30 DEC

New Jersey Devils 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 26 - 28
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:62/81=76 %, Challenges:52/62=82 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:72/83=86 %, Challenges:23/44=51 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: Yes


BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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12:28 1-0 Petr Sykora [20] (Peter Forsberg, Pier-Olivier Sabourin)
17:02 1-1 Rod Pelley [9] (Derek Roy, Alexander Frolov)
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30:07 1-2 Alexander Frolov [17] (Maxim Afinogenov, Marc-Antoine Pouliot)
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46:32 1-3 Paul Gaustad [20] (Adam Mair)
52:34 2-3 Jared Staal [7] (Vitaly Vishnevski, Saku Koivu)
53:56 3-3 Travis Zajac [9] (Jamie Langenbrunner, Jordan Staal)
56:56 4-3 Saku Koivu [14] (Brent Burns, Marc Staal)
59:48 5-3 Petr Sykora [21] (Marc Staal, Alexei Zhitnik) EN
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Penalty summary:
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32:24 Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for hooking)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
R Jamie Langenbrunner 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 17.30 8
R Jared Staal 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15.20 8
R Petr Sykora 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15.40 8
C John Madden 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.30 7
L Jordan Staal 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 20.00 7
C Saku Koivu 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 8
C Peter Forsberg 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.40 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Travis Zajac 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 17.30 9
L Peter Mueller 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.20 6
L Pier-Olivier Sabourin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.40 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 5 0 6 2 1 18.50 9
D Brent Burns 0 1 0 8 2 7 0 0 20.40 9
D Marc Staal 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 20.30 7
D Colin White 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 19.30 7
D Vitaly Vishnevski 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 19.30 7
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Henrik Lundqvist 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Kevin Weekes 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Marc-Antoine Pouliot 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.20 6
R Drew Stafford 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16.50 7
R Rod Pelley 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 17.00 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.50 7
C Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.20 6
C Paul Gaustad 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 8
C Jason Pominville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
C Antoine Vermette 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.10 7
L Marek Zagrapan 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 6.20 4
L Adam Mair 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 16.50 7
L Derek Roy 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 -2 16.30 6
L Alexander Frolov 1 1 3 8 6 5 0 0 20.20 9
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 18.00 6
D Jordan Leopold 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 19.00 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.00 7
D Kenny Jönsson 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20.20 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 16.30 6
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 21 0 0 59.00 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Saku Koivu
3rd star: Travis Zajac

Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Petr Sykora scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Jamie Langenbrunner notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alexei Zhitnik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Travis Zajac finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 9 game point drought.

Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Paul Gaustad scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Drew Stafford had his 4 game goal streak snapped.
-Drew Stafford had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 3( 32) , Rochester Americans 1( 9)
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0-1 ROC Erik Caladi (Nathan Gerbe)
1-1 ALB Michael Swift (Matt Corrente)
2-1 ALB Greg Beller (Petr Vrana)
3-1 ALB Greg Beller (Petr Vrana)

Goalies: Jeff Frazee - Adam Dennis