National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, NY Islanders 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Brad Meier, Dean Morton
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0213
Buffalo 1315
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:43 - Sabres Nolan Pratt (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Paul Gaustad
Penalties
10:55 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Slashing
 16:36 - Islanders Bruno Gervais (2) Hooking
 17:21 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Interference
 17:40 - Islanders Bryan Berard (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
4:04 - Sabres Toni Lydman (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Nathan Paetsch
5:00 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville
6:17 - Islanders Miroslav Satan (PP) Assists: Mike Sillinger , Marc-Andre Bergeron
9:34 - Sabres Derek Roy (PP) Assists: Ales Kotalik , Jason Pominville
16:45 - Islanders Richard Park (EV) Assists: Sean Bergenheim , Radek Martinek
Penalties
1:46 - Islanders Mike Comrie (2) Hooking
 5:23 - Sabres Nathan Paetsch (2) Hooking
 5:53 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Holding
 8:06 - Islanders Andy Sutton (2) Slashing
 8:51 - Islanders Mike Sillinger (2) Roughing
 13:48 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
4:00 - Islanders Mike Sillinger (EV) Assists: Andy Hilbert , Trent Hunter
8:14 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Tim Connolly
Penalties
10:10 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Holding
 18:05 - Islanders Sean Bergenheim (2) Tripping
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Wade Dubielewicz G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rick DiPietro G 0 0 0 0 0 58:42 41:32 8:30 8:40 0 0 - - - - -
Bryan Berard D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 6 3:29 2:38 0:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Trent Hunter RW 0 1 1 +1 0 4 26 21:48 14:37 4:30 2:41 0 0 - - - - -
Bruno Gervais D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 22 19:53 14:27 2:13 3:13 0 0 - - - - -
Richard Park RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 17 11:31 5:24 3:01 3:06 0 0 - - 2 6 25
Andy Hilbert C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18 14:57 12:04 0:00 2:53 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Chris Simon LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 8:54 8:45 0:09 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Bill Guerin RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 21 17:20 13:29 3:51 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Chris Campoli D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 18:41 14:04 3:54 0:43 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Tambellini LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 9:23 9:09 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Sillinger C 1 1 2 +1 2 3 27 21:33 13:46 4:42 3:05 0 0 - - 14 16 47
Sean Bergenheim LW 0 1 1 +1 2 4 18 13:38 13:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Radek Martinek D 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 22:25 17:05 0:00 5:20 0 0 - - - - -
Andy Sutton D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 18 16:08 12:23 1:01 2:44 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Witt D 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 21:41 16:21 0:00 5:20 0 0 - - - - -
Marc-Andre Bergeron D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 13 11:37 7:08 4:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josef Vasicek C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 16:58 11:23 3:33 2:02 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Miroslav Satan RW 1 0 1 -2 0 2 22 19:26 12:51 4:41 1:54 1 0 - - - - -
Mike Comrie C 0 0 0 -3 2 4 21 20:33 15:12 5:21 0:00 0 0 - - 5 9 36
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 58:54 41:50 8:34 8:30 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 1 0 1 E 0 2 10 9:25 9:08 0:00 0:17 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 1 0 1 +2 4 1 27 19:17 16:30 0:36 2:11 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 E 0 3 23 26:06 16:14 4:08 5:44 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 0 1 +2 2 4 25 20:44 12:57 4:32 3:15 1 0 - - 14 11 56
Ales Kotalik RW 1 1 2 +1 0 5 18 14:53 10:51 4:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 26 23:54 15:39 4:31 3:44 0 0 - - 14 8 64
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 10:28 9:06 0:00 1:22 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 11:10 11:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 0 6 13 10:21 9:33 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 +1 2 0 17 13:44 9:31 4:13 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 -1 2 4 23 16:32 10:59 4:08 1:25 0 0 - - 12 6 67
Jason Pominville RW 0 3 3 +2 0 3 20 20:48 13:00 4:52 2:56 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 1 +1 2 2 15 13:48 9:59 3:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 25 19:37 16:51 0:00 2:46 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 26:19 16:46 3:31 6:02 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20 16:26 13:20 0:00 3:06 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 17 13:03 8:55 4:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 5 3:37 3:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Rick DiPietro L (26-28-7) 41 36 5 .878 0 58:42
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 31 28 3 .903 0 58:54