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December 23,2006  (Saturday) in St. Louis,Missouri - Scottrade Center	Goals/Period 1 2 3 4 Tot BUF 0 2 0 0 2 STL 1 0 1 1 3	Shots 1 2 3 4 Tot BUF 6 11 6 0 23 STL 12 7 12 1 32	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season BUF 0 / 3 33 / 197 (16.8%) 148 / 179 (82.7%) STL 0 / 2 18 / 159 (11.3%) 165 / 202 (81.7%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 12,513 Referees: Chris Lee, Brad Meier Officials: Andy McElman, Dan Schachte	Buffalo Sabres Game #35 25-10-0 50 Pts Prev Game at NAS Next Game vs WAS St. Louis Blues Game #35 10-19-6 26 Pts Prev Game at LA Next Game vs NAS Three Stars: (1) Manny Legace  (STL)  (2) Jay McClement (STL)  (3) Ryan Johnson (STL)

Goals 1st Period 1. STL Ryan Johnson    [4]  [c26]   ( Christian Backman [6],  Dan Hinote [4] ) 05:31 2nd Period 2. BUF Jochen Hecht    [9]  [c100]   ( Daniel Briere [27],  Jason Pominville [11] ) 01:20 3. BUF Jason Pominville    [16]  [c34]   ( Daniel Briere [28] ) 16:38 3rd Period 4. STL Bill Guerin    [14]  [c342]   ( Jay McClement [5],  Christian Backman [7] ) 09:28 OT Period 5. STL Bill Guerin    [15]  [c343]   (GW)   ( Doug Weight [18] ) 01:35 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Martin Biron Career BUF OTL 61 3 32 29 8-2-1 3.02 Manny Legace Career STL W 62 2 23 21 8-10-3 3.08

Penalties 1st Period 1. STL Dennis Wideman [6] Hooking 2 07:18 2. BUF Jiri Novotny [1] Interference 2 11:45 2nd Period 3. STL Martin Rucinsky [8] Hooking 2 09:50 3rd Period 4. BUF Teppo Numminen [1] Interference 2 07:23 5. STL Bryce Salvador [8] Hooking 2 12:00

Faceoffs
Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Chris Drury 12 7 63.2% 433 300 59.1% Derek Roy 7 7 50.0% 176 199 46.9% Daniel Briere 4 9 30.8% 191 202 48.6% Jochen Hecht 1 3 25.0% 21 39 35.0% Jiri Novotny 3 1 75.0% 79 106 42.7% Paul Gaustad 1 1 50.0% 160 144 52.6% Thomas Vanek 0 1 .0% 9 19 32.1%   28 29 49.1% 1100 1035 51.5%	St. Louis Blues   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Keith Tkachuk 5 10 33.3% 147 140 51.2% Doug Weight 8 6 57.1% 219 236 48.1% Ryan Johnson 7 5 58.3% 116 94 55.2% Jay McClement 7 4 63.6% 161 145 52.6% Jamal Mayers 2 3 40.0% 67 61 52.3%   29 28 50.9% 1059 1052 50.2%

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 390 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 3 23:41 0:00 2:13 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 530 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:12 4:12 1:01 9 Derek Roy C 147 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 20:53 1:35 2:04 10 Henrik Tallinder D 213 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 1 23:08 0:00 2:13 12 Ales Kotalik RW 260 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16:36 1:20 0:00 13 Jiri Novotny C 47 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8:13 0:00 0:00 22 Adam Mair C 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6:07 0:00 0:00 23 Chris Drury C 585 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 19:51 4:30 1:56 26 Thomas Vanek LW 116 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:42 1:35 0:00 27 Teppo Numminen D 1268 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 18:31 1:48 0:46 28 Paul Gaustad C 114 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 17:01 1:30 0:30 29 Jason Pominville RW 93 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 0 15:55 0:07 2:04 45 Dmitri Kalinin D 373 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 1 18:30 0:10 1:47 48 Daniel Briere C 437 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 18:04 4:18 0:00 51 Brian Campbell D 281 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:40 4:30 0:00 55 Jochen Hecht C 429 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 16:10 0:00 1:26 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 439 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 19:56 4:18 0:00 76 Andrew Peters LW 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:00 0:00 0:00   6294 2 3 5 -4 4 23 17 12

St. Louis Blues Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 4 Eric Brewer D 471 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 21:56 1:48 2:25 5 Barret Jackman D 184 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 22:33 0:00 3:35 7 Keith Tkachuk LW 932 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 16:40 1:41 0:00 9 Jay McClement C 102 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 16:28 0:07 2:54 12 Lee Stempniak RW 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13:48 2:26 0:00 13 Bill Guerin RW 983 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 17:37 2:26 0:00 17 Ryan Johnson C 438 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 10:37 0:00 2:28 18 Radek Dvorak RW 781 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18:11 1:34 0:26 21 Jamal Mayers RW 468 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 15:03 0:00 2:54 25 Dennis Wideman D 99 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 15:05 1:34 0:00 26 Petr Cajanek C 224 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:22 1:34 0:00 27 Bryce Salvador D 360 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 19:51 0:00 1:41 39 Doug Weight C 1017 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 18:06 2:19 0:12 42 David Backes RW-C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12:01 0:00 0:00 55 Christian Backman D 147 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 18:17 2:12 0:45 58 Dan Hinote RW 385 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 11:21 0:00 2:28 62 Martin Rucinsky LW 904 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 15:53 2:19 0:38 74 Jay McKee D 595 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 1 23:09 0:00 3:35   8905 3 5 8 4 6 32 7 14

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