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  FINAL
Detroit 7, Buffalo 2
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
Detroit 1 6 0 7
Buffalo 0 0 2 2

First Period: Scoring: 1, Detroit, Brown 8 (Butsayev, Fedorov), 1:13. Penalties: Varada, Buf (roughing), 7:42; Shanahan, Det (Obstr hooking), 9:32; Fedorov, Det (Obstr holding), 13:43.
Second Period: Scoring: 2, Detroit, Larionov 7 (Holmstrom, M Lapointe), 2:27. 3, Detroit, Lidstrom 8 (Holmstrom, Larionov), 3:17. 4, Detroit, Ward 1 (Fedorov, D Laplante), 3:59. 5, Detroit, Verbeek 7 (Shanahan, Yzerman), 4:22. 6, Detroit, Holmstrom 7 (Chelios, Larionov), 9:58. 7, Detroit, Verbeek 8 (Yzerman), 11:03. 
Third Period: Scoring: 8, Buffalo, Satan 17 (Sanderson, Campbell), 11:23. 9, Buffalo, D Ward 4 (Primeau, Ray), 18:56. Penalties: Mckee, Buf (Obstr hooking), 12:38.

SHOTS ON GOAL
Detroit 6 11 10 --27
Buffalo

6
15
13
--34

Missed penalty shots: Satan, Buf, 4:34 third. Power-play Conversions: Det - 0 of 2, Buf - 0 of 2. Goalies: Detroit, Wregget (34 shots, 32 saves; record: 10-7-0). Buffalo, Roloson (22, 18; record: 1-5-3), Biron (3:17 of 2nd period, 5, 2), Roloson (10:02 of 2nd period). A:18,690. Referee: S Walkom. Linesmen: Driscoll, Gagnon.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
DetroitBuffalo
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Brown
Butsayev
Chelios
D Laplante
Dandenault
Duchesne
Fedorov
Golubovsky
Holmstrom
Larionov
Lidstrom
M Lapointe
Murphy
Roest
Shanahan
Verbeek
Ward
Yzerman
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
+1
-1
+3
-1
even
+3
+2
even
+3
+3
+2
+3
+2
-1
+2
+2
even
+2
4
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
5
1
2
0
1
1
3
3
1
0
Afinogenov
B Holzinger
Brown
Campbell
D Ward
Mckee
Patrick
Peca
Primeau
R Warrener
Rasmussen
Ray
S Barnes
Sanderson
Sarich
Satan
Varada
Zhitnik
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
-1
-1
-2
even
+1
-3
-3
-2
even
even
-2
even
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
2
3
1
1
5
2
1
0
5
3
2
0
0
1
3
1
1
3

 


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BOXSCORES
Detroit 7
Buffalo 2

Nashville 3
Carolina 2

NY Rangers 2
Phoenix 2