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Friday, December 22, 2006

What A Game Against Nashville

Wow what a game tonight against Nashville, the goal scorers really came alive tonight. Here is the Game Summary...look for the video replay tomorrow.
First Period
1-0 (0:33): Brian Campbell snaps a low wristshot from the point that is deflected by Ales Kotalik between Chris Mason's legs for Buffalo's first goal. The score is Kotalik's second in as many games and both goals came in the first 34 seconds of the game. Campbell gets the lone helper on Kotalik's eighth goal.

2-0 (5:43): Jason Pominville beats Chris Mason shortside from the goal line with a one-timer to give Buffalo the 2-0 lead. Pominville received the feed from Daniel Briere behind the net. The goal is Pominville's 14th of the season. Jaroslav Spacek gets the second helper.

2-1 (8:57): Nashville scores their fifth shorthanded goal of the season midway through the first. On a two-on-one rush, Martin Erat one-timed David Legwand's across-ice pass into a wide-open net to record his seventh of the season. Kimmo Timonen gets the secondary helper.

Second Period
3-1 (5:25): Toni Lydman one-times his own rebound off the back boards into the top-right corner of the net for the Sabres third goal of the game and his first of the season. Jiri Novotny and Jason Pominville record the assists.

4-1 (15:18): Maxim Afinogenov scores his 15th of the season with a dazzling move. Racing into the offensive zone, Afinogenov cut wide around Dan Hamhuis before beating Chris Mason just inside the left post. Derek Roy and Toni Lydman get the helpers.

5-1 (17:45): Maxim Afinogenov scored his second of the night and 16th of the season after blistering a one-timer off Derek Roy's across-ice pass. Roy and Thomas Vanek record the primary and secondary helpers.

Third Period
5-2 (3:02): On the power play, Jaron Arnott snapped a loose puck into the back of the net from the left wing for his eighth goal of the season. Steve Sullivan and Ryan Suter record the assists on Arnott's fifth power-play goal this season.

6-2 (17:03): On the power play, Ales Kotalik ripped a one-timer into the top-right corner of the net for his second goal of the game, ninth of the season and second with the man advantage. Nathan Paetsch and Paul Gaustad get the helpers.

7-2 (17:28): Trailing an odd-man rush on the power-play, Jason Pominville one-timed Daniel Briere's drop pass into the top-right corner of the net for his second goal of the night, 15th of the season and second with the man advantage.

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