National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 7, San Jose 1
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 8, 2007
Where: HP Pavillion at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees: Rob Shick, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 17496
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0437
San Jose 1001
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
14:01 - Sharks Sandis Ozolinsh (EV) Assists: Joe Pavelski , Patrick Marleau
Penalties
3:12 - Sharks Joe Pavelski (2) Hooking
 14:53 - Sabres Jaroslav Spacek (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:06 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (EV) Assists: Derek Roy , Toni Lydman
7:33 - Sabres Tim Connolly (SH) Unassisted
12:26 - Sabres Michael Ryan (EV) Assists: Adam Mair , Toni Lydman
17:14 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (PP) Assists: Brian Campbell , Tim Connolly
Penalties
2:00 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Holding the stick
 6:37 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Hooking
 14:22 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Slashing
 16:04 - Sharks Jeremy Roenick (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
12:32 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Brian Campbell
16:03 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Nolan Pratt
17:43 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Nathan Paetsch , Jason Pominville
Penalties
4:25 - Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Interference
 6:40 - Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Tripping
 16:36 - Sharks Joe Thornton (2) Roughing
 16:36 - Sharks Joe Thornton (2) Roughing
 19:24 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Roughing
 19:24 - Sharks Craig Rivet (2) Roughing
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 42:19 5:59 11:42 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 18 13:50 11:37 0:00 2:13 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 2 2 +2 4 0 25 20:58 17:20 0:31 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 +3 2 1 29 21:18 14:16 1:02 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +3 0 1 26 24:39 15:32 3:26 5:41 0 0 - - 12 5 71
Ales Kotalik RW 1 0 1 +1 4 3 20 12:47 10:01 2:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 1 1 2 E 0 2 29 19:33 12:37 2:33 4:23 0 1 - - 7 9 44
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 15 11:29 11:14 0:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 8 6:36 6:14 0:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 16 15:15 11:55 3:04 0:16 1 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 2 0 2 +2 2 7 28 20:01 14:38 3:05 2:18 1 0 - - 9 7 56
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 27 18:40 11:54 2:23 4:23 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Michael Ryan C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 13 9:26 7:34 0:22 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 17 13:36 10:06 2:40 0:50 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 27 22:40 16:37 1:47 4:16 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 2 2 +3 0 4 30 25:24 15:38 2:48 6:58 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 24 15:56 11:03 0:00 4:53 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Maxim Afinogenov RW 0 1 1 +1 0 3 18 14:02 11:30 2:32 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 4 1:50 1:31 0:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
San Jose Sharks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Evgeni Nabokov G 0 0 0 0 0 39:52 29:18 7:42 2:52 0 0 - - - - -
Dimitri Patzold G 0 0 0 0 0 20:00 12:53 4:00 3:07 0 0 - - - - -
Douglas Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 19:23 16:09 0:55 2:19 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Pavelski C 0 1 1 E 2 2 26 18:38 14:35 3:41 0:22 0 0 - - 10 2 83
Milan Michalek RW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 23 18:34 11:36 5:38 1:20 0 0 - - - - -
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 20:21 13:28 3:28 3:25 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Marleau C 0 1 1 E 0 3 27 20:45 14:14 5:57 0:34 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Jonathan Cheechoo RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 6 4:39 3:47 0:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devin Setoguchi RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 14:24 11:32 2:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 15:05 9:31 1:47 3:47 0 0 - - 3 9 25
Matt Carle D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 17 13:18 9:22 3:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Thornton C 0 0 0 -4 4 1 28 22:58 15:04 7:01 0:53 0 0 - - 6 9 40
Alexei Semenov D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 25 20:29 12:47 6:35 1:07 0 0 - - - - -
Sandis Ozolinsh D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 15 12:19 7:58 4:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Grier RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 22 16:59 12:40 0:02 4:17 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Steve Bernier RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 14:21 10:55 3:26 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeremy Roenick C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 17 14:21 10:52 3:29 0:00 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Pat Rissmiller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:49 11:57 0:07 0:45 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 17:57 14:03 0:57 2:57 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 15:55 10:38 3:26 1:51 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 22 21 1 .955 0 60:00
San Jose
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Evgeni Nabokov L (46-21-8) 25 21 4 .840 0 39:52
Dimitri Patzold 9 6 3 .667 0 20:00