Sabres 3–2 Devils — Final Score & Stats (Dec 12, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF

Daniel Brière

3 A

2 shots · 16:52 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Dmitri Kalinin

2 A

1 shots · 21:04 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

31 saves

0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

⚔️ Jochen Hecht Go-ahead 2nd · 12:05

Assists: Daniel Brière, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Martin Brodeur

1–0

3rd period

⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 3rd · 03:12

Assists: Daniel Brière · beat Martin Brodeur

2–0

⚔️ Jason Pominville 3rd · 05:29

Assists: Daniel Brière, Dmitri Kalinin · beat Martin Brodeur

3–0

😈 Erik Rasmussen 3rd · 19:20

Assists: Jim Dowd, Brad Lukowich · beat Ryan Miller

3–1

😈 Brian Gionta 3rd · 19:41

Assists: John Madden, Patrik Elias · beat Ryan Miller

3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Roy · Hecht · Pominville 17:52

L2 Vanek · Brière · Novotny 16:46

L3 Kotalik · Afinogenov · Stafford 14:14

L4 Peters · Gaustad · Mair 7:11

D1 Spacek · Campbell 26:48

D2 Kalinin · Lydman 19:12

D3 Paetsch · Sekera 12:06

😈Devils

L1 Elias · Gionta · Langenbrunner 17:55

L2 Pandolfo · Gomez · Madden 17:30

L3 Parise · Brylin · Zajac 15:02

L4 Rupp · Dowd · Rasmussen 8:23

D1 White · Rafalski 23:42

D2 Martin · Lukowich 18:41

D3 Oduya · Hale 15:30

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF NJD😈

24 Shots on goal 33

5 Hits 13

18 Blocked shots 6

10 Takeaways 7

7 Giveaways 8

6 Penalty minutes 24

BUF shooting 12.5% (3/24) NJD shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

😈Devils

Martin Brodeur

21/24

.875 SV% · 3 GA · 59:29 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 8-3-1 (67% win rate, 12 games)

Devils

Devils — tied after 1st: 7-3-1 (64% win rate, 11 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)

Devils

Devils — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Mar 302006 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 1–3 Jan 72006 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Nov 152005 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Oct 282005 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–3 Feb 252004 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–8

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Who won Sabres vs Devils on December 12, 2006?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Sabres 3, Devils 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht, Maxim Afinogenov.

Who scored for Devils?

Brian Gionta, Erik Rasmussen.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 24 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Devils 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

BeforeDec 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterDec 14 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 1–2

😈 Devils

BeforeDec 9 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 5–1 AfterDec 14 😈NJD @ 🐻BOS 3–5

Also on December 12

🗽NYR 3–1 🔔PHI ⚡TBL 4–5 🍁TOR 🐻BOS 3–4 🇨🇦MTL 🦆ANA 5–4 🐆FLA 🏛️OTT 3–2 🐙DET 🪶CHI 3–2 🎵STL 🛢️EDM 2–3 🐯NSH 🧥CBJ 3–1 ⭐DAL

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