Sabres at Devils

Shots
123OTT
Sabres 7 6 4 0 17
Devils 12 4 14 0 30
Goals
123OTT
Sabres 1 1 0 0 2
Devils 4 0 3 0 7


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. DEVILS, AMONTE 26 (FRANCIS, SVEHLA), 02:21
2. SABRES, MAZUR 14 (LEMIEUX) (PP), 07:10
3. DEVILS, FRANCIS 21 (LEMIEUX, BROWN), 08:28
4. DEVILS, HOLIK 13 (DAHLEN, DESJARDINS), 09:31
5. DEVILS, BONDRA 26 (LEMIEUX, DESJARDINS) (PP), 13:22

PENALTIES: J. SAKIC NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Double Minor) 05:08, R. ZETTLER BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 13:01, M. NYLANDER BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 13:51

Period 2
6. SABRES, NYLANDER 8 (MACKEY, BABYCH), 18:27

PENALTIES: P. ELIAS BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 09:29, M. NYLANDER BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 13:28, C. LEMIEUX NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 16:21, J. MAZUR BUF (HEAD-BUTTING, Major) 16:48, U. DAHLEN NJ (HOOKING, Minor) 17:18

Period 3
7. DEVILS, FRANCIS 22 (BROWN) (PP), 00:55
8. DEVILS, DESJARDINS 10 (UNASSISTED), 10:46
9. DEVILS, FRANCIS 23 (AMONTE, BRISEBOIS), 12:12

PENALTIES: D. KASPARAITIS BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 00:52, T. AMONTE NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 00:52, D. MACKEY BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 04:41 (Served by Darius Kasparaitis), J. MORRIS BUF (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 07:43, T. DOMI BUF (BOARDING, Minor) 17:41

Goalie Statistics

Andre Racicot (BUF), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 14-27-3
Vincent Riendeau (BUF), 10 saves out of 12 shots
Olaf Kolzig (NJ ), 15 saves out of 17 shots, W, 15-7-0

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 3
Devils 2 for 8

Game Stars

1 - Ron Francis (NJ )
2 - Eric Desjardins (NJ )
3 - Claude Lemieux (NJ )

Player Statistics

Sabres

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Rob Zettler           0  0  0    -1   2  0   3 22
Darius Kasparaitis    0  0  0    -1   2  0   4 22
Derek King            0  0  0    -3   0  0   3 21
Tie Domi              0  0  0    -1   2  0   2  9
Michael Nylander      1  0  1  Even   4  2   2 23
Dave Babych           0  1  1  Even   0  0   0 21
Jay Mazur             1  0  1    -3   5  2   1 13
David Mackey          0  1  1  Even  12  0   1 14
Glenn Anderson        0  0  0    -4   0  3   1 27
Jocelyn Lemieux       0  1  1  Even   0  0   2 11
Shane Doan            0  0  0    -1   0  2   2 14
Bob Boughner          0  0  0  Even   0  2   3 14
Patrick Elias         0  0  0    -3   2  1   0 19
James Black           0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  4
Jon Morris            0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 19
Chris Chelios         0  0  0    -3   0  4   1 24
Jim Thomson           0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  5
   
Devils

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Joe Sakic             0  0  0  Even   4  1   1 24
Ron Francis           3  1  4    +3   0  4   1 25
Patrice Brisebois     0  1  1    +2   0  2   1 20
Eric Desjardins       1  2  3    +2   0  3   3 25
Tim Taylor            0  0  0  Even   0  0   1  3
Claude Lemieux        0  2  2    +1   2  5   3 22
Trevor Linden         0  0  0    +1   0  1   2  8
John LeClair          0  0  0    +2   0  0   2 10
Martin Gelinas        0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 13
Peter Bondra          1  0  1    +1   0  3   0 20
Robert Svehla         0  1  1    +2   0  1   2 20
Keith Carney          0  0  0    +1   0  0   3 10
Tony Amonte           1  1  2    +1   2  3   1 20
Ulf Dahlen            0  1  1    +1   2  2   1 17
Mathieu Schneider     0  0  0    -1   0  1   0 25
Jeff Brown            0  2  2    +2   0  1   0 15
Stephane Matteau      0  0  0  Even   0  0   0  9
Bobby Holik           1  0  1    +1   0  2   0  8
   

Financial

Attendance: 15998
Net Profit: $1 295 838,00

Game Notes

John LeClair injured at 09:59 of the 2nd Period
Tim Taylor injured at 16:21 of the 2nd Period
Vincent Riendeau enters game at 00:55 of 3rd period
Jeff Brown injured at 04:41 of the 3rd Period
David Mackey ejected at 04:41 of the 3rd Period
Ron Francis scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      1
Utica          2
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Marty Murray 8 (Steve Tuttle, Pavel Torgaev)

Grant Marshall 5 (Gilbert Dionne, Jeff Shantz)
Jeff Shantz 9 (Tyler Wright, Shean Donovan)

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Goalies
Rochester: Norm Maracle
Utica: Jim Carey
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