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Buffalo Sabres at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Regular Season Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Friday, January 26, 2007 at home.

Team Goals 2006-2007 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 53-22-7
at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 33-42-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 0 2
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 0 2 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 14 15 9 38
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 4 13 26

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:09 Columbus Blue Jackets Rick Nash (14) Sergei Fedorov (16), David Vyborny (31) Power play BUF 0, CBJ 1
1st 15:57 Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury (25) Daniel Brière (40), Nathan Paetsch (8) Power play BUF 1, CBJ 1
2nd 01:08 Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury (26) Daniel Brière (41), Ales Kotalik (19) Power play BUF 2, CBJ 1
3rd 05:22 Columbus Blue Jackets Rostislav Klesla (7) Manny Malhotra (8), Jason Chimera (12) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 2
3rd 09:23 Columbus Blue Jackets Dan Fritsche (10) Jason Chimera (13), Manny Malhotra (9) Even strength BUF 2, CBJ 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 38 26
Power play 2 of 6 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 23 21
Hits 12 22
Blocked shots 8 9
Giveaways 2 4
Takeaways 6 2
Faceoffs won 30/55 (54.5%) 25/55 (45.5%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 17:09
12 A. Kotalik R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 0 0 13:23
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:40
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 07:37
23 C. Drury C 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 1 2 43.8% 18:53
26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 -1 4 4 1 0 0 16:38
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 60% 10:03
29 J. Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 14:56
48 D. Brière C 0 2 2 -1 0 6 0 0 0 45.5% 21:48
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 19:29
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 15:02
76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 03:56
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 23:18
6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 0 14:26
27 T. Numminen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:31
38 N. Paetsch D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 0 0 14:08
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 19:55
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 19:52
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 26 23 3 .885 59:39 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
9 D. Vyborny R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 100% 19:22
13 N. Zherdev R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:39
16 A. Svitov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 47.1% 16:39
17 G. Brule C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 08:35
25 J. Chimera L 0 2 2 +2 0 0 2 0 0 11:42
27 M. Malhotra C 0 2 2 +2 2 0 1 0 0 33.3% 12:44
33 F. Modin L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 40% 20:19
45 J. Shelley L 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 04:41
49 D. Fritsche C 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 50% 12:07
61 R. Nash L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 60% 17:20
77 A. Carter R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:16
91 S. Fedorov C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 20:15
2 A. Eriksson D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 4 0 17:50
6 R. Hainsey D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 23:20
44 A. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 0 0 10:08
52 A. Foote D 0 0 0 +1 4 2 3 0 0 26:11
55 O. Tollefsen D 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 12:43
97 R. Klesla D 1 0 1 +1 0 5 2 1 0 27:28
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
30 F. Norrena 38 36 2 .947 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:08 Columbus Blue Jackets Aaron Johnson High sticking 2
1st 09:31 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Roughing 2
1st 09:31 Columbus Blue Jackets Jody Shelley Roughing 2
1st 11:39 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Hooking 2
1st 12:53 Columbus Blue Jackets Manny Malhotra Tripping 2
1st 14:48 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Foote Roughing 2
1st 16:00 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Fighting (major) 5
1st 16:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Jody Shelley Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:06 Columbus Blue Jackets Anders Eriksson Cross checking 2
2nd 00:38 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Foote Holding 2
2nd 04:08 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Paetsch Hooking 2
2nd 10:29 Buffalo Sabres Adam Mair Hooking 2
2nd 14:03 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Roughing 2
2nd 14:03 Columbus Blue Jackets Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Cross checking 2
2nd 16:10 Columbus Blue Jackets Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Hooking 2
3rd 02:23 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Tripping 2
3rd 17:31 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Holding 2
3rd 18:53 Buffalo Sabres Jaroslav Spacek Hooking 2
3rd 20:00 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Ken Hitchcock
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen
Pat Dapuzzo, Scott Driscoll
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Henrik Tallinder, Tim Connolly, Michael Ryan, Jiri Novotny, Clarke MacArthur, Drew Stafford, Michael Funk, Andrej Sekera, Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari, Mike Card, Adam Dennis
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Bryan Berard, Derrick Walser, Filip Novak, Duvie Westcott, Pascal Leclaire, Steven Goertzen, Joakim Lindstrom, Jaroslav Balastik, Marc Methot, Geoff Platt, Alexandre Picard

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