National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Edmonton 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Don VanMassenhoven, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18690
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Edmonton 1113
Buffalo 1124
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:33 - Oilers Taylor Hall (EV) Assists: Ales Hemsky , Sam Gagner
14:23 - Sabres Jason Pominville (EV) Assists: Jochen Hecht , Brayden McNabb
Penalties
5:26 - Sabres Mike Weber (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
5:10 - Sabres Jordan Leopold (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Brayden McNabb
9:24 - Oilers Sam Gagner (PP) Assists: Jeff Petry , Ales Hemsky
Penalties
5:34 - Oilers Ales Hemsky (2) Goaltender interference
 8:04 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Charging
 9:10 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
14:34 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Nathan Gerbe , Derek Roy
16:38 - Sabres Nathan Gerbe (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford
18:10 - Oilers Corey Potter (EV) Assists: Jordan Eberle , Anton Lander
Penalties
10:54 - Oilers Theo Peckham (2) Holding
Edmonton Oilers
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 58:48 49:42 5:06 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devan Dubnyk G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Taylor Hall LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 21 21:37 17:59 3:23 0:15 0 0 - - 1 2 33
Ladislav Smid D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 20:55 18:37 0:00 2:18 0 0 5 1 - - -
Shawn Horcoff C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 22 16:21 11:40 3:24 1:17 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Josh Green LW 0 0 0 -4 0 1 17 11:17 11:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 5 3 62
Jordan Eberle RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 17 15:04 11:38 3:26 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 13:27 9:19 1:40 2:28 0 0 - - 9 3 75
Theo Peckham D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 17 13:28 12:36 0:00 0:52 0 0 2 - - - -
Andy Sutton D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 25 20:22 18:40 0:00 1:42 0 0 2 2 - - -
Ryan Jones LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 14:01 9:53 1:40 2:28 0 0 2 1 - - -
Colten Teubert D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:29 13:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 3 - - -
Corey Potter D 1 0 1 E 0 2 27 23:08 18:45 3:19 1:04 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Eager LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 8:31 8:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Teemu Hartikainen LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 17 12:43 12:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Anton Lander C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 12:20 12:20 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 3 40
Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 27 23:14 19:23 1:47 2:04 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ales Hemsky RW 0 2 2 +1 2 1 22 18:59 17:16 1:43 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sam Gagner C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 22 19:45 17:48 1:42 0:15 1 0 - - 6 7 46
Ryan Smyth LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 18:31 13:48 3:26 1:17 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 50:51 4:00 5:06 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 E 0 2 24 21:30 16:38 2:22 2:30 0 0 1 2 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 27 20:02 18:12 0:00 1:50 0 0 2 1 - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +3 0 2 24 18:44 15:41 1:36 1:27 0 0 1 1 2 6 25
Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 22 17:36 15:14 2:22 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Drew Stafford RW 1 2 3 +3 0 2 19 18:48 15:49 2:22 0:37 0 0 - 2 - - -
Brad Boyes RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 14:00 12:22 1:38 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 20:53 18:08 0:02 2:43 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 15:18 12:56 2:22 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 14:38 11:23 0:00 3:15 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 15:05 10:33 2:22 2:10 0 0 - - 2 2 50
T.J. Brennan D 0 0 0 +1 0 5 24 18:47 16:09 1:38 1:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14 12:06 11:30 0:00 0:36 0 0 3 1 - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12 10:28 10:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Gerbe C 1 1 2 +3 0 5 21 17:03 16:44 0:00 0:19 0 0 2 - - - -
Zach Kassian RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 13 11:25 11:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 E 0 1 23 15:51 12:39 1:38 1:34 0 0 1 - 8 9 47
Luke Adam C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 12:38 11:00 1:38 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 1 50
Brayden McNabb D 0 2 2 E 0 0 21 19:51 17:42 0:00 2:09 0 0 1 - - - -
Goaltending
Edmonton
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin L (12-20-7) 33 29 4 .879 0 58:48
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (31-21-7) 26 23 3 .885 0 59:57