National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3,
Chicago 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 15, 2007
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees:
Linesmen:
Attendance: N/A
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees:
Linesmen:
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
2:35 -
Blackhawks Patrick Kane
(EV) Assists:
Patrick Sharp
, Jonathan Toews
|
| Penalties |
|
0:26 -
Sabres Jochen Hecht
(2)
Slashing 5:07 - Blackhawks Duncan Keith (2) Slashing 7:31 - Blackhawks Patrick Kane (2) Hooking 8:37 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Tripping 18:31 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) Roughing |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
2:52 -
Sabres Thomas Vanek
(PP) Assists:
Derek Roy
, Maxim Afinogenov 10:18 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Derek Roy |
| Penalties |
|
1:16 -
Blackhawks Dustin Byfuglien
(2)
Hooking 5:06 - Blackhawks Yanic Perreault (2) Slashing 6:59 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Holding the stick 6:59 - Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (2) Hooking 7:20 - Sabres Daniel Paille (2) Delay of game 15:44 - Sabres Andrej Sekera (2) Slashing |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
19:13 -
Sabres Jason Pominville
(EV) (EN) Assists:
Tim Connolly
, Toni Lydman
|
| Penalties |
|
2:32 -
Blackhawks Dustin Byfuglien
(2)
Holding 10:41 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) Tripping |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:45 | 38:43 | 11:06 | 8:56 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Patrick Lalime | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Duncan Keith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 20:41 | 16:18 | 0:31 | 3:52 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brent Sopel | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 4 | 23 | 21:45 | 11:52 | 4:34 | 5:19 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brent Seabrook | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17:54 | 14:12 | 0:31 | 3:11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patrick Sharp | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 1 | 26 | 18:44 | 12:09 | 4:00 | 2:35 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 75 |
| Sergei Samsonov | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8:33 | 6:59 | 1:34 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuomo Ruutu | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15:45 | 10:43 | 5:02 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Toews | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 2 | 29 | 20:17 | 12:24 | 4:47 | 3:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 6 | 65 |
| Robert Lang | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18:29 | 13:23 | 4:45 | 0:21 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 60 |
| Martin Lapointe | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6:24 | 5:20 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Vandermeer | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15:37 | 12:00 | 0:25 | 3:12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Havlat | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:32 | 13:22 | 4:23 | 1:47 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrei Zyuzin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 18 | 15:12 | 11:06 | 2:06 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Bolland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14:51 | 8:55 | 2:33 | 3:23 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Adam Burish | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12:18 | 8:08 | 1:01 | 3:09 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| James Wisniewski | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18:42 | 12:12 | 6:12 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dustin Byfuglien | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18:56 | 12:06 | 6:50 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patrick Kane | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18:16 | 13:05 | 5:03 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yanic Perreault | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9:29 | 5:57 | 1:13 | 2:19 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 60 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Ryan Miller | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 39:58 | 8:56 | 11:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Toni Lydman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22:04 | 15:04 | 0:35 | 6:25 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaroslav Spacek | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 25:26 | 16:29 | 5:06 | 3:51 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Derek Roy | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | E | 0 | 1 | 29 | 20:16 | 10:46 | 3:55 | 5:35 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 33 |
| Henrik Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 22:04 | 15:08 | 0:35 | 6:21 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ales Kotalik | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12:03 | 9:04 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Tim Connolly | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23:17 | 13:18 | 4:38 | 5:21 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 50 |
| Daniel Paille | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7:37 | 7:04 | 0:23 | 0:10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drew Stafford | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13:26 | 10:26 | 2:56 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adam Mair | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7:37 | 7:35 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 40 |
| Thomas Vanek | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14:22 | 9:58 | 3:51 | 0:33 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Gaustad | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18:09 | 11:36 | 4:38 | 1:55 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 44 |
| Jason Pominville | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18:36 | 10:54 | 3:04 | 4:38 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nathan Paetsch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 13:11 | 9:02 | 3:15 | 0:54 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrej Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9:08 | 8:14 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Campbell | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 25:29 | 16:25 | 5:17 | 3:47 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jochen Hecht | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18:23 | 14:04 | 0:23 | 3:56 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 2 | 0 | 16 | 13:20 | 10:17 | 3:03 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Peters | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3:32 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| Chicago | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Nikolai Khabibulin L (23-20-6) | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 0 | 58:45 |
| Buffalo | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 0 | 60:00 |