New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Feb 14, 2012 · First Niagara Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

4 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at First Niagara Center. Ilya Kovalchuk scored a hat trick. Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	3	4	31
BUF	0	1	0	1	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	19:24	NJD	PP	Ilya Kovalchuk (1) · wrist	Patrik Elias (1), David Clarkson (1)	1–0
2nd	17:19	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (1) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
3rd	01:44	NJD	PP	Petr Sykora (1) · snap	Adam Henrique (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1)	2–1
3rd	09:47	NJD	EV	Ilya Kovalchuk (2) · tip-in	Adam Henrique (2), Mark Fayne (1)	3–1
3rd	19:51	NJD	SH EN	Ilya Kovalchuk (3) · wrist	Zach Parise (1)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:13	BUF	Robyn Regehr	holding	2
1st	18:42	BUF	Thomas Vanek	tripping	2
2nd	03:18	NJD	Bryce Salvador	delaying game	2
2nd	05:24	BUF	Derek Roy	tripping	2
2nd	10:48	BUF	Jordan Leopold	hooking	2
2nd	18:47	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	tripping	2
2nd	20:00	BUF	Mike Weber	cross checking	2
3rd	03:23	NJD	Andy Greene	tripping	2
3rd	17:29	BUF	Derek Roy	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 4.63 · BUF 1.96 · xG% NJD 70.3

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	3	1	4	+2	0	7	0	0		25:04	25
14	Adam Henrique	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	1	41.7	17:32	24
9	Zach Parise	L	0	1	1	+2	0	7	0	0		22:59	25
26	Patrik Elias	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	21:43	25
23	David Clarkson	R	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	25.0	20:16	22
29	Mark Fayne	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		20:05	26
15	Petr Sykora	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		13:17	19
24	Bryce Salvador	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		21:50	23
28	Anton Volchenkov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		21:23	25
6	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3		19:38	26
8	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	64.7	18:47	26
2	Kurtis Foster	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:56	18
12	Alexei Ponikarovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	100.0	15:17	21
18	Steve Bernier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:54	20
32	Matt Taormina	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3		11:59	15
16	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	40.0	7:18	12
11	Stephane Veilleux	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4:34	7
25	Cam Janssen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		4:28	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Martin Brodeur	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	60.0	19:26	25
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		24:57	29
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		21:20	27
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2		20:07	25
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	41.7	19:18	22
9	Derek Roy	C	0	0	-2	4	2	0	1	40.0	18:45	27
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	52.9	17:49	22
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		17:05	21
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	2		16:42	22
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		16:39	27
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	100.0	16:37	17
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		14:19	20
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	+1	2	0	1	4		14:10	23
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		13:29	15
22	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	13:06	13
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		11:29	13
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		7:32	9
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		5:12	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	30	27	3	.900	59:32