National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4, Buffalo 2
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 2, 2008
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 1214
Buffalo 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:59 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Adam Mair
11:56 - Red Wings Dallas Drake (EV) Assists: Niklas Kronwall , Kris Draper
Penalties
8:00 - Sabres Dmitri Kalinin (2) Hooking
 9:16 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
5:11 - Red Wings Valtteri Filppula (PP) Assists: Jiri Hudler , Johan Franzen
14:16 - Red Wings Johan Franzen (EV) Assists: Niklas Kronwall , Mikael Samuelsson
Penalties
3:54 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) High sticking
 7:26 - Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (2) Tripping
 9:11 - Red Wings Kris Draper (2) Hooking
 17:24 - Red Wings Brad Stuart (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
3:12 - Sabres Jason Pominville (PP) Assists: Drew Stafford
15:52 - Red Wings Kirk Maltby (EV) Assists: Pavel Datsyuk , Valtteri Filppula
Penalties
2:56 - Red Wings Niklas Kronwall (2) Interference
 4:38 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 4:38 - Red Wings Kirk Maltby (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 5:46 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Hooking
 11:22 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Tripping
 19:08 - Red Wings Valtteri Filppula (2) Hooking
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chris Osgood G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dominik Hasek G 0 0 0 0 0 59:59 44:33 8:33 6:53 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 10:51 10:45 0:00 0:06 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Lilja D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 21:14 15:44 0:00 5:30 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Stuart D 0 0 0 +2 2 2 33 24:47 18:45 3:27 2:35 0 0 - - - - -
Pavel Datsyuk C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 25 20:28 13:29 5:34 1:25 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Derek Meech D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 11:00 8:58 2:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dallas Drake RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 18 12:18 9:27 0:04 2:47 0 0 - - - - -
Kirk Maltby LW 1 0 1 +2 2 1 20 12:34 10:48 0:09 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Downey RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:23 5:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Lebda D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 20:45 18:19 0:00 2:26 0 0 - - - - -
Jiri Hudler C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 15 10:56 7:38 3:18 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Draper C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 21 15:54 12:20 0:04 3:30 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Mikael Samuelsson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 8 16 16:51 11:04 5:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henrik Zetterberg LW 0 0 0 +1 2 3 23 20:52 13:45 5:06 2:01 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Valtteri Filppula C 1 1 2 +1 2 2 19 15:54 13:20 2:26 0:08 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Niklas Kronwall D 0 2 2 +3 2 3 29 25:42 16:43 5:50 3:09 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Kopecky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12 8:34 8:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Johan Franzen C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 22 19:24 14:26 2:55 2:03 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Tomas Holmstrom LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 17 17:26 12:15 5:11 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
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 58:43 44:09 6:01 8:33 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15 10:30 8:04 0:00 2:26 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 26 21:54 18:40 0:06 3:08 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 29 25:45 18:02 3:43 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -3 2 0 23 21:29 14:49 3:20 3:20 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 24:43 19:24 0:06 5:13 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 14:54 12:39 2:15 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 20:36 12:37 5:35 2:24 0 0 - - 4 6 40
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 11:34 8:35 0:00 2:59 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 -1 2 2 20 13:30 11:20 2:10 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 10 7:53 7:53 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 16:23 13:21 3:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 17:13 14:58 2:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:41 9:40 3:36 3:25 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 8 22 17:52 10:32 4:32 2:48 1 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 7 4:30 4:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 19 14:46 12:52 1:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20 15:46 12:20 0:45 2:41 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 1 1 -1 2 3 19 14:46 12:36 1:58 0:12 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dominik Hasek W (27-10-3) 24 22 2 .917 0 59:59
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (36-27-10) 39 35 4 .897 0 58:43