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  FINAL
New Jersey 6, Buffalo 3
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE | SCORING

  1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL
New Jersey 2 1 3 6
Buffalo 2 1 0 3

First Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Hamel 1 (Zhitnik, Afinogenov), 2:09. 2, New Jersey, Pederson 2 (Madden), 3:22. 3, New Jersey, Lemieux 13 (power play) (Gomez, Morrison), 6:47. 4, Buffalo, B Holzinger 6 (Grosek, Satan), 9:17. Penalties: Woolley, Buf (high sticking), 4:59; Odelein, N.J. (Roughing), 13:03; Rasmussen, Buf (Obstr hooking), 15:20.
Second Period: Scoring: 5, Buffalo, Afinogenov 11 (Woolley), 7:08. 6, New Jersey, Elias 12 (Sykora, Arnott), 18:05. Penalties: Grosek, Buf (Obstr holding), 1:00; Kalinin, Buf (Ob holding the stick), 5:18; Rafalski, N.J. (High sticking), 6:01; Stevens, N.J. Served by Holik ( double roughing minor), 9:52; Gomez, N.J. (Roughing), 9:52; B Holzinger, Buf (roughing), 9:52; Mckee, Buf (roughing), 9:52; M Brodeur, N.J. Served by Odelein (Delay of game), 11:45.
Third Period: Scoring: 7, New Jersey, Holik 12 (Mckay, Odelein), 12:41. 8, New Jersey, Sykora 13 (penalty shot), 14:40. 9, New Jersey, Gomez 10 (empty net) (Morrison, K Daneyko), 19:37. Penalties: Holik, N.J. (Slashing), 7:54; Odelein, N.J. (Slashing), 18:03; Afinogenov, Buf (slashing), 18:03.

SHOTS ON GOAL
New Jersey 5 12 10 --27
Buffalo

9
15
4
--28

Power-play Conversions: Njd - 1 of 4, Buf - 0 of 5. Goalies: New Jersey, M Brodeur (28 shots, 25 saves; record: 23-9-5). Buffalo, Roloson (26, 21; record: 1-6-3). A:18,690. Referees: Larue, Shick. Linesmen: Champoux, Sericolo.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
New JerseyBuffalo
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Arnott
Elias
Gomez
Holik
K Daneyko
Lemieux
Madden
Mckay
Morrison
Niedermayer
Odelein
Oliwa
Pandolfo
Pederson
Rafalski
Souray
Stevens
Sykora
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
+1
+1
-1
+1
+1
-1
even
even
-1
+1
+2
+1
even
+1
-1
even
-1
+1
0
2
1
2
2
4
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
3
1
1
1
5
Afinogenov
B Holzinger
Brown
Grosek
Hamel
Kalinin
Mckee
Patrick
Peca
Primeau
Rasmussen
Ray
S Barnes
Sarich
Satan
Varada
Woolley
Zhitnik
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
even
even
-1
even
even
even
-3
even
-1
-1
-1
even
+1
-1
-1
even
+1
+1
1
2
5
3
3
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
2
2

 


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BOXSCORES
Carolina 7
Boston 3

New Jersey 6
Buffalo 3

Ottawa 5
Phoenix 2

Atlanta 3
Washington 1

Detroit 5
Nashville 2

Philadelphia 3
NY Islanders 2

St. Louis 4
Montreal 3

Chicago 5
Calgary 2

Los Angeles 4
Florida 2