Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, March 30, 2006 · Continental Airlines Arena

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30–28

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 30–28.

Goals came from John Madden, Zach Parise, Tim Connolly and Brian Gionta.

Martin Brodeur made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
BUF	0	0	1	1	30
NJD	1	0	2	3	28

Scoring

1st period

John Madden (14)Grant Marshall (15), Paul Martin (29)0–100:51 NJD

3rd period

Zach Parise (11)Scott Gomez (41), David Hale (4)0–209:28 NJD
Tim Connolly (12)Ales Kotalik (32), Dmitri Kalinin (15)1–214:47 BUF
Brian Gionta (41)Scott Gomez (42)1–315:52 NJD

Team stats

BUFNJD

3028

48%52%

0/20/3

64

1023

1010

2125

610

Penalties

4:24 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
7:07 into the second periodDerek Roy · roughing2 min
13:16 into the second periodTaylor Pyatt · hooking2 min
2:25 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
16:17 into the third periodColin White · boarding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	14:40
19Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	−1	4	1	0	0	53	15:32
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	21:30
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	2	22	16:44
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	16:55
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:55
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	67	13:22
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:25
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:15
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	16:55
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	50	13:17
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	17:00
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	2	–	17:41
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	–	19:37
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	14:42
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	21:00
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	16:23
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:50

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

23Scott GomezC	0	2	2	+2	6	0	1	0	90	16:11
9Zach PariseL	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	17:27
11John MaddenC	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	47	16:40
14Brian GiontaR	1	0	1	+2	2	2	1	0	–	17:26
29Grant MarshallR	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:34
2David HaleD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	11:19
7Paul MartinD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	23:52
10Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	09:16
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:37
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	38	18:08
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:29
22Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:15
25Cam JanssenR	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	07:41
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:12
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	2	–	23:38
8Ken KleeD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	11:48
21Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	22:07
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	24:22

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–