Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers

Friday, April 28, 2006, 7:00 PM ET Wachovia Center, Philadelphia Playoffs Final

Final score

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Friday, April 28, 2006 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
Buffalo Sabres	4	52-24-6
at Philadelphia Flyers	5	45-26-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	2	0	2	4
Philadelphia Flyers	1	1	3	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Buffalo Sabres	14	5	11	30
Philadelphia Flyers	10	15	8	33

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:34	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (1)	Rory Fitzpatrick (1), Ales Kotalik (1)	Power play	BUF 1, PHI 0
1st	10:10	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière (2)	Henrik Tallinder (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, PHI 0
1st	12:13	Philadelphia Flyers	Eric Desjardins (1)	Peter Forsberg (4), Joni Pitkanen (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, PHI 1
2nd	03:26	Philadelphia Flyers	Peter Forsberg (3)	Joni Pitkanen (2)	Even strength	BUF 2, PHI 2
3rd	03:50	Philadelphia Flyers	Petr Nedved (2)	Freddy Meyer (1), Eric Desjardins (3)	Power play	BUF 2, PHI 3
3rd	06:17	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière (3)	Chris Drury (2), Ales Kotalik (2)	Power play	BUF 3, PHI 3
3rd	09:51	Philadelphia Flyers	R.J. Umberger (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 3, PHI 4
3rd	19:11	Philadelphia Flyers	Peter Forsberg (4)	Unassisted	Even strength	BUF 3, PHI 5
3rd	19:41	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Grier (1)	Dmitri Kalinin (2), Chris Drury (3)	Shorthanded	BUF 4, PHI 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Philadelphia Flyers
Shots on goal	30	33
Power play	2 of 4	1 of 8
Penalty minutes	16	8
Hits	15	19
Blocked shots	13	18
Giveaways	15	11
Takeaways	4	8
Faceoffs won	29/59 (49.2%)	30/59 (50.8%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0	50%	11:16
Number 12 A. Kotalik	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	0	0		16:13
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0		14:54
Number 19 T. Connolly	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0	20%	20:48
Number 23 C. Drury	C	0	2	2	-1	0	4	2	1	0	58.3%	21:26
Number 25 M. Grier	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	0		13:47
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1		10:42
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	36.4%	12:54
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0		08:12
Number 48 D. Brière	C	2	0	2	0	4	5	1	0	1	85.7%	16:34
Number 55 J. Hecht	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	50%	08:59
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	0	0	0	-1	2	6	0	1	0		18:09
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		20:49
Number 8 R. Fitzpatrick	D	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	1	0		15:10
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0		18:36
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0		17:31
Number 51 B. Campbell	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0		20:06
Number 74 J. McKee	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		20:41

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	33	28	5	.849	59:41	Loss

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 S. Gagne	L	0	0	0	+3	0	5	0	1	0		21:50
Number 15 N. Dimitrakos	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		09:15
Number 17 J. Carter	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	25%	13:43
Number 18 M. Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	62.5%	13:38
Number 19 B. Radivojevic	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		12:05
Number 20 R. Umberger	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0		11:36
Number 21 P. Forsberg	C	2	1	3	+3	0	2	4	0	0	45.5%	20:13
Number 22 M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	+3	0	2	1	0	0	42.9%	20:36
Number 24 S. Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0		16:19
Number 26 M. Handzus	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	0	44.4%	15:28
Number 49 B. Savage	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:47
Number 93 P. Nedved	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	1	1	68.8%	14:34
Number 2 D. Hatcher	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		14:28
Number 3 M. Rathje	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1	0		15:19
Number 23 D. Gauthier	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	6	0		20:14
Number 34 F. Meyer	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0		14:07
Number 37 E. Desjardins	D	1	1	2	+2	0	4	1	3	0		25:58
Number 44 J. Pitkanen	D	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1	0		24:05

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 42 R. Esche	30	26	4	.867	59:57	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:16	Philadelphia Flyers	Sami Kapanen	Hooking	2
1st	08:01	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière	Interference	2
1st	16:00	Philadelphia Flyers	Niko Dimitrakos	Hooking	2
2nd	11:41	Buffalo Sabres	Henrik Tallinder	Hooking	2
2nd	14:30	Buffalo Sabres	Rory Fitzpatrick	Tripping	2
3rd	02:05	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville	Hooking	2
3rd	04:20	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Afinogenov	Hooking	2
3rd	05:45	Philadelphia Flyers	Jeff Carter	Interference	2
3rd	06:04	Philadelphia Flyers	Mike Rathje	Holding	2
3rd	14:54	Buffalo Sabres	Paul Gaustad	Charging	2
3rd	19:31	Buffalo Sabres	Rory Fitzpatrick	Hooking	2
3rd	19:56	Buffalo Sabres	Daniel Brière	Hooking	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Philadelphia Flyers head coach: Ken Hitchcock
Referees: Mike Leggo, Michael McGeough
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Mike Cvik
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Teppo Numminen, Adam Mair, Taylor Pyatt, Jeff Jillson, Doug Janik, Jiri Novotny, Nathan Paetsch
Philadelphia Flyers scratches: Donald Brashear, Ben Eager

2005-2006 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers game in the 2005-2006 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 1	Final/SO	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Mon, Dec 19, 2005
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres, Thu, Feb 2, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Philadelphia Flyers 5	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Mar 11, 2006
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Apr 7, 2006
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final/2OT Playoffs	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Apr 22, 2006
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 8	Final Playoffs	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres, Mon, Apr 24, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Wed, Apr 26, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 5	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Fri, Apr 28, 2006
Philadelphia Flyers 0 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres, Sun, Apr 30, 2006
Buffalo Sabres 7 at Philadelphia Flyers 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, Tue, May 2, 2006

Other NHL games on Apr 28

Other NHL games on Friday, April 28, 2006
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Montreal Canadiens 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens, Fri, Apr 28, 2006
Dallas Stars 4 at Colorado Avalanche 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, Fri, Apr 28, 2006

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