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Buffalo 7, San Jose 1

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
BUF(39-31-12)	0	4	3	7
SAN(49-23-10)	1	0	0	1

Final

10:30 PM ET, December 8, 2007

HP Pavilion

San Jose, California

THREE STARS

D. Roy
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

P. Gaustad
Sabres (C )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

T. Connolly
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: HP Pavilion Location: San Jose, California	Referees: JustinSt. Pierre, RobShick Linesmen: ScottDriscoll, TimNowak
Attendance: 17,496 (100.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Buffalo

San Jose

Total Shots
	34
	22

PIM
	14
	10

Hits
	11
	21

Giveaways
	6
	16

Takeaways
	6
	5

Faceoffs Won
	30
	24

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
14:01		Sandis Ozolinsh (2) Assists: Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau	San Jose 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:12		Joe Pavelski: 2 Minutes for Hooking Paul Gaustad
14:53		Jaroslav Spacek: 2 Minutes for Hooking Patrick Marleau

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:06		Ales Kotalik (8) Assists: Derek Roy, Toni Lydman	Game tied 1-1
7:33		Tim Connolly (4) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	Buffalo 2-1
12:26		Michael Ryan (2) Assists: Adam Mair, Toni Lydman	Buffalo 3-1
17:14		Paul Gaustad (5) (Power Play) Assists: Brian Campbell, Tim Connolly	Buffalo 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:00		Ales Kotalik: 2 Minutes for Holding the Stick Torrey Mitchell
6:37		Toni Lydman: 2 Minutes for Hooking Patrick Marleau
14:22		Paul Gaustad: 2 Minutes for Slashing Patrick Rissmiller
16:04		Jeremy Roenick: 2 Minutes for Hooking Derek Roy

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
12:32		Derek Roy (10) Assists: Drew Stafford, Brian Campbell	Buffalo 5-1
16:03		Paul Gaustad (6) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Nolan Pratt	Buffalo 6-1
17:43		Thomas Vanek (9) (Power Play) Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Jason Pominville	Buffalo 7-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:25		Toni Lydman: 2 Minutes for Interference of Patrick Rissmiller
6:40		Ales Kotalik: 2 Minutes for Tripping Patrick Rissmiller
16:36		Joe Thornton: 2 Minutes for Roughing Jaroslav Spacek
16:36		Joe Thornton: 2 Minutes for Roughing Jaroslav Spacek (Served by Devin Setoguchi)
19:24		Drew Stafford: 2 Minutes for Roughing Craig Rivet
19:24		Craig Rivet: 2 Minutes for Roughing Drew Stafford

Player Summary

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Afinogenov RW	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18	14:02	2:32	0:00	11:30	0	0	00.0
B. Campbell D	0	2	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	30	25:24	2:34	6:58	15:52	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	19:33	2:19	4:23	12:51	7	9	43.8
P. Gaustad C	2	0	2	7	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	28	20:01	2:51	2:18	14:52	9	7	56.3
J. Hecht C	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	15:56	0:00	4:53	11:03	1	3	25.0
A. Kotalik RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	20	12:47	2:46	0:00	10:01	0	0	00.0
T. Lydman D	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	25	20:58	0:31	3:07	17:20	0	0	00.0
A. Mair C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	8	6:36	0:22	0:00	6:14	0	0	00.0
N. Paetsch D	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	13:36	2:40	0:50	10:06	0	0	00.0
A. Peters LW	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1:50	0:05	0:00	1:45	0	0	00.0
J. Pominville RW	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	18:40	2:23	4:23	11:54	1	0	100.0
N. Pratt D	0	1	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:50	0:00	2:13	11:37	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	26	24:39	3:26	5:41	15:32	12	5	70.6
M. Ryan C	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:26	0:22	1:30	7:34	0	0	00.0
A. Sekera D	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	27	22:40	1:33	4:16	16:51	0	0	00.0
J. Spacek D	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	29	21:18	1:02	6:00	14:16	0	0	00.0
D. Stafford RW	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	15	11:29	0:15	0:00	11:14	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	15:15	3:04	0:16	11:55	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
H Tallinder									Shoulder
D Paille									Scratched

San Jose Sharks												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Bernier RW	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:21	3:26	0:00	10:55	0	0	00.0
M. Carle D	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:18	3:56	0:00	9:22	0	0	00.0
J. Cheechoo RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	4:39	0:52	0:00	3:47	0	0	00.0
C. Ehrhoff D	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	24	20:21	3:28	3:25	13:28	0	0	00.0
M. Grier RW	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:59	0:02	4:17	12:40	0	1	00.0
P. Marleau C	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	27	20:45	5:57	0:20	14:28	3	5	37.5
M. Michalek LW	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	18:34	5:38	1:06	11:50	0	0	00.0
T. Mitchell C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:05	1:47	3:47	9:31	3	9	25.0
D. Murray D	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	26	19:23	0:55	2:05	16:23	0	0	00.0
S. Ozolinsh D	1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	12:19	4:21	0:00	7:58	0	0	00.0
J. Pavelski C	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	26	18:38	3:41	0:22	14:35	10	2	83.3
P. Rissmiller LW	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	19	12:49	0:07	0:45	11:57	1	1	50.0
C. Rivet D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	22	15:55	3:26	1:51	10:38	0	0	00.0
J. Roenick C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	17	14:21	3:29	0:00	10:52	1	3	25.0
A. Semenov D	0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	20:29	6:35	1:07	12:47	0	0	00.0
D. Setoguchi RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	14:24	2:52	0:00	11:19	0	0	00.0
J. Thornton C	0	0	-4	1	1	0	2	4	1	1	2	28	22:58	7:01	0:53	15:04	6	9	40.0
M. Vlasic D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:57	0:57	2:57	14:03	0	0	00.0
San Jose Sharks Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
K Mclaren									Personal Reasons
R Davison									Healthy
C Brown									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
R. Miller	22	1	21	.955	60:00	0

San Jose Sharks Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
E. Nabokov	25	4	21	.84	39:52	0
D. Patzold	9	3	6	.667	20:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Buffalo	10	15	9	34
San Jose	6	9	7	22

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Buffalo	2 of 0
San Jose	0 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 8th

Carolina	5	Final
Montreal	1

Boston	2	Final
Toronto	1

Atlanta	3	Final
Washington	6

Minnesota	2	Final
Columbus	1

NY Islanders	3	Final
Tampa Bay	2	OT

Anaheim	2	Final
Nashville	4

Pittsburgh	2	Final
Vancouver	1	SO

Phoenix	4	Final
Los Angeles	2

Buffalo	7	Final
San Jose	1

ESPN NHL

Buffalo 7, San Jose 1

Final

NHL Scores

Saturday, December 8th