Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Monday, April 24, 2006 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 8–2 on Monday, April 24, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 28–22.
J-P Dumont scored a hat trick and Jason Pominville scored a hat trick. Chris Drury, Ales Kotalik, Simon Gagne and Petr Nedved also scored.
Ryan Miller made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Robert Esche stopped 5 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (1)Unassisted0–101:41 BUF
Chris Drury (1)Tim Connolly (1), Brian Campbell (2)0–203:00 BUF · 
Ales Kotalik (1)Tim Connolly (2), Toni Lydman (1)0–312:26 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Paul Gaustad (1), Jay McKee (1)0–414:36 BUF- J-P Dumont (2)Daniel Brière (2), Jason Pominville (1)0–519:46 BUF ·
2nd period
Simon Gagne (2)Peter Forsberg (2), Derian Hatcher (1)1–500:58 PHI- J-P Dumont (3)Daniel Brière (3), Chris Drury (1)1–609:42 BUF ·
3rd period
Petr Nedved (1)Eric Desjardins (2)2–605:47 PHI- Jason Pominville (2)Teppo Numminen (1), Paul Gaustad (2)2–708:35 BUF
- Jason Pominville (3)Paul Gaustad (3), J-P Dumont (1)2–818:42 BUF
Team stats
PHIBUF
2228
53%47%
0/33/12
6112
127
814
1314
33
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Simon Gagne · hooking2 min - 5:06 into the first periodFreddy Meyer · cross checking2 min
- 7:48 into the first period
Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min - 10:15 into the first periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodRobert Esche · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodDerian Hatcher · elbowing2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodMike Rathje · holding2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodDenis Gauthier · hooking2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodDenis Gauthier · checking from behind5 min
- 6:23 into the second periodDenis Gauthier · game misconduct10 min
- 11:44 into the second periodFreddy Meyer · hooking2 min
- 16:09 into the second periodBen Eager · interference2 min
- 16:09 into the second periodBen Eager · misconduct10 min
- 18:35 into the second periodJeff Carter · interference2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodFreddy Meyer · tripping2 min
- 14:00 into the third periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodDerek Roy · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodThomas Vanek · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodDerian Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodBen Eager · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodBen Eager · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodBen Eager · misconduct10 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Simon GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:11 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 23:50 |
| 15Niko DimitrakosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 17Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 18Mike RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 19Branko RadivojevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 55Ben EagerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:19 |
| 3Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 23Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 34Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 44Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 18 | 3 | .833 | |
| 42Robert EscheG | L | 10 | 5 | .500 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 07:44 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 11:11 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:02 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:46 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 15:45 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |