New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, February 14, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Devils outshot the Sabres 31-30.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored a hat trick. Jason Pominville and Petr Sykora also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Kovalchuk (1)Patrik Elias (1), David Clarkson (1)1–019:24 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Jason Pominville (1)Unassisted1–117:19 BUF
3rd period
Petr Sykora (1)Adam Henrique (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)2–101:44 NJD · PPG- Ilya Kovalchuk (2)Adam Henrique (2), Mark Fayne (1)3–109:47 NJD
- Ilya Kovalchuk (3)Zach Parise (1)4–119:51 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDBUF
31Shots on goal30
51%Faceoff %49%
2/7Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes14
9Hits22
12Blocked shots19
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 01:13
Robyn Regehr · holding2 min - 1st 18:42Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:18
Bryce Salvador · delaying game2 min - 2nd 05:24Derek Roy · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:48Jordan Leopold · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:47Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min
- 2nd 20:00Mike Weber · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 03:23Andy Greene · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:29Derek Roy · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 7 | 25:04 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 22:59 |
| 15Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 23David ClarksonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:16 |
| 26Patrik EliasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:43 |
| 29Mark FayneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 8Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 11Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:34 |
| 12Alexei PonikarovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 16Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 25Cam JanssenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:28 |
| 2Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 24Bryce SalvadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 28Anton VolchenkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 32Matt TaorminaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:37 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:32 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:12 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:20 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:32 |