Philadelphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 2011 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 34-24.
Goals came from Ville Leino, Zack Kassian, Thomas Vanek, Max Talbot, Matt Read, Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr, Drew Stafford and Claude Giroux.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 29 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ville Leino (1)Zack Kassian (1), Luke Adam (1)0–110:16 BUF · PPG
Zack Kassian (1)Andrej Sekera (1)0–218:55 BUF
Thomas Vanek (1)Jason Pominville (1), Derek Roy (1)0–319:37 BUF · PPG
Max Talbot (1)Jakub Voracek (1)1–319:59 PHI
2nd period
Matt Read (1)Kimmo Timonen (1), Claude Giroux (1)2–305:17 PHI
Scott Hartnell (1)Claude Giroux (2)3–314:45 PHI
Jaromir Jagr (1)Claude Giroux (3)4–317:48 PHI
3rd period
Drew Stafford (1)Jason Pominville (2), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1)4–418:25 BUF
OT period
Claude Giroux (1)Unassisted5–402:37 PHI
Team stats
PHIBUF
34Shots on goal24
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play2/4
20Penalty minutes24
23Hits17
11Blocked shots10
12Giveaways12
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 05:37
Kimmo Timonen · hooking2 min - 1st 09:58Zac Rinaldo · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 13:27
Joe Finley · roughing2 min - 1st 19:29Andrej Meszaros · tripping2 min
- 1st 20:00Zac Rinaldo · fighting5 min
- 1st 20:00Corey Tropp · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:10Marc-Andre Bourdon · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:10Marc-Andre Bourdon · boarding2 min
- 2nd 03:10Matt Ellis · instigator misconduct10 min
- 2nd 03:10Matt Ellis · fighting5 min
- 2nd 03:10Matt Ellis · instigator2 min
- 2nd 11:54James van Riemsdyk · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 23:05 |
| 19Scott HartnellL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 19:49 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 27Max TalbotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:50 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:49 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:40 |
| 29Harry ZolnierczykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 5Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 25:48 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27:44 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:12 |
| 43Marc-Andre BourdonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 46Kevin MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya BryzgalovG | W | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 62:37 |
| 35Sergei BobrovskyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 15:36 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:57 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:34 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:41 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:42 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 4Joe FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 29:18 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | O | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 62:21 |