Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, January 3, 2012 · First Niagara Center

EdmontonOilersAway

3–4

Final

SOG 26–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 33-26.

Goals came from Taylor Hall, Jason Pominville, Jordan Leopold, Sam Gagner, Drew Stafford, Nathan Gerbe and Corey Potter.

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 29 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
EDM	1	1	1	3	26
BUF	1	1	2	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Taylor Hall (1)Ales Hemsky (1), Sam Gagner (1)1–010:33 EDM
Jason Pominville (1)Jochen Hecht (1), Brayden McNabb (1)1–114:23 BUF

2nd period

Jordan Leopold (1)Drew Stafford (1), Brayden McNabb (2)1–205:10 BUF
Sam Gagner (1)Jeff Petry (1), Ales Hemsky (2)2–209:24 EDM · PPG

3rd period

Drew Stafford (1)Nathan Gerbe (1), Derek Roy (1)2–314:34 BUF
Nathan Gerbe (1)Drew Stafford (2)2–416:38 BUF
Corey Potter (1)Jordan Eberle (1), Anton Lander (1)3–418:10 EDM

Team stats

EDMBUF

26Shots on goal33

56%Faceoff %44%

1/3Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes6

23Hits16

12Blocked shots12

7Giveaways11

3Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 05:26Mike Weber · tripping2 min
2nd 05:34Ales Hemsky · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 08:04Patrick Kaleta · charging2 min
2nd 09:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 10:54Theo Peckham · holding2 min

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

83Ales HemskyR	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	2	–	18:59
89Sam GagnerC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	0	46	19:45
4Taylor HallL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	21:37
14Jordan EberleC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:04
57Anton LanderC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	40	12:20
44Corey PotterD	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	23:08
58Jeff PetryD	0	1	1	-3	0	1	1	0	–	23:14
10Shawn HorcoffC	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	100	16:21
12Josh GreenC	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0	0	63	11:17
20Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	75	13:27
28Ryan JonesL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	14:01
55Ben EagerL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	08:31
56Teemu HartikainenC	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	–	12:43
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	50	18:31
5Ladislav SmidD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	20:55
24Theo PeckhamD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	13:28
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	-2	1	2	2	0	–	20:22
33Colten TeubertD	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	–	13:29

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	L	33	29	4	.879	58:48
40Devan DubnykG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Drew StaffordR	1	2	3	+3	2	0	2	0	–	18:48
42Nathan GerbeC	1	1	2	+3	5	2	0	0	–	17:03
81Brayden McNabbD	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	–	19:51
9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	+3	2	1	1	0	25	18:44
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	15:05
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	47	15:51
3Jordan LeopoldD	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:30
22Brad BoyesR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	14:00
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	15:18
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	46	14:38
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2	–	12:06
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	10:28
54Zack KassianR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:25
72Luke AdamC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	50	12:38
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	20:02
17Marc-Andre GragnaniD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	–	17:36
24Robyn RegehrD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	20:53
33TJ BrennanD	0	0	0	+1	5	2	2	0	–	18:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	W	26	23	3	.885	59:57