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2006-07 regular season

Sabres at Predators

🗓 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Predators 7–2 at Bridgestone Arena on December 21, 2006.

BUF – NSH
36–31
Shots on goal
2/7–1/5
Power play
6–14
Hits
11–8
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:09 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
2 G
8 shots · 15:45 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Maxim Afinogenov
2 G
3 shots · 21:27 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik Go-ahead 1st · 00:33
Assists: Brian Campbell · beat Chris Mason
1–0
⚔️ Jason Pominville 1st · 05:43
Assists: Daniel Brière, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Chris Mason
2–0
🐯 Martin Erat SH 1st · 08:57
Assists: David Legwand, Kimmo Timonen · beat Martin Biron
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Toni Lydman 2nd · 05:25
Assists: Jiri Novotny, Jason Pominville · beat Chris Mason
3–1
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 15:18
Assists: Derek Roy, Toni Lydman · beat Chris Mason
4–1
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov 2nd · 17:45
Assists: Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek · beat Chris Mason
5–1
3rd period
🐯 Jason Arnott PP 3rd · 03:02
Assists: Steve Sullivan, Ryan Suter · beat Martin Biron
5–2
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP 3rd · 17:03
Assists: Nathan Paetsch, Paul Gaustad · beat Michael Leighton
6–2
⚔️ Jason Pominville PP 3rd · 17:28
Assists: Daniel Brière, Chris Drury · beat Michael Leighton
7–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Brière · Drury · Afinogenov 21:27
L2 Hecht · Roy · Pominville 18:09
L3 Vanek · Gaustad · Kotalik 15:45
L4 Novotny · Mair 4:14
D1 Campbell · Lydman 23:20
D2 Numminen · Spacek 18:32
D3 Kalinin · Paetsch 14:02
🐯Predators
L1 Sullivan · Kariya · Dumont 17:24
L2 Hartnell · Arnott · Legwand 15:22
L3 Smithson · Vasicek · Erat 13:31
L4 Hordichuk · Nichol · Radulov 10:29
D1 Timonen · Hamhuis 21:56
D2 Suter · Zidlicky 19:41
D3 Weber · Zanon 15:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF NSH🐯
36 Shots on goal 31
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
6 Hits 14
11 Blocked shots 8
10 Takeaways 9
11 Giveaways 13
14 Penalty minutes 37
BUF shooting 19.4% (7/36) NSH shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI
🐯Predators
Chris Mason
21/26
.808 SV% · 5 GA · 39:52 TOI
Michael Leighton
8/10
.800 SV% · 2 GA · 19:47 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)
Predators
Predators — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-4-1 (38% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 5–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Nov 292003 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–4 Jan 272003 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 Nov 132001 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–4 Oct 162001 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–3 OT Jan 62001 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 2–0
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Who won Sabres vs Predators on December 21, 2006?

Sabres won 7–2. The final score was Sabres 7, Predators 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik (2), Jason Pominville (2), Maxim Afinogenov (2), Toni Lydman.

Who scored for Predators?

Jason Arnott, Martin Erat.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Chris Mason made 21 saves on 26 shots (.808 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Predators 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 19 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 AfterDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL 2–3
🐯 Predators
BeforeDec 20 🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI 2–1 AfterDec 23 👑LAK @ 🐯NSH 0–7
Also on December 21
🐋VAN 0–2 🐻BOS 🐧PIT 3–4 🐦ATL 🔔PHI 2–4 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 4–2 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 2–3 🐆FLA 👑LAK 2–5 🎵STL 🛢️EDM 3–2 🌵PHX ⭐DAL 3–0 🦈SJS
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