San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 2, 2005 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on Friday, December 2, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 27-26.
Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice. Grant Stevenson, Milan Michalek and Niko Dimitrakos also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 7 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Grant Stevenson (2)Patrick Marleau (14), Milan Michalek (8)1–004:16 SJS
Jonathan Cheechoo (8)Joe Thornton (25), Christian Ehrhoff (2)2–005:10 SJS
Milan Michalek (3)Grant Stevenson (4), Patrick Marleau (15)3–006:18 SJS
Niko Dimitrakos (4)Josh Langfeld (4), Alyn McCauley (6)4–011:26 SJS
2nd period
- Jonathan Cheechoo (9)Joe Thornton (26), Patrick Marleau (16)5–002:09 SJS · PPG
Team stats
SJSBUF
26Shots on goal27
48%Faceoff %52%
1/6Power play0/5
12Penalty minutes14
7Hits16
7Blocked shots16
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 09:21
Jay McKee · hooking2 min - 1st 13:22
Marcel Goc · delaying game2 min - 2nd 00:47Jochen Hecht · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:01Jay McKee · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:53Rory Fitzpatrick · boarding2 min
- 2nd 13:48Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:48Douglas Murray · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:48Douglas Murray · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:10Christian Ehrhoff · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:13Scott Hannan · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:15Maxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:32Chris Thorburn · kneeing2 min
- 3rd 18:17Marcel Goc · tripping2 min
San Jose Sharks
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 9Milan MichalekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 55Grant StevensonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 10Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 23Niko DimitrakosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:03 |
| 24Josh LangfeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 44Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 11Marcel GocC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 19:09 |
| 28Nisse EkmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:04 |
| 4Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:35 |
| 5Rob DavisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 20:59 |
| 41Douglas MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 42Tom PreissingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1.000 | 48:37 |
| 31Nolan SchaeferG | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 11:20 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:06 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:35 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 47Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 11:26 |
| 43Martin BironG | 15 | 14 | 1 | .933 | 48:33 |