The Buffalo Sabres decisively defeated the San Jose Sharks, 6 to 3, on December 9, 2010.

Final

Sharks

14-10-4

3

Sabres

12-13-4

6

Team

SJS

BUF

1

0

1

2

3

1

3

Total

3

6

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

BUF

Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Cody McCormick

0

1

2nd period

SJS

BUF

Thomas Vanek (EV) assisted by Derek Roy and Nathan Gerbe

0

2

Jason Pominville (SH) unassisted

0

3

Logan Couture (PP) assisted by Dan Boyle and Ryane Clowe

1

3

Marc-Edouard Vlasic (EV) assisted by Logan Couture and Ryane Clowe

2

3

3rd period

SJS

BUF

Cody McCormick (EV) assisted by Paul Gaustad

2

4

Douglas Murray (EV) assisted by Torrey Mitchell

3

4

Paul Gaustad (EV-EN) assisted by Cody McCormick and Andrej Sekera

3

5

Thomas Vanek (EV) assisted by Derek Roy and Nathan Gerbe

3

6

Sharks

Sabres

Goals

3

6

Shots

29

37

Penalty Minutes

2

6

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

3

1

Faceoff Wins

30

34

Hits

12

20

Giveaways

6

9

Takeaways

3

4

Sharks

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Antti Niemi (L)	1	36	5	31	.861	59:11

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Dan Boyle	0	1	-2	0	3	27:39	1	0	0	0
Justin Braun	0	0	-3	0	2	15:24	1	1	1	0
Ryane Clowe	0	2	-1	0	3	17:25	1	0	2	1
Logan Couture	1	1	0	0	3	18:17	0	0	0	0
Jason Demers	0	0	-1	0	1	20:54	1	0	1	0
Benn Ferriero	0	0	0	0	0	16:34	1	0	0	0
Dany Heatley	0	0	-3	0	1	20:04	1	1	1	1
Patrick Marleau	0	0	-3	0	2	21:04	1	0	0	0
Jamal Mayers	0	0	-1	0	0	6:53	1	0	0	0
John McCarthy	0	0	0	0	5	14:43	0	1	0	0
Jamie McGinn	0	0	-2	0	0	7:59	2	0	0	0
Torrey Mitchell	0	1	0	0	0	15:02	0	1	0	0
Douglas Murray	1	0	-1	0	3	20:45	0	1	0	1
Scott Nichol	0	0	-1	0	0	5:38	1	0	0	0
Joe Pavelski	0	0	+1	0	1	17:09	1	0	1	0
Joe Thornton	0	0	-3	2	3	20:34	0	0	0	0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic	1	0	-1	0	1	17:52	0	5	0	0
Niclas Wallin	0	0	0	0	1	14:53	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ryan Miller (W)	1	29	3	26	.897	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Luke Adam	0	0	0	2	3	9:39	1	1	0	0
Chris Butler	0	0	0	0	0	16:13	2	0	0	0
Tyler Ennis	0	0	-2	0	0	12:11	0	0	1	0
Paul Gaustad	2	1	+3	0	4	16:26	2	1	0	0
Nathan Gerbe	0	2	+2	0	5	14:07	1	0	1	0
Mike Grier	0	0	+3	0	2	16:59	0	0	0	0
Jochen Hecht	0	0	-1	0	1	17:43	0	0	0	1
Patrick Kaleta	0	0	-1	0	3	14:33	6	2	0	0
Jordan Leopold	0	0	-1	0	3	22:27	0	1	0	0
Mark Mancari	0	0	0	0	3	10:22	0	0	1	0
Cody McCormick	1	2	+3	0	3	14:12	3	3	0	0
Steve Montador	0	0	0	0	0	22:18	0	6	1	0
Tyler Myers	0	0	+5	0	2	21:04	0	1	1	0
Jason Pominville	1	0	0	0	3	16:57	0	1	0	1
Derek Roy	0	2	+2	0	1	17:28	0	0	2	2
Andrej Sekera	0	1	+4	0	0	19:13	1	0	1	0
Thomas Vanek	2	0	+2	0	3	16:34	0	0	0	0
Mike Weber	0	0	0	2	1	16:58	4	3	0	0