New Jersey at Buffalo

Shots
123OTT
New Jersey 7 9 12 0 28
Buffalo 8 8 15 0 31
Goals
123OTT
New Jersey 1 0 2 0 3
Buffalo 2 0 3 0 5


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. BUFFALO, YZERMAN 12 (UNASSISTED), 01:04
2. NEW JERSEY, NIEDERMAYER 3 (BUTENSCHON, HELMER), 02:20
3. BUFFALO, SMOLINSKI 3 (PELLERIN, CHELIOS), 16:20

PENALTIES: D. MCCARTY BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 07:33 (Served by Richard Smehlik)

Period 2
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: R. SVEHLA BUF (CHARGING, Minor, Misconduct) 00:48, B. HOLIK BUF (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 15:31

Period 3
4. BUFFALO, HOLIK 21 (MARCHANT, ODELEIN), 08:23
5. NEW JERSEY, DRUKEN 17 (KARPOVTSEV, GIONTA), 11:01
6. BUFFALO, YZERMAN 13 (SVEHLA, JOHANSSON), 13:01
7. BUFFALO, RAFALSKI 5 (UNASSISTED), 16:44
8. NEW JERSEY, RUCINSKY 16 (UNASSISTED), 18:34

PENALTIES: M. RENBERG NJ (ELBOWING, Minor) 08:57, R. SMEHLIK BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 08:57

Goalie Statistics

J-S Aubin (NJ ), 4 saves out of 4 shots
Dan Cloutier (NJ ), 22 saves out of 27 shots, L, 11-30-7
Martin Biron (BUF), 25 saves out of 28 shots, W, 2-2-1

Power Play Conversions

New Jersey 0 for 3
Buffalo 0 for 0

Game Stars

1 - Steve Yzerman (BUF)
2 - Bobby Holik (BUF)
3 - Jaromir Jagr (BUF)

Player Statistics

New Jersey

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Alexander Karpovtsev  0  1  1    -2   0  1   2 21
Brian Gionta          0  1  1    -1   0  2   0  9
Harold Druken         1  0  1  Even   0  1   1 23
Jimmie Olvestad       0  0  0    +1   0  1   2 15
Joe Corvo             0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 20
Scott Thornton        0  0  0    -1   0  4   5 19
Martin Rucinsky       1  0  1  Even   0  2   0 22
Bryan Helmer          0  1  1    +1   0  0   0 18
Eric Messier          0  0  0    +1   0  1   1 13
Sven Butenschon       0  1  1    +1   0  1   0 16
Zdeno Ciger           0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 20
Darren Van-Impe       0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 17
Garry Valk            0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  5
Rob Niedermayer       1  0  1    +1   0  1   1 14
Mikael Renberg        0  0  0    -3   2  2   2 25
Dainius Zubrus        0  0  0    -1   0  5   0 22
Jeff Shantz           0  0  0    -2   0  0   1  5
Paul Laus             0  0  0  Even   0  3   3 18
   
Buffalo

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
-------------------------------------------------
Bobby Holik           1  0  1  Even   4  5   5 21
Marcus Ragnarsson     0  0  0  Even   0  1   2 19
Bryan Smolinski       1  0  1    +2   0  2   4 13
Darren McCarty        0  0  0    -1  15  0   0  2
Robert Svehla         0  1  1  Even  12  1   5 16
Brian Rafalski        1  0  1    +1   0  2   2 22
Jaromir Jagr          0  0  0    +3   0  5   1 28
John LeClair          0  0  0    +1   0  1   4 21
Lyle Odelein          0  1  1  Even   0  0   1 18
Scott Pellerin        0  1  1    +1   0  0   0  8
Chris Chelios         0  1  1    +2   0  1   2 22
Richard Smehlik       0  0  0  Even   2  0   2 13
Andreas Johansson     0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 15
Todd Marchant         0  1  1  Even   0  3   5 16
Curtis Leschyshyn     0  0  0    +1   0  3   0  7
Steve Thomas          0  0  0  Even   0  4   1 18
Steve Yzerman         2  0  2  Even   0  2   2 16
Ales Kotalik          0  0  0  Even   0  0   2 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 18595
Net Profit: $976,238.00

Game Notes

Darren McCarty ejected at 07:33 of the 1st Period
J-S Aubin enters game at 16:44 of 3rd period