Sabres at Devils

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 13 14 14 0 41
Devils 6 6 6 0 18
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 4 1 3 0 8
Devils 0 2 3 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. SABRES, BRUNETTE 35 (TKACHUK, WILKINSON), 01:51
2. SABRES, BRIND'AMOUR 33 (WILKINSON, WALZ), 11:33
3. SABRES, BRUNETTE 36 (JANNEY, WILKINSON), 14:03
4. SABRES, WILKINSON 12 (TKACHUK, CHAMBERS), 19:26

PENALTIES: C. MCALLISTER NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:50, D. CHYNOWETH BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 09:26

Period 2
5. DEVILS, KRAFT 5 (MURRAY, KUZNETSOV) (PP), 06:58
6. SABRES, JANNEY 21 (BRUNETTE, TKACHUK), 08:40
7. DEVILS, KWIATKOWSKI 6 (DVORAK, KRAFT) (PP), 12:36

PENALTIES: G. HAWGOOD BUF (FIGHTING, Game Misconduct) 00:45, B. MEZEI NJ (FIGHTING) 00:45, C. MCRAE NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 02:41, D. EMMA NJ (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 04:22 (Served by Maxim Kuznetsov), B. HOULDER BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 05:56, S. WALKER BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 11:40, M. MCBAIN NJ (BOARDING, Minor) 12:47, C. MURRAY NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 14:46

Period 3
8. SABRES, MALLETTE 13 (HOULDER, WALKER), 05:06
9. DEVILS, BURR 8 (CHOUINARD, DVORAK), 06:47
10. DEVILS, REGEHR 3 (CHOUINARD, KRAFT) (PP), 08:04
11. DEVILS, WHEELDON 6 (UNASSISTED) (PP), 09:49
12. SABRES, SHEPPARD 29 (JANNEY, TKACHUK) (PP), 14:53
13. SABRES, BRIND'AMOUR 34 (SHEPPARD, WILKINSON), 17:13

PENALTIES: C. MURRAY NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:26, S. BLOUIN NJ (ELBOWING, Double Minor) 03:03, R. BRIND'AMOUR BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 03:24, N. WILKINSON BUF (SPEARING, Major) 04:10, R. DVORAK NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 04:10, A. BRUNETTE BUF (ELBOWING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 06:53 (Served by Bill Houlder), W. WALZ BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 09:04, N. WILKINSON BUF (HOOKING, Minor) 10:46, C. MURRAY NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 10:46, J. KWIATKOWSKI NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 12:07 (Served by Radek Dvorak), C. MURRAY NJ (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:45

Goalie Statistics

John Vanbiesbrouck (BUF), 0 saves out of 0 shots
Arturs Irbe (BUF), 13 saves out of 18 shots, W, 23-14-3
Stefan Liv (NJ ), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 3-18-0
Maxime Ouellet (NJ ), 17 saves out of 20 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 9
Devils 4 for 7

Game Stars

1 - Neil Wilkinson (BUF)
2 - Andrew Brunette (BUF)
3 - Keith Tkachuk (BUF)

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Keith Tkachuk         0  4  4    +3   0  5   7 28
Scott Walker          0  1  1    +1   2  2   0 15
Craig Janney          1  2  3    +3   0  4   1 24
Tony Amonte           0  0  0    +1   0  3   2 17
Bill Houlder          0  1  1    +1   2  2   5 30
Andrew Brunette       2  1  3    +4  12  6   0 17
Ray Sheppard          1  1  2    +1   0  1   1 15
Neil Wilkinson        1  4  5    +6   7  3   4 26
Rod Brind'Amour       2  0  2    +2   2  4   1 20
Kevin Dineen          0  0  0  Even   0  1   1  4
Dean Chynoweth        0  0  0    +1   2  1   1 20
Shawn Chambers        0  1  1    +3   0  3   0 10
Igor Larionov         0  0  0  Even   0  2   1 10
Trent Yawney          0  0  0    +1   0  2   0 27
Wes Walz              0  1  1    +2   2  0   0 12
Greg Hawgood          0  0  0    +1  10  0   1  7
Troy Mallette         1  0  1    +1   0  2   1  8
Kevin Todd            0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  0
   
Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Branislav Mezei       0  0  0    -2   5  0   1  8
Martin Gendron        0  0  0    -2   0  1   1 17
Simon Wheeldon        1  0  1    -1   0  1   0 10
Jonathan Girard       0  0  0    -3   0  1   0 16
Chris Murray          0  1  1    -2   8  0   1 21
Chris McAllister      0  0  0    -3   2  1   0 14
Milan Kraft           1  2  3    -3   0  2   1 19
David Emma            0  0  0    -2  12  0   0 11
Robyn Regehr          1  0  1    -3   0  2   5 26
Maxim Kuznetsov       0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 20
Chris McRae           0  0  0    -3   2  1   2 15
Mike McBain           0  0  0  Even   2  0   3 23
Eric Chouinard        0  2  2    +1   0  1   1 14
Joel Kwiatkowski      1  0  1    -1  15  1   0 14
Radek Dvorak          0  2  2    -2   2  2   1 26
Shawn Burr            1  0  1  Even   0  3   1 15
Dave Roche            0  0  0    -2   0  1   1  7
Sylvain Blouin        0  0  0    -2   4  1   0  7
   

Financial

Attendance: 10792
Net Profit: $485 640,00

Game Notes

Greg Hawgood beats up Branislav Mezei
Branislav Mezei injured at 00:45 of the 2nd Period
Greg Hawgood ejected at 00:45 of the 2nd Period
Shawn Chambers injured at 04:22 of the 2nd Period
David Emma ejected at 04:22 of the 2nd Period
Maxime Ouellet enters game at 08:40 of 2nd period
Chris McAllister injured at 06:53 of the 3rd Period
Andrew Brunette ejected at 06:53 of the 3rd Period
Dean Chynoweth injured at 08:31 of the 3rd Period
John Vanbiesbrouck enters game at 09:49 of 3rd period
Joel Kwiatkowski ejected at 12:07 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      0
Albany         1
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unknown (Christian Dube, Al Conroy)

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Goalies
Rochester: Steve Guenette
Albany: unknown
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