Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, December 12, 2006 · Continental Airlines Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 24–33

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VERSUS

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Sabres 33-24.

Goals came from Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov, Jason Pominville, Erik Rasmussen and Brian Gionta.

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 21 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	2	3	24
NJD	0	0	2	2	33

Scoring

2nd period

Jochen Hecht (7)Daniel Brière (21), Dmitri Kalinin (9)1–012:05 BUF

3rd period

Maxim Afinogenov (13)Daniel Brière (22)2–003:12 BUF
Jason Pominville (13)Daniel Brière (23), Dmitri Kalinin (10)3–005:29 BUF
Erik Rasmussen (2)Jim Dowd (2), Brad Lukowich (4)3–119:20 NJD
Brian Gionta (13)John Madden (10), Patrik Elias (16)3–219:41 NJD

Team stats

BUFNJD

24Shots on goal33

56%Faceoff %44%

0/6Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes24

5Hits13

18Blocked shots6

7Giveaways8

10Takeaways7

Penalties

2nd 00:32Travis Zajac · holding2 min
2nd 02:08Ryan Miller · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
2nd 05:04Johnny Oduya · high sticking2 min
2nd 12:20Jamie Langenbrunner · hooking2 min
3rd 00:47Jochen Hecht · holding2 min
3rd 10:50Brian Gionta · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:47Patrik Elias · tripping2 min
3rd 16:48Brian Campbell · tripping2 min
3rd 19:52Jamie Langenbrunner · hooking2 min
3rd 19:52Jamie Langenbrunner · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 19:52Jamie Langenbrunner · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

48Daniel BrièreC	0	3	3	+2	2	0	1	0	53	16:52
45Dmitri KalininD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	0	–	21:04
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:25
55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:52
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:14
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	18:30
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	15:27
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50	16:46
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	13:23
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:11
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:09
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	12:50
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	05:53
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	17:21
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	3	0	–	26:56
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	15:21
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	08:51
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	4	2	–	26:40

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	33	31	2	.939	59:55
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

10Erik RasmussenC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	06:16
11John MaddenC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	44	17:27
12Jim DowdC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50	08:47
14Brian GiontaR	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	2	100	18:29
26Patrik EliasC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	2	–	17:54
21Brad LukowichD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	18:39
9Zach PariseL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:02
15Jamie LangenbrunnerR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	16	–	17:55
17Mike RuppL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	08:23
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:38
19Travis ZajacC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	42	15:36
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:36
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	56	17:30
2David HaleD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:13
5Colin WhiteD	0	0	0	-2	3	3	3	0	–	24:08
7Paul MartinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:43
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	23:16
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	17:47

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Martin BrodeurG	L	24	21	3	.875	59:29
40Scott ClemmensenG		0	0	0	–	–