National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 3, Minnesota 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 11, 2005
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Referees: Stephane Auger, Brad Meier
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 18568
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1113
Minnesota 1102
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:03 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Maxim Afinogenov
11:17 - Wild Mikko Koivu (PP) Assists: Randy Robitaille , Brian Rolston
Penalties
2:32 - Wild Derek Boogaard (2) Tripping
 5:21 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Hooking
 9:23 - Sabres Dmitri Kalinin (2) Hooking
 10:08 - Sabres Chris Drury (2) Hooking
 13:33 - Wild Randy Robitaille (2) Hooking
 14:39 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
11:47 - Wild Brian Rolston (EV) Assists: Marian Gaborik , Brent Burns
19:21 - Sabres Chris Drury (EV) Assists: Mike Grier , Jay McKee
Penalties
3:18 - Wild Nick Schultz (2) Tripping
 6:25 - Wild Alex Henry (2) Hooking
 12:36 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Diving
 12:36 - Wild Willie Mitchell (2) Tripping
 13:01 - Sabres Teppo Numminen (2) Holding
 15:11 - Sabres Brian Campbell (2) Holding the stick
3rd Period
Scoring
16:28 - Sabres Mike Grier (EV) Assists: Chris Drury , Jochen Hecht
Penalties
1:36 - Wild Marian Gaborik (2) Hooking
 5:23 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Hooking
 13:17 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mika Noronen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 59:50 36:53 9:06 13:51 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 20:30 13:22 0:00 7:08 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 13:16 9:13 1:49 2:14 0 0 - - 4 9 31
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 26 18:41 12:57 0:01 5:43 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 19 14:41 9:44 4:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 17:27 9:49 1:38 6:00 0 0 - - 7 12 37
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 13 8:04 7:56 0:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Drury C 1 1 2 +1 2 3 21 17:11 7:08 5:26 4:37 0 0 - - 13 8 62
Mike Grier RW 1 1 2 +1 0 1 21 13:57 9:35 0:08 4:14 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 18 13:38 10:06 3:32 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 27 17:06 11:49 3:16 2:01 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 11:34 10:51 0:13 0:30 0 0 - - 10 4 71
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 11:24 6:49 2:52 1:43 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 23 15:48 11:07 0:08 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Briere C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 24 18:19 12:17 5:26 0:36 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 23 18:29 12:39 5:50 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 17:42 7:31 5:15 4:56 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 1 1 +1 4 3 18 13:43 8:41 4:46 0:16 0 0 - - - - -
Jay McKee D 0 1 1 E 0 0 22 20:50 12:28 0:05 8:17 0 0 - - - - -
Minnesota Wild
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dwayne Roloson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:42 36:45 13:51 9:06 0 0 - - - - -
Manny Fernandez G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Willie Mitchell D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 27 17:34 10:53 0:04 6:37 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Burns D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 13:26 9:05 4:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Daigle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 12:05 9:06 2:59 0:00 0 0 - - 1 - 100
Marian Gaborik RW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 28 18:13 10:41 7:12 0:20 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rolston C 1 1 2 -1 0 5 30 19:33 9:40 7:21 2:32 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Stephane Veilleux LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 12:20 8:59 0:10 3:11 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Zyuzin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 11:32 10:32 0:00 1:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Koivu C 1 0 1 E 0 6 26 14:12 8:12 4:28 1:32 1 0 - - 11 9 55
Derek Boogaard LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 13 5:38 5:35 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Randy Robitaille C 0 1 1 -1 2 4 28 15:28 9:08 6:20 0:00 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 27 18:14 9:44 7:14 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Todd White C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 22 15:22 9:11 4:18 1:53 0 0 - - 3 8 27
Marc Chouinard C 0 0 0 E 0 2 29 18:46 9:37 6:18 2:51 0 0 - - 11 8 58
Daniel Tjarnqvist D 0 0 0 E 0 2 32 20:57 14:44 1:09 5:04 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Henry D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 10 5:13 5:02 0:00 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Wes Walz C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 20 12:13 8:42 0:12 3:19 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Nick Schultz D 0 0 0 E 2 0 33 18:01 13:52 0:50 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26 21:40 10:23 10:40 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron W (21-8-3) 36 34 2 .944 0 59:50
Minnesota
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dwayne Roloson L (14-24-5) 30 27 3 .900 0 59:42