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  FINAL
New Jersey 4, Buffalo 1
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
Buffalo 0 0 1 1
New Jersey 1 2 1 4

First Period: Scoring: 1, New Jersey, Sykora 9 (unassisted), 13:06. Penalties: Sarich, Buf (roughing), 1:57; Gomez, N.J. (Roughing), 1:57; Afinogenov, Buf (Obstr hooking), 2:40; Oliwa, N.J. (Roughing), 10:38; Stevens, N.J. (Obstr tripping), 17:41.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, New Jersey, Madden 7 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 12:17. 3, New Jersey, Elias 7 (Arnott, Stevens), 16:36. Penalties: Oliwa, N.J. (Roughing), 9:01; Sykora, N.J. (Hooking), 11:22; B Holzinger, Buf (Ob holding the stick), 17:26; Oliwa, N.J. (Boarding), 19:49; Ray, Buf (misconduct, game misconduct), 20:00; Stevens, N.J. Served by Gomez (abuse of officials, misconduct, game misconduct), 1:19.
Third Period: Scoring: 4, Buffalo, Sanderson 6 (Varada, Peca), 10:11. 5, New Jersey, Sykora 10 (empty net) (Niedermayer), 19:54. Penalties: Brown, Buf (Obstr holding), 5:51; D Ward, Buf (slashing), 11:35; Morrison, N.J. (Holding), 13:21.

SHOTS ON GOAL
Buffalo 4 7 9 --20
New Jersey

9
14
9
--32

Power-play Conversions: Buf - 0 of 7, Njd - 0 of 4. Goalies: Buffalo, Biron (23 shots, 20 saves; record: 13-8-1), Roloson (start of 3rd, 8, 8). New Jersey, M Brodeur (20, 19; record: 19-9-4). A:16,248. Referee: Faucette. Linesmen: Collins, Seitz.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
BuffaloNew Jersey
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Afinogenov
B Holzinger
Brown
Campbell
D Ward
Grosek
Mckee
Patrick
Peca
R Warrener
Ray
S Barnes
Sanderson
Sarich
Satan
Varada
Woolley
Zhitnik
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
-1
-1
-3
-1
even
-2
-1
even
even
-1
even
-2
+1
-1
-3
+1
-1
-1
2
1
3
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
Arnott
Elias
Gomez
Holik
K Daneyko
Lemieux
Madden
Mckay
Morrison
Niedermayer
Odelein
Oliwa
Pandolfo
Pederson
Rafalski
Souray
Stevens
Sykora
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
+3
+3
even
-1
+2
even
+1
-1
+1
+1
-1
even
-1
even
+1
+1
+2
+3
4
2
1
4
1
0
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
6

 


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BOXSCORES
Philadelphia 5
Calgary 1

Montreal 4
Ottawa 4

Chicago 2
Washington 2

Detroit 3
Atlanta 2

New Jersey 4
Buffalo 1

NY Islanders 3
Boston 0

Florida 6
Tampa Bay 1

Edmonton 4
Anaheim 1

San Jose 3
Dallas 1

Colorado 5
St. Louis 1