Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Sunday, April 8, 2007 · Wachovia Center

BuffaloSabresAway

3–4

Final

SOG 30–33

PhiladelphiaFlyersHome

NBC · TSN

Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Sunday, April 8, 2007 at Wachovia Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 33-30.

Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Simon Gagne, Stefan Ruzicka, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, Mike Knuble and Mike Richards.

Martin Biron made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ty Conklin stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	3	30
PHI	1	1	2	4	33

Scoring

1st period

Thomas Vanek (43)Jaroslav Spacek (16), Maxim Afinogenov (37)1–010:21 BUF
Simon Gagne (41)Mike Knuble (29), Derian Hatcher (6)1–111:15 PHI

2nd period

Stefan Ruzicka (3)Braydon Coburn (8), Scottie Upshall (8)1–202:04 PHI
Jason Pominville (34)Chris Drury (32), Dmitri Kalinin (22)2–215:32 BUF
Derek Roy (21)Thomas Vanek (41), Maxim Afinogenov (38)3–219:49 BUF

3rd period

Mike Knuble (24)Simon Gagne (27)3–303:42 PHI
Mike Richards (10)Mike Knuble (30), Randy Jones (18)3–408:45 PHI · PPG

Team stats

BUFPHI

30Shots on goal33

60%Faceoff %40%

0/2Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes4

9Hits12

12Blocked shots10

9Giveaways18

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 04:09Mike Richards · high sticking2 min
1st 07:28Tim Connolly · holding2 min
1st 11:37Dainius Zubrus · hooking2 min
1st 17:52Chris Drury · hooking2 min
2nd 05:37Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 07:41Ty Conklin · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Thomas VanekL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	15:52
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	17:15
9Derek RoyC	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	65	15:59
23Chris DruryC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	70	15:37
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	17:00
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	18:40
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	20:04
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	14:50
15Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	–	14:36
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57	13:07
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	50	11:27
48Daniel BrièreC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	50	16:29
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	33	17:16
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:18
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	19:11
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	–	18:51
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	18:14
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	–	19:42

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	–
35Ty ConklinG	L	33	29	4	.879	58:58

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

22Mike KnubleR	1	2	3	+2	7	0	2	0	–	20:15
12Simon GagneL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	100	22:39
9Scottie UpshallR	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	100	16:29
15Stefan RuzickaR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:02
18Mike RichardsC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	23	17:27
2Derian HatcherD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:26
5Braydon CoburnD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	21:07
6Randy JonesD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:13
8Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	10:02
11Ryan PotulnyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:29
17Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	64	18:03
20R.J. UmbergerC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	38	16:04
27Dimitri AfanasenkovL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	14:07
33Riley CoteL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	05:49
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	10:36
28Lasse KukkonenD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	21:19
44Joni PitkanenD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	22:44
45Alexandre PicardD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	18:59

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	–
43Martin BironG	W	30	27	3	.900	59:40