Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 5, 2006 · Madison Square Garden
NHLN-CA · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 29–28.
Daniel Brière scored twice. Thomas Vanek, Jaromir Jagr, Petr Prucha, Michael Nylander and Jason Pominville also scored.
Martin Biron made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kevin Weekes stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (8)Brian Campbell (9), Derek Roy (9)1–003:18 BUF
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (5)Michael Nylander (15), Karel Rachunek (2)1–100:28 NYR · 
Petr Prucha (4)Jaromir Jagr (17), Michal Rozsival (6)1–202:12 NYR · 
Michael Nylander (4)Jaromir Jagr (18), Martin Straka (8)1–309:48 NYR · 
Daniel Brière (4)Jaroslav Spacek (6), Chris Drury (6)2–313:24 BUF ·
3rd period
Jason Pominville (9)Daniel Brière (14), Nathan Paetsch (1)3–308:13 BUF
Overtime
- Daniel Brière (5)Drew Stafford (1), Toni Lydman (7)4–303:57 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYR
2829
50%50%
1/43/6
1410
2424
1422
615
512
Penalties
- 17:03 into the first period
Derek Roy · hooking2 min - 18:53 into the first periodToni Lydman · delaying game2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodBrian Campbell · slashing2 min
- 19:56 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · high sticking2 min - 1:33 into the second periodJochen Hecht · hooking2 min
- 1:33 into the second periodDaniel Brière · tripping2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodAles Kotalik · slashing2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodRyan Hollweg · hooking2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · hooking2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodFedor Tyutin · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 18:18 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18:16 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:09 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 13Jiri NovotnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:04 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
New York Rangers
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25:58 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22:58 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 13:00 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:00 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:48 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 5Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 16Jason WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 44Ryan HollwegL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 4Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 24Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 80Kevin WeekesG | O | 28 | 4 | .857 |