Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, October 26, 2006 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
FSN-NY (HD) · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 3–0 on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 29–27.
Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov and Jason Pominville.
Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Ales Kotalik (3)Jaroslav Spacek (5), Maxim Afinogenov (10)1–006:09 BUF ·
2nd period
Maxim Afinogenov (6)Henrik Tallinder (2), Toni Lydman (5)2–004:12 BUF
3rd period
Jason Pominville (6)Daniel Brière (11), Paul Gaustad (4)3–003:27 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYI
2729
49%51%
1/70/3
614
1514
1917
1014
519
Penalties
- 5:03 into the first period
Sean Hill · hooking2 min - 5:22 into the first periodRichard Park · hooking2 min
- 18:55 into the first period
Maxim Afinogenov · interference2 min - 7:51 into the second periodJiri Novotny · holding2 min
- 9:46 into the second periodSean Hill · hooking2 min
- 15:29 into the second periodRadek Martinek · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodRadek Martinek · hooking2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodMike Sillinger · hooking2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 16:54 into the third periodTom Poti · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:09 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:22 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 13Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:06 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 03:47 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:24 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 29 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 7Trent HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 11Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:44 |
| 12Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 18Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 45Arron AshamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:51 |
| 55Jason BlakeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 79Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17:19 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:14 |
| 6Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:12 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 24Radek MartinekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Rick DiPietroG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |