New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 7, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 27–28

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 28-27.

Goals came from Maxim Afinogenov, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski, Scott Gomez and Thomas Vanek.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	2	0	3	27
BUF	1	0	1	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Afinogenov (10)Derek Roy (14), Nathan Paetsch (1)0–117:22 BUF · PPG
Jamie Langenbrunner (7)John Madden (10), Paul Martin (18)1–119:16 NJD

2nd period

Brian Rafalski (5)John Madden (11), Jay Pandolfo (5)2–102:36 NJD
Scott Gomez (16)Patrik Elias (4), Brian Rafalski (21)3–106:01 NJD

3rd period

Thomas Vanek (12)Henrik Tallinder (6)3–218:22 BUF

Team stats

NJDBUF

27Shots on goal28

58%Faceoff %42%

0/1Power play1/1

12Penalty minutes12

9Hits14

11Blocked shots5

8Giveaways8

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 08:32Thomas Vanek · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 15:45Sergei Brylin · hooking2 min
2nd 02:39Andrew Peters · fighting5 min
2nd 02:39Grant Marshall · fighting5 min
3rd 04:48Adam Mair · fighting5 min
3rd 04:48David Hale · fighting5 min

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