Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Jan 3, 2012 · First Niagara Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Edmonton Oilers

3 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at First Niagara Center. Drew Stafford led the way with 3 points. Ryan Miller made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
EDM	1	1	1	3	26
BUF	1	1	2	4	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:33	EDM	EV	Taylor Hall (1) · wrist	Ales Hemsky (1), Sam Gagner (1)	1–0
1st	14:23	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · wrist	Jochen Hecht (1), Brayden McNabb (1)	1–1
2nd	05:10	BUF	EV	Jordan Leopold (1) · slap	Drew Stafford (1), Brayden McNabb (2)	1–2
2nd	09:24	EDM	PP	Sam Gagner (1) · slap	Jeff Petry (1), Ales Hemsky (2)	2–2
3rd	14:34	BUF	EV	Drew Stafford (1) · slap	Nathan Gerbe (1), Derek Roy (1)	2–3
3rd	16:38	BUF	EV	Nathan Gerbe (1) · backhand	Drew Stafford (2)	2–4
3rd	18:10	EDM	EV	Corey Potter (1) · wrist	Jordan Eberle (1), Anton Lander (1)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:26	BUF	Mike Weber	tripping	2
2nd	05:34	EDM	Ales Hemsky	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	08:04	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	charging	2
2nd	09:10	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	10:54	EDM	Theo Peckham	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: EDM 1.87 · BUF 2.39 · xG% EDM 43.9

Edmonton Oilers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Sam Gagner	C	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	0	46.2	19:45	22
83	Ales Hemsky	R	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	0		18:59	22
58	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	1		23:14	27
44	Corey Potter	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		23:08	27
4	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	33.3	21:37	21
14	Jordan Eberle	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		15:04	17
57	Anton Lander	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	40.0	12:20	15
5	Ladislav Smid	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		20:55	27
25	Andy Sutton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		20:22	25
94	Ryan Smyth	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	50.0	18:31	21
10	Shawn Horcoff	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	100.0	16:21	22
28	Ryan Jones	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		14:01	18
33	Colten Teubert	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3		13:29	16
24	Theo Peckham	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0		13:28	17
20	Eric Belanger	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	75.0	13:27	19
56	Teemu Hartikainen	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	1		12:43	17
12	Josh Green	C	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	0	62.5	11:17	17
55	Ben Eager	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		8:31	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	L	33	29	4	.879	58:48

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Drew Stafford	R	1	2	3	+3	0	2	0	2		18:48	19
81	Brayden McNabb	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		19:51	21
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	1	1	2	+3	0	5	2	0		17:03	21
3	Jordan Leopold	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2		21:30	24
9	Derek Roy	C	0	1	1	+3	0	2	1	1	25.0	18:44	24
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	47.1	15:51	23
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	50.0	15:05	22
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20:53	25
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1		20:02	27
33	TJ Brennan	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	2		18:47	24
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	1		17:36	22
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		15:18	22
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	46.2	14:38	16
22	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	14:00	13
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	50.0	12:38	14
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	1		12:06	14
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:25	13
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:28	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	W	26	23	3	.885	59:57