⚔️ Away Sabres 28-13-3
3–1
Final
🛢️ Home Oilers 24-16-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1023
🛢️ EDM 1001

Sabres at Oilers

Sabres beat Oilers 3–1 at Rogers Place on January 16, 2006.

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:47 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Teppo Numminen
2 A
20:04 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
1 G
2 shots · 19:07 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Ales Hemsky Go-ahead 1st · 03:35
Assists: Jason Smith · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
⚔️ Tim Connolly PP Tying 1st · 17:38
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury · beat Jussi Markkanen
1–1
3rd period
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP Go-ahead 3rd · 02:23
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Teppo Numminen · beat Jussi Markkanen
2–1
⚔️ Derek Roy 3rd · 13:36
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Teppo Numminen · beat Jussi Markkanen
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Drury · Hecht · Connolly 20:08
L2 Roy · Kotalik · Afinogenov 16:32
L3 Paille · Pominville · Grier 13:47
L4 Vanek · Peters · Novotny 11:07
D1 Lydman · Tallinder 21:45
D2 Numminen · Campbell 19:58
D3 McKee · Kalinin 11:07
🛢️Oilers
L1 Smyth · Horcoff · Hemsky 19:38
L2 Peca · Stoll · Dvorak 17:42
L3 Torres · Moreau · Reasoner 13:12
L4 Rita · Pisani · Harvey 3:21
D1 Pronger · Staios 27:01
D2 Bergeron · Cross 18:32
D3 Smith · Greene 11:43

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF EDM🛢️
19 Shots on goal 23
2/11 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
9 Hits 24
13 Blocked shots 15
12 Takeaways 11
17 Giveaways 27
31 Penalty minutes 39
BUF shooting 15.8% (3/19) EDM shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Jussi Markkanen
16/19
.842 SV% · 3 GA · 57:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 15-6-1 (68% win rate, 22 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 13-5 (72% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 5-1-1 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 5-3-4 (42% win rate, 12 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Oct 162003 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 1–4 Nov 12002 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 1–1 OT Mar 42002 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 Mar 92001 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 4–0 Oct 132000 ⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM 2–3
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Who won Sabres vs Oilers on January 16, 2006?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 3, Oilers 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Oilers?

Ales Hemsky.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Jussi Markkanen made 16 saves on 19 shots (.842 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Oilers season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 14 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 1–10 AfterJan 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 1–4
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeJan 14 🏛️OTT @ 🛢️EDM 5–3 AfterJan 19 🛢️EDM @ 🦈SJS 3–2
Also on January 16
🦆ANA 3–4 🐻BOS 🦅WSH 6–1 🌵PHX 🗽NYR 3–4 🧥CBJ 🐋VAN 4–2 🐧PIT ⭐DAL 2–4 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 1–3 🦈SJS 🏛️OTT 6–1 🌲MIN
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