National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2006
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Don Koharski, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 1203
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
17:22 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (PP) Assists: Derek Roy , Nathan Paetsch
19:16 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (EV) Assists: John Madden , Paul Martin
Penalties
8:32 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Goaltender interference
 15:45 - Devils Sergei Brylin (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:36 - Devils Brian Rafalski (EV) Assists: John Madden , Jay Pandolfo
6:01 - Devils Scott Gomez (EV) Assists: Patrik Elias , Brian Rafalski
Penalties
2:39 - Sabres Andrew Peters (5) Fighting
 2:39 - Devils Grant Marshall (5) Fighting
3rd Period
Scoring
18:22 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Henrik Tallinder
Penalties
4:48 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 4:48 - Devils David Hale (5) Fighting
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 56:23 2:00 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Clemmensen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Hale D 0 0 0 E 5 0 10 10:57 10:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin White D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 31 24:10 22:33 0:47 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Tommy Albelin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:54 12:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 31 24:34 23:11 0:47 0:36 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Brown D 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 3:34 3:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Parise C 0 0 0 E 0 4 16 11:59 11:12 0:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:46 9:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 2 - 100
John Madden C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 30 18:25 17:22 0:00 1:03 0 0 - - 15 5 75
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 25 21:14 19:27 1:13 0:34 0 0 - - - - -
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 1 0 1 +1 0 6 29 21:12 19:09 1:13 0:50 0 0 - - - 1 0
Sergei Brylin C 0 0 0 E 2 1 21 18:08 17:21 0:47 0:00 0 0 - - 4 12 25
Jay Pandolfo LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 30 18:48 18:01 0:00 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 10:25 10:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Scott Gomez C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 25 18:53 17:40 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - 14 7 67
Richard Matvichuk D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 29 19:41 18:40 0:00 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Elias LW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 23 19:05 17:52 1:13 0:00 0 0 - - - 1 0
Brian Rafalski D 1 1 2 E 0 1 30 22:57 20:57 1:13 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Grant Marshall RW 0 0 0 E 5 1 19 11:41 10:54 0:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 58:54 55:17 1:37 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 E 0 5 24 19:01 17:23 0:30 1:08 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Henrik Tallinder D 0 1 1 E 0 1 26 21:51 20:38 0:00 1:13 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 23 16:03 15:33 0:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 17 14:58 13:14 1:07 0:37 0 0 - - 6 12 33
Daniel Paille RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:15 9:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 5 0 14 11:23 11:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 16:37 15:37 0:00 1:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 -1 2 3 22 18:25 17:18 1:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 29 22:15 20:58 0:30 0:47 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 17:21 17:06 0:00 0:15 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 13:36 12:29 1:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 21 15:38 15:19 0:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25 21:38 20:23 0:00 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 27 22:31 21:13 1:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 +1 0 5 24 20:48 18:46 1:02 1:00 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Maxim Afinogenov RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 26 21:52 21:17 0:35 0:00 1 0 - - 1 - 100
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 14:08 13:23 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 3 1:46 1:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur W (43-23-7) 28 26 2 .929 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (30-14-3) 27 24 3 .889 0 58:54