       A       Pts     +/-
D       Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks        82      26:35   14      55
69      +21
D       Mike Green, Washington Capitals 75      25:28   19      57      76
+39
C       Henrik Sedin, Vancouver Canucks 82      19:41   29      83 112 +35
RW      Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks        82      19:11   30      58
88      +16
LW      Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals      72      21:47   50      59
109     +45

2009-2010 NHL Second All-Star Team
GP      W       L       OT      GAA     SO
G       Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix Coyotes 69      42      20      6 2.29  8

GP      Mins.   G       A       Pts     +/-
D       Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings 82      24:58   16      43      59
+20
D       Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings     82      25:25   9       40
49      +22
C       Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins      81      21:57   51      58
109     +15
RW      Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning   82      21:48   29      65
94      -8
LW      Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks 63      19:08   29      56      85
+36

2009-2010 NHL ALL-STAR TEAM VOTING RESULTS

CENTER

Pts.    (1st-2nd-3rd)   Career All-Star Selections
1.      HENRIK SEDIN, VAN       536     (77-49-4)       1 First
Team, 0 Second Team
2.      Sidney Crosby, PIT      500     (55-74-3)       1 First
Team, 1 Second Team
3.      Steven Stamkos, T.B.    73      (0-6-55)
4.      Nicklas Backstrom, WSH  66      (0-3-57)
5.      Joe Thornton, S.J.      5       (0-0-5)
6.      Anze Kopitar, L.A.      3       (0-0-3)
7.      Pavel Datsyuk, DET      2       (0-0-2)
8.      Mike Richards, PHI      1       (0-0-1)
Eric Staal, CAR 1       (0-0-1)
Jonathan Toews, CHI     1       (0-0-1)

LEFT WING

Pts.    (1st-2nd-3rd)   Career All-Star Selections
1.      ALEX OVECHKIN, WSH      644     (127-3-0)       5 First
Team, 0 Second Team
2.      Daniel Sedin, VAN       153     (1-40-28)       0 First
Team, 1 Second Team
3.      Patrick Marleau, S.J.   151     (1-39-29)
4.      Zach Parise, N.J.       101     (1-21-33)
5.      Ilya Kovalchuk, N.J.    84      (0-22-18)
6.      Alexander Semin, WSH    16      (0-1-13)
7.      Martin St. Louis, T.B.  7       (1-0-2)
8.      Dany Heatley, S.J.      6       (0-2-0)
9.      Patrick Kane, CHI       4       (0-1-1)
Rick Nash, CBJ  4       (0-1-1)
11.     Henrik Zetterberg, DET  4       (0-0-4)
12.     Jarome Iginla, CGY      3       (0-1-0)
13.     Evgeni Malkin, PIT      1       (0-0-1)
Patrick Sharp, CHI      1       (0-0-1)

RIGHT WING

Pts.    (1st-2nd-3rd)   Career All-Star Selections

1.      PATRICK KANE, CHI       397     (49-41-29)      1 First
Team, 0 Second Team
2.      Martin St. Louis, T.B.  348     (49-29-16)      1 First
Team, 2 Second Team
3.      Marian Gaborik, NYR     289     (20-50-39)
4.      Dany Heatley, S.J.      82      (7-5-32)
5.      Jarome Iginla, CGY      13      (2-0-3)
6.      Daniel Alfredsson, OTT  13      (1-2-2)
7.      Steven Stamkos, T.B.    10      (2-0-0)
8.      Corey Perry, ANA        9       (0-2-3)
9.      Alex Ovechkin, WSH      5       (1-0-0)
10.     Alexander Semin, WSH    5       (0-1-2)
11.     Patrick Marleau, S.J.   3       (0-1-0)
12.     Ilya Kovalchuk, N.J.    2       (0-0-2)
Bobby Ryan, ANA 2       (0-0-2)
14.     Rick Nash, CBJ  1       (0-0-1)

DEFENSE

Pts.    (1st-2nd-3rd)   Career All-Star Selections

1.      DUNCAN KEITH, CHI       604     (112-14-2)      1 First
Team, 0 Second Team
2.      MIKE GREEN, WSH 524     (80-38-10)      2 First Team, 0
Second Team
3.      Drew Doughty, L.A.      433     (39-75-13)      0 First
Team, 1 Second Team
4.      Nicklas Lidstrom, DET   242     (12-44-50)      9 First
Team, 2 Second Team
5.      Chris Pronger, PHI      155     (5-30-40)
6.      Dan Boyle, S.J. 149     (5-23-55)
7.      Shea Weber, NSH 83      (3-15-23)
8.      Zdeno Chara, BOS        70      (3-13-16)
9.      Tyler Myers, BUF        18      (0-0-18)
10.     Brent Seabrook, CHI     12      (1-1-4)
11.     Christian Ehrhoff, VAN  10      (0-1-7)
12.     Jeff Schultz, WSH       8       (1-1-0)
13.     Mark Streit, NYI        8       (1-0-3)
14.     Brian Rafalski, DET     8       (0-1-5)
15.     Ryan Suter, NSH 7       (0-2-1)
16.     Ed Jovanovski, PHX      3       (0-1-0)
17.     Sergei Gonchar, PIT     2       (0-0-2)
Scott Niedermayer, ANA  2       (0-0-2)
19.     Brian Campbell, CHI     1       (0-0-1)
Tobias Enstrom, ATL     1       (0-0-1)
Andy Greene, N.J.       1       (0-0-1)
Chris Phillips, OTT     1       (0-0-1)
Keith Yandle, PHX       1       (0-0-1)

GOALTENDER

Pts.    (1st-2nd-3rd)   Career All-Star Selections

1.      RYAN MILLER, BUF        598     (105-24-1)      1 First
Team, 0 Second Team
2.      Ilya Bryzgalov, PHX     371     (20-85-16)      0 First
Team, 1 Second Team
3.      Martin Brodeur, N.J.    136     (6-16-58)
4.      Evgeni Nabokov, S.J.    13      (0-2-7)
5.      Miikka Kiprusoff, CGY   12      (0-0-12)
Tuukka Rask, BOS        12      (0-0-12)
7.      Jimmy Howard, DET       11      (0-0-11)
8.      Tomas Vokoun, FLA       8       (0-2-2)
9.      Henrik Lundqvist, NYR   4       (0-1-1)
10.     Craig Anderson, COL     4       (0-0-4)
11.     Jonathan Quick, L.A.    2       (0-0-2)
Pekka Rinne, NSH        2       (0-0-2)
13.     Jaroslav Halak, MTL     1       (0-0-1)

BUFFALO, NY (June 22, 2010) – The Buffalo Sabres and the National Hockey League announced the 2010-2011 regular season schedule on Monday. The variable pricing designations, as well as box office pricing for individual games will be released at a later date.

All Friday night home games will start at 7:30 p.m. All other home games will begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Times are still subject to change. Buffalo will play their 82-game schedule with the same breakdown of opponents as last season. Each team will play their divisional opponents six times (24 games), four games against each non-divisional conference opponents (40 games), one game against each of the 15 non-conference opponents (15)  and three additional “at large” games (Chicago, San Jose and Columbus).

Buffalo’s 2010-11 campaign will get underway on Oct. 8 in Ottawa against the division rival Senators. The team will return to Buffalo immediately following that game to play their home opener on Oct. 9 against the New York Rangers.

The Sabres will play four of their first five games at home during the opening week of the season. Patrick Kane and the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks make their only trip of the season to HSBC Arena on Oct. 11. The week’s schedule also includes visits from the New Jersey Devils (Oct. 13) and Montreal Canadiens (Oct. 15).

The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to HSBC Arena for the first time on Nov. 26. That’s part of a Thanksgiving week that also features a home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 24. Other highlights of Buffalo’s home schedule include a New Year’s Day game (during the IIHF World Junior Championship) against the Boston Bruins at 5 p.m.; Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Feb. 20 at 3 p.m.; and the lone visit of the season from the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 26. The Sabres will also play four sets of back-to-back home games: November 19-20, February 25-26, March 19-20 and March 25-26.

The Sabres will head west to Alberta for back-to-back games in Calgary (Dec. 27) and Edmonton (Dec. 28) during the Christmas break. That will be followed up by a three-game western jaunt in early January to Colorado (Jan. 4), San Jose (Jan. 6) and Phoenix (Jan. 8). The team’s longest stretch of road games takes place in March, when they will play seven games from Mar. 1-12. March is the team’s busiest month of the season with 16 games in 31 days. The Sabres will also play 22 sets of back-to-back games this season.

- From Buffalo Sabres news release

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