New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Friday, May 4, 2007 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 2–1 in overtime on Friday, May 4, 2007 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 40–23.
Goals came from Martin Straka, Chris Drury and Maxim Afinogenov.
Ryan Miller made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 38 of 40.
Scoring
3rd period
Martin Straka (2)Karel Rachunek (2), Brendan Shanahan (2)1–016:41 NYR
Chris Drury (6)Daniel Brière (6), Tim Connolly (7)1–119:52 BUF
Overtime
Maxim Afinogenov (2)Jason Pominville (2), Dmitri Kalinin (2)1–204:39 BUF ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
2340
38%62%
0/71/6
1214
1627
1612
1315
46
Penalties
- 5:02 into the first period
Derek Roy · charging2 min - 7:59 into the first periodAdam Mair · interference2 min
- 14:25 into the first period
Fedor Tyutin · hooking2 min - 17:16 into the first periodDainius Zubrus · tripping2 min
- 2:17 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodAles Kotalik · tripping2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodKarel Rachunek · holding2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodDan Girardi · hooking2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodJaromir Jagr · roughing2 min
- 0:47 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodBrad Isbister · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 0:27 into overtimeChris Drury · hooking2 min
- 4:28 into overtimeBlair Betts · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 5Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 15Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:53 |
| 19Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 41Jed OrtmeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 43Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:48 |
| 81Marcel HossaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:47 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:26 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 46Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:34 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 22:17 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9 | 20:53 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 13:33 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 15Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:56 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:04 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:15 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:07 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:53 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 35Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – |