The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the New Jersey Devils, 5 to 3, on December 17, 2008.

Final

Devils

17-9-3

5

Sabres

15-13-3

3

Team

NJD

BUF

1

2

1

2

1

3

2

1

Total

5

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NJD

BUF

Travis Zajac (EV) assisted by Mike Mottau and Jamie Langenbrunner

1

0

Drew Stafford (EV) assisted by Clarke MacArthur and Derek Roy

1

Zach Parise (PP) assisted by Jamie Langenbrunner and Patrik Elias

2

1

2nd period

NJD

BUF

Bryce Salvador (EV) assisted by Patrik Elias and Brian Gionta

3

1

Patrick Kaleta (EV) assisted by Daniel Paille and Jaroslav Spacek

3

2

3rd period

NJD

BUF

David Clarkson (EV) unassisted

4

2

Brian Rolston (EV) assisted by David Clarkson

5

2

Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Jochen Hecht

5

3

Devils

Sabres

Goals

5

3

Shots

30

26

Penalty Minutes

10

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

4

Faceoff Wins

24

32

Hits

17

15

Giveaways

6

13

Takeaways

2

1

Devils

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Scott Clemmensen (W)	1	26	3	23	.885	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
David Clarkson	1	1	+1	0	3	10:25	1	0	0	1
Patrik Elias	0	2	0	0	2	20:37	0	0	0	0
Brian Gionta	0	1	0	0	3	16:59	0	1	1	0
Bobby Holik	0	0	+1	2	1	10:17	4	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner	0	2	+1	0	4	18:34	0	0	0	0
Jay Leach	0	0	+1	0	0	14:46	0	0	0	0
John Madden	0	0	-1	0	0	12:26	1	0	1	0
Paul Martin	0	0	+1	2	0	26:25	0	0	0	0
Mike Mottau	0	1	-1	0	1	19:23	1	0	0	0
Johnny Oduya	0	0	-1	0	2	17:27	1	0	0	0
Jay Pandolfo	0	0	-1	0	0	13:58	0	1	0	0
Zach Parise	1	0	+1	0	4	18:02	0	2	0	1
Brian Rolston	1	0	+1	0	3	13:41	0	1	0	0
Mike Rupp	0	0	-1	2	1	9:01	4	1	0	0
Bryce Salvador	1	0	+1	0	2	16:13	0	1	2	0
Colin White	0	0	+1	4	0	18:54	3	2	1	0
Travis Zajac	1	0	+1	0	3	19:16	1	1	0	0
Dainius Zubrus	0	0	0	0	1	17:15	1	1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ryan Miller (L)	1	30	5	25	.833	58:30

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	0	0	-2	0	3	11:06	0	0	1	0
Paul Gaustad	1	0	0	2	1	13:41	1	0	2	0
Jochen Hecht	0	1	0	2	2	15:15	1	0	0	0
Patrick Kaleta	1	0	0	0	1	9:41	2	0	0	0
Ales Kotalik	0	0	-1	2	4	14:06	1	0	2	0
Toni Lydman	0	0	+1	0	2	22:46	0	3	1	0
Clarke MacArthur	0	1	0	2	2	16:43	2	2	0	0
Adam Mair	0	0	-1	0	1	14:26	2	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	0	0	-3	0	0	16:40	0	1	0	0
Nathan Paetsch	0	0	-3	0	0	9:18	0	0	1	0
Daniel Paille	0	1	+1	0	0	10:37	1	1	0	0
Jason Pominville	0	1	-1	0	2	18:40	1	0	0	0
Derek Roy	0	1	+1	0	1	21:02	0	0	2	0
Andrej Sekera	0	0	+1	0	1	24:26	1	0	1	0
Jaroslav Spacek	0	1	+1	0	1	23:50	2	1	1	1
Drew Stafford	1	0	+1	0	2	17:14	0	0	0	0
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	+1	2	2	19:19	0	2	0	0
Thomas Vanek	0	0	-1	0	1	14:42	1	0	2	0