San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 9, 2010 · HSBC Arena
CSN-CA (HD) · MSG-B (HD)
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 6-3 on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 37-29.
Paul Gaustad scored twice and Thomas Vanek scored twice. Jason Pominville, Logan Couture, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Cody McCormick and Douglas Murray also scored.
Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Antti Niemi stopped 31 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gaustad (1)Cody McCormick (1)0–112:18 BUF
2nd period
Thomas Vanek (1)Derek Roy (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)0–206:48 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Unassisted0–313:26 BUF · SHG
Logan Couture (1)Dan Boyle (1), Ryane Clowe (1)1–315:50 SJS · PPG
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1)Logan Couture (1), Ryane Clowe (2)2–319:15 SJS
3rd period
Cody McCormick (1)Paul Gaustad (1)2–400:31 BUF
Douglas Murray (1)Torrey Mitchell (1)3–409:26 SJS- Paul Gaustad (2)Cody McCormick (2), Andrej Sekera (1)3–519:33 BUF · EN
- Thomas Vanek (2)Derek Roy (2), Nathan Gerbe (2)3–619:51 BUF
Team stats
SJSBUF
29Shots on goal37
47%Faceoff %53%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
12Hits20
10Blocked shots19
6Giveaways9
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 08:32
Mike Weber · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 02:25
Joe Thornton · holding2 min - 2nd 12:13Luke Adam · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:14Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 29Ryane CloweL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 3Douglas MurrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 22Dan BoyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 27:39 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 10Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:04 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 20:34 |
| 21Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 43John McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:43 |
| 64Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 78Benn FerrieroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 7Niclas WallinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 60Jason DemersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Antti NiemiG | L | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 59:11 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Cody McCormickC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 16:26 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:07 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 19:13 |
| 12Mark MancariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:39 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:27 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 2 | 21:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |