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Thursday, December 21, 2006 · Gaylord Entertainment Center

Sabres 7 at Predators 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 95OVR Jason Pominville Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG R 68OVR Ales Kotalik Sabres Second Star 2G · 8 SOG R 96OVR Maxim Afinogenov Sabres Third Star 2G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:33 Ales Kotalik (8) Brian Campbell (20) · Tip-in BUF 1 – 0 NSH
  2. 5:43 Jason Pominville (14) Daniel Brière (25), Jaroslav Spacek (10) · Snap BUF 2 – 0 NSH
  3. 8:57 Martin Erat (7) SHG David Legwand (15), Kimmo Timonen (16) · Snap BUF 2 – 1 NSH

2nd Period

  1. 5:25 Toni Lydman (1) Jiri Novotny (5), Jason Pominville (10) · Slap BUF 3 – 1 NSH
  2. 15:18 Maxim Afinogenov (15) Derek Roy (13), Toni Lydman (8) · Wrist BUF 4 – 1 NSH
  3. 17:45 Maxim Afinogenov (16) Derek Roy (14), Thomas Vanek (18) · Slap BUF 5 – 1 NSH

3rd Period

  1. 3:02 Jason Arnott (8) PPG Steve Sullivan (22), Ryan Suter (8) · Slap BUF 5 – 2 NSH
  2. 17:03 Ales Kotalik (9) PPG Nathan Paetsch (7), Paul Gaustad (9) · Slap BUF 6 – 2 NSH
  3. 17:28 Jason Pominville (15) PPG Daniel Brière (26), Chris Drury (14) · Slap BUF 7 – 2 NSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jason Pominville R 2 1 4 0 1 +2 18:09 2.83
Ales Kotalik R 2 0 8 1 0 0 15:45 2.00
Maxim Afinogenov R 2 0 3 0 1 +2 21:27 1.98
Toni Lydman D 1 1 1 1 1 +2 20:13 1.80
Derek Roy C 0 2 2 0 0 +1 18:07 1.65
Daniel Brière C 0 2 3 0 0 +1 21:35 1.48
Chris Drury C 0 1 3 0 1 +1 21:17 1.05
Thomas Vanek L 0 1 2 1 0 +1 16:44 1.03
Nathan Paetsch D 0 1 3 1 1 +1 11:18 1.00
Jiri Novotny C 0 1 2 0 1 +1 5:42 0.98
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 2 1 1 0 14:48 0.83
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 1 0 2 +1 18:19 0.75
Brian Campbell D 0 1 0 1 0 +2 26:28 0.58
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 1 0 0 +2 18:45 0.38
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 1 0 2 +1 18:46 0.38
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 16:45 0.20
Andrew Peters L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:47 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Biron W 31 29 2 .935 59:56 1.40

Nashville Predators

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jason Arnott C 1 0 3 1 0 0 15:39 0.98
Martin Erat R 1 0 5 0 0 -2 14:57 0.88
David Legwand C 0 1 4 0 2 -1 15:22 0.83
Kimmo Timonen D 0 1 2 1 0 0 23:12 0.78
Steve Sullivan L 0 1 1 0 0 0 21:17 0.70
Ryan Suter D 0 1 0 0 0 0 20:03 0.53
Greg Zanon D 0 0 1 2 2 0 14:12 0.18
Alexander Radulov R 0 0 3 1 1 -1 10:29 0.12
J-P Dumont R 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:19 0.10
Josef Vasicek C 0 0 2 0 1 -2 12:48 -0.10
Jerred Smithson C 0 0 1 2 0 -1 13:31 -0.13
Darcy Hordichuk L 0 0 0 2 0 -1 5:27 -0.15
Paul Kariya L 0 0 3 0 1 -3 17:24 -0.18
Scott Hartnell L 0 0 2 2 1 -1 15:19 -0.20
Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 20:40 -0.28
Shea Weber D 0 0 1 2 0 -4 17:01 -0.48
Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 19:19 -0.55
Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12:15 -2.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Chris Mason L 26 21 5 .808 39:52 -1.65
Michael Leighton — 10 8 2 .800 19:47 -0.70