National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 8, Buffalo 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Chris Rooney, Dave Jackson
Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Ray Scapinello
Attendance: 15579
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 2002
New Jersey 3238
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:29 - Devils Patrik Elias (PP) Assists: Brian Rafalski , Scott Gomez
2:02 - Sabres Derek Roy (EV) Assists: Maxim Afinogenov , Taylor Pyatt
16:13 - Devils Brian Gionta (EV) Assists: Paul Martin , Patrik Elias
18:04 - Devils Jay Pandolfo (SH) Assists: John Madden , Scott Niedermayer
19:04 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (PP) Assists: Alexei Zhitnik , Derek Roy
Penalties
1:07 - Sabres Daniel Briere (2) Slashing
 17:12 - Devils David Hale (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
18:16 - Devils Jay Pandolfo (EV) Assists: John Madden , Turner Stevenson
19:59 - Devils Brian Rafalski (EV) Assists: Scott Gomez , Patrik Elias
Penalties
6:29 - Sabres Daniel Briere (2) High sticking
 10:46 - Devils David Hale (2) High sticking
 13:56 - Sabres Taylor Pyatt (2) Hooking
 15:49 - Sabres Alexei Zhitnik (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
2:47 - Devils Brian Gionta (EV) Assists: Scott Gomez , Patrik Elias
3:07 - Devils Jeff Friesen (EV) Unassisted
15:34 - Devils Patrik Elias (PP) Assists: Scott Niedermayer , Brian Gionta
Penalties
4:22 - Devils David Hale (5) Fighting
 4:22 - Sabres Adam Mair (5) Fighting
 4:28 - Devils Sean Brown (5) Fighting
 4:28 - Sabres Eric Boulton (5) Fighting
 6:01 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Roughing
 10:00 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (2) Instigating
 10:00 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (10) Misconduct
 10:00 - Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (5) Fighting
 10:00 - Sabres Alexei Zhitnik (5) Fighting
 10:00 - Sabres Alexei Zhitnik (2) Cross checking
 10:34 - Sabres Brian Campbell (2) Roughing
 14:40 - Sabres Eric Boulton (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Mika Noronen G 0 0 0 0 0 42:46 32:39 3:52 6:15 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Biron G 0 0 0 0 0 17:13 12:19 0:00 4:54 0 0 - - - - -
Andy Delmore D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 18:07 14:44 2:30 0:53 0 0 - - - - -
Rory Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 E 0 0 29 22:59 16:51 0:30 5:38 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 -1 0 2 26 18:05 12:34 1:58 3:33 0 0 - - 13 9 59
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 21:11 16:43 0:00 4:28 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 3 2:03 2:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
J.P. Dumont RW 0 0 0 -3 0 3 25 15:55 13:38 0:52 1:25 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 -2 5 2 14 8:28 8:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Drury C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 25 17:46 13:06 1:54 2:46 0 0 - - 9 8 53
Taylor Pyatt LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 22 14:30 11:15 1:58 1:17 0 0 - - - - -
Eric Boulton LW 0 0 0 E 7 0 8 4:26 4:26 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Curtis Brown C 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 19:45 13:33 0:12 6:00 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 1 -2 9 0 23 18:06 11:16 2:37 4:13 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 27 21:20 13:13 1:15 6:52 0 0 - - 0 0 -
Daniel Briere C 0 0 0 -3 4 0 12 8:46 7:04 1:42 0:00 0 0 - - 2 1 67
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 21 16:44 16:37 0:00 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 27 20:38 15:29 0:00 5:09 0 0 - - 1 6 14
Maxim Afinogenov RW 1 1 2 -1 0 5 22 15:53 13:55 1:58 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Miroslav Satan RW 0 0 0 -3 0 2 23 20:00 16:12 1:54 1:54 0 0 - - - - -
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Martin Brodeur G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 44:59 11:09 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Clemmensen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Brown D 0 0 0 +1 5 0 17 13:53 13:46 0:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin White D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 28 21:48 15:21 4:15 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Martin D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 24 20:19 15:55 2:44 1:40 0 0 - - - - -
Igor Larionov C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:58 8:50 1:08 0:00 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:56 11:24 0:30 0:02 0 0 - - 1 2 33
John Madden C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 20 14:07 11:42 0:38 1:47 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Jeff Friesen LW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19 15:28 13:28 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Brian Gionta RW 2 1 3 +2 0 4 16 12:55 9:11 3:10 0:34 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 0 0 0 +1 17 1 17 13:06 10:38 1:39 0:49 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Sergei Brylin C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 21 16:39 12:47 2:38 1:14 0 0 - - 9 11 45
Jay Pandolfo LW 2 0 2 +2 0 3 20 12:31 10:43 0:01 1:47 0 1 - - 0 1 0
Scott Gomez C 0 3 3 +2 0 1 19 18:03 10:10 7:53 0:00 0 0 - - 10 12 45
Turner Stevenson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 12:34 11:57 0:37 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Hale D 0 0 0 +1 9 0 16 12:23 12:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrik Elias C 2 3 5 +2 0 6 20 19:31 10:01 8:01 1:29 2 0 - - - - -
Scott Niedermayer D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 27 26:03 16:00 7:51 2:12 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Rafalski D 1 1 2 +3 0 3 24 22:13 14:07 6:26 1:40 0 0 - - - - -
Grant Marshall RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:42 10:05 4:35 0:02 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Biron 7 4 3 .571 0 17:13
Mika Noronen L (11-16-1) 24 19 5 .792 0 42:46
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Martin Brodeur W (38-24-2) 22 20 2 .909 0 60:00