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Devils 6, SABRES 3
Sykora converts penalty shot as Devils beat Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Bobby Holik scored the go-ahead goal, and Petr Sykora scored on a penalty shot in the New Jersey Devils' 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
Denis Pederson, Claude Lemieux, Patrik Elias, and Scott Gomez also scored for New Jersey, who is 5-0-2 in their last seven games and concluded a 3-0-1 road trip.
Maxim Afinogenov had a goal and assisted on Denis Hamel's first NHL goal. Brian Holzinger also scored for Buffalo, who have not defeated the Devils at Marine Midland Arena since December 1996, a stretch of six games.
New Jersey is 2-8 in second games when playing on consecutive days, with both wins against Buffalo.
Holik broke a 3-3 tie with a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle with 7:19 remaining. Dwayne Roloson, who made 21 saves, was screened by a pair of players and never saw the shot.
Sykora's penalty shot at with 5:20 remaining was the first for the Devils since Scott Niedermayer scored against Montreal in November 1998. It was the first penalty shot goal allowed by Roloson in three attempts.
Gomez added an empty-net goal with 22.3 seconds left.
Hamel, who had a hat trick in his professional debut with Rochester in October, scored on his first NHL shift, giving the Sabres a 1-0 lead 2:09 into the game. Alexei Zhitnik took a shot from the left faceoff circle, and Hamel flipped the rebound high into the net.
The Devils stormed back with two goals on their first three shots. Pederson tied it at 3:22, and Lemieux gave New Jersey a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 6:47.
Holzinger tied the game at the 9:17 mark. He skated in alone on Martin Brodeur, who made 25 saves, and his shot trickled through Brodeur's pads.
In the second period, Afinogenov gave Buffalo a 3-2 lead with his 11th at the 7:08 mark. He deked Scott Stevens in the right faceoff circle and wristed a shot between Brodeur's pads.
Elias scored with 1:55 remaining to tie it 3-3. He pounced on a rebound after Roloson made a save on Sykora.
Summary
NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 2 1 3 6
BUFFALO 2 1 0 3 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: BUF - DENIS HAMEL 1 (ALEXEI ZHITNIK, MAXIM AFINOGENOV) 2:09
NJD - DENIS PEDERSON 2 (JOHN MADDEN) 3:22
NJD - (PP) CLAUDE LEMIEUX 13 (SCOTT GOMEZ, BRENDAN
MORRISON) 6:47
BUF - BRIAN HOLZINGER 6 (MICHAL GROSEK, MIROSLAV SATAN) 9:17
2ND PRD: BUF - MAXIM AFINOGENOV 11 (JASON WOOLLEY) 7:08
NJD - PATRIK ELIAS 12 (PETR SYKORA, JASON ARNOTT) 18:05
3RD PRD: NJD - BOBBY HOLIK 12 (RANDY MCKAY, LYLE ODELEIN) 12:41
NJD - (PS) PETR SYKORA 13 14:40
NJD - (EN) SCOTT GOMEZ 10 (BRENDAN MORRISON, KEN DANEYKO)
19:37
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NJD - 1 OF 4, BUF - 0 OF 5.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NJD 5 12 10 27
BUF 9 15 4 28
GOALIES: NJD - MARTIN BRODEUR
BUF - DWAYNE ROLOSON
OFFICIALS: REF - LARUE, SHICK
LIN - CHAMPOUX, SERICOLO
ATT: 18,690
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