National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Edmonton 3
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin G 0 0 0 0 0 58:48
Devan Dubnyk G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Taylor Hall LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 21:37
Ladislav Smid D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:55
Shawn Horcoff C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 16:21
Josh Green LW 0 0 0 -4 0 1 11:17
Jordan Eberle RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15:04
Eric Belanger C 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:27
Theo Peckham D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 13:28
Andy Sutton D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20:22
Ryan Jones LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14:01
Colten Teubert D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:29
Corey Potter D 1 0 1 E 0 2 23:08
Ben Eager LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:31
Teemu Hartikainen LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 12:43
Anton Lander C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 12:20
Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 23:14
Ales Hemsky RW 0 2 2 +1 2 1 18:59
Sam Gagner C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 19:45
Ryan Smyth LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 18:31
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57
Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 E 0 2 21:30
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 20:02
Derek Roy C 0 1 1 +3 0 2 18:44
Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 17:36
Drew Stafford RW 1 2 3 +3 0 2 18:48
Brad Boyes RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:00
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:53
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15:18
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:38
Jason Pominville RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 15:05
T.J. Brennan D 0 0 0 +1 0 5 18:47
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 12:06
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:28
Nathan Gerbe C 1 1 2 +3 0 5 17:03
Zach Kassian RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 11:25
Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 E 0 1 15:51
Luke Adam C 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:38
Brayden McNabb D 0 2 2 E 0 0 19:51
Goaltending
Edmonton
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin L (11-11-3) 33 29 4 .879 0 58:48
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (10-10-2) 26 23 3 .885 0 59:57