Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Saturday, March 11, 2006 · Wachovia Center

6–5

39–21

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–5 on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Wachovia Center. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 39–21.

Goals came from Mike Knuble, Sami Kapanen, J-P Dumont, Jochen Hecht, Brian Savage, Daniel Brière, Teppo Numminen, Simon Gagne, Mike Richards, Chris Drury and Mike Grier.

Martin Biron made 1 saves on 1 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 33 of 39.

Goals
BUF	0	4	2	6	39
PHI	2	3	0	5	21

Scoring

1st period

Mike Knuble (27)R.J. Umberger (12)0–103:50 PHI
Sami Kapanen (10)Unassisted0–210:32 PHI ·

2nd period

J-P Dumont (14)Jochen Hecht (20), Teppo Numminen (33)1–200:15 BUF
Jochen Hecht (18)J-P Dumont (13), Daniel Brière (17)2–204:42 BUF
Brian Savage (8)Joni Pitkanen (19)2–307:51 PHI ·
Daniel Brière (17)J-P Dumont (14), Chris Drury (28)3–309:06 BUF ·
Teppo Numminen (1)Jochen Hecht (21), Daniel Brière (18)4–312:13 BUF
Simon Gagne (38)Sami Kapanen (18)4–415:47 PHI
Mike Richards (11)Branko Radivojevic (6), Donald Brashear (4)4–519:29 PHI

3rd period

Chris Drury (20)Tim Connolly (31), Ales Kotalik (26)5–505:06 BUF ·
Mike Grier (6)Derek Roy (24), Jochen Hecht (22)6–519:55 BUF

Team stats

BUFPHI

3921

53%47%

2/70/3

614

1111

1213

715

Penalties

4:34 into the first periodJay McKee · holding2 min
7:31 into the first periodDonald Brashear · tripping2 min
9:14 into the first periodR.J. Umberger · delaying game puck over glass2 min
11:33 into the first periodJ-P Dumont · tripping2 min
13:51 into the first periodNiko Dimitrakos · hooking2 min
15:17 into the first periodTim Connolly · hooking2 min
6:46 into the second periodEric Desjardins · hooking2 min
8:29 into the second periodJoni Pitkanen · cross checking2 min
3:53 into the third periodEric Desjardins · hooking2 min
16:51 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

55Jochen HechtC	1	3	4	+2	4	1	0	0	33	18:36
17J-P DumontR	1	2	3	0	4	1	0	2	–	20:09
48Daniel BrièreC	1	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	33	20:03
23Chris DruryC	1	1	2	−1	4	0	0	0	72	15:34
27Teppo NumminenD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	3	0	–	20:58
9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	67	14:13
12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	14:36
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	40	15:35
25Mike GrierR	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	11:40
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	11:09
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	12:54
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	–	16:01
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−2	4	0	0	0	100	13:41
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	–	25:23
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	23:20
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:03
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:38
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	16:10

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG		20	15	5	.750	40:00
43Martin BironG	W	1	1	0	1.000	20:00

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

24Sami KapanenR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	12:05
12Simon GagneL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	16:34
18Mike RichardsC	1	0	1	−1	2	1	1	0	46	20:03
19Branko RadivojevicR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	12:49
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	2	–	13:37
22Mike KnubleR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	0	–	16:27
49Brian SavageL	1	0	1	−1	1	1	1	0	–	11:26
87Donald BrashearL	0	1	1	+1	1	3	1	2	–	11:43
44Joni PitkanenD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	2	–	26:09
15Niko DimitrakosR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	09:00
17Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	14:14
21Peter ForsbergC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	57	17:02
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	57	15:45
3Mike RathjeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	21:14
23Denis GauthierD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	19:37
29Randy JonesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:35
34Freddy MeyerD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	16:45
37Eric DesjardinsD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	4	–	21:32

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	L	39	33	6	.846	60:00
42Robert EscheG		0	0	0	–	–