New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, January 6, 2000 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thursday, January 6, 2000 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 28–27.
Goals came from Denis Hamel, Denis Pederson, Claude Lemieux, Brian Holzinger, Maxim Afinogenov, Patrik Elias, Bobby Holik, Petr Sykora and Scott Gomez.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Hamel (1)Alexei Zhitnik (6), Maxim Afinogenov (8)0–102:09 BUF
Denis Pederson (2)John Madden (5)1–103:22 NJD
Claude Lemieux (13)Scott Gomez (28), Brendan Morrison (6)2–106:47 NJD · 
Brian Holzinger (6)Michal Grosek (19), Miroslav Satan (13)2–209:17 BUF
2nd period
Maxim Afinogenov (11)Jason Woolley (12)2–307:08 BUF
Patrik Elias (12)Petr Sykora (18), Jason Arnott (18)3–318:05 NJD
3rd period
Bobby Holik (12)Randy Mckay (14), Lyle Odelein (10)4–312:41 NJD
Petr Sykora (13)Unassisted5–314:40 NJD
Scott Gomez (10)Brendan Morrison (7), Ken Daneyko (4)6–319:37 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDBUF
2728
56%44%
1/40/5
1614
1518
713
2529
38
Penalties
- 4:59 into the first period
Jason Woolley · high sticking2 min - 13:03 into the first period
Lyle Odelein · roughing2 min - 15:20 into the first periodErik Rasmussen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1:00 into the second periodMichal Grosek · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:18 into the second periodDmitri Kalinin · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodBrian Rafalski · high sticking2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodScott Gomez · roughing2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodMartin Brodeur · delaying game2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodBobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 18:03 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min
- 18:03 into the third periodLyle Odelein · slashing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.