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Friday, December 19, 2003 · HSBC Arena

Devils 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 86OVR Brian Gionta Devils First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG C 78OVR John Madden Devils Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG G 91OVR Martin Brodeur Devils Third Star 31 SV · .939

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 5:27 Brian Gionta (6) John Madden (10), Colin White (5) · Snap NJD 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 11:05 Ales Kotalik (8) Unassisted · Wrist NJD 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 18:45 Jeff Friesen (6) PPG Paul Martin (5), Scott Niedermayer (10) · Wrist NJD 2 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:57 Brian Gionta (7) Scott Gomez (13), Jay Pandolfo (6) · Snap NJD 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 5:47 Adam Mair (2) Chris Taylor (4), Eric Boulton (1) · Tip-in NJD 3 – 2 BUF
  3. 8:06 John Madden (6) Brian Gionta (3) · Wrist NJD 4 – 2 BUF
  4. 14:16 Sergei Brylin (5) PPG Scott Gomez (14), Igor Larionov (9) · Snap NJD 5 – 2 BUF

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Gionta R 2 1 3 0 0 +3 14:02 2.50
John Madden C 1 1 4 0 1 +2 14:22 1.88
Scott Gomez C 0 2 0 0 1 0 14:41 1.25
Jay Pandolfo L 0 1 2 1 0 +2 17:03 1.08
Jeff Friesen L 1 0 2 1 1 0 17:55 0.95
Colin White D 0 1 0 1 3 +2 16:40 0.93
Scott Niedermayer D 0 1 1 1 1 +1 25:39 0.90
Paul Martin D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 19:24 0.85
Sergei Brylin L 1 0 1 2 0 -1 18:47 0.68
Igor Larionov C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 11:51 0.48
Scott Stevens D 0 0 0 1 2 +1 24:05 0.20
Patrik Elias C 0 0 2 1 1 0 22:41 0.15
Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:44 0.00
Rob Skrlac L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 0 1 0 0 15:15 -0.05
Tommy Albelin D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12:54 -0.20
Jiri Bicek R 0 0 1 1 0 -2 11:30 -0.22
Brian Rafalski D 0 0 1 0 2 -2 21:26 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 33 31 2 .939 60:00 1.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Adam Mair C 1 0 3 3 0 +1 9:44 0.98
Ales Kotalik R 1 0 2 0 0 0 12:55 0.90
Chris Taylor C 0 1 1 1 1 +1 11:43 0.90
Eric Boulton L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 6:52 0.80
James Patrick D 0 0 3 1 2 +1 17:47 0.53
Jay McKee D 0 0 1 1 2 +1 17:25 0.23
Curtis Brown C 0 0 2 1 1 +1 17:28 0.20
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:34 0.20
J-P Dumont R 0 0 3 2 1 -1 18:45 0.07
Maxim Afinogenov R 0 0 3 0 0 +1 13:20 0.02
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 17:16 0.00
Derek Roy C 0 0 1 2 1 -1 13:40 -0.02
Daniel Brière C 0 0 3 1 1 -2 17:26 -0.08
Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 2 3 1 -2 16:44 -0.10
Rory Fitzpatrick D 0 0 2 1 2 -2 18:28 -0.10
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 0 2 -1 18:54 -0.10
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 2 0 1 -1 19:21 -0.15
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 0 3 3 -1 23:04 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron L 18 13 5 .722 59:49 -2.45