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The Buffalo Sabres defeated the New Jersey Devils at First Niagara Center in a shootout on Saturday afternoon. Jason Pominville led the Sabres with two goals and Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 31 shots in the win. Miller also stopped both shootout shots to seal the victory
The Sabres took the lead in the second period on a nifty short-handed goal. Cody Hodgson set up Jason Pominville, who ripped a shot past Johan Hedberg. The Devils jumped back in the game shortly after, tying it at 1-1 on a good bounce for the Devils off of Steve Bernier.
In the third, both teams scored twice. The Sabres took a 3-2 lead on Jochen Hecht's first goal of the season, but the Devils bounced back again with a goal from Andrei Loktionov.
The teams went to a shootout where Pominville and Tyler Ennis scored and Miller stopped both shots faced. The Sabres now 8-12-1 on the year.
First Period
Goal Summary
BUF: none
NJD: none
Shots On Goal
BUF - 6, NJD - 13
Second Period
BUF - 1, NJD - 1
Goal Summary
BUF: 7:17 - Jason Pominville (8) SHG. (Cody Hodgson, Mike Weber)
NJD: Steve Bernier (6). (Ryan Carter, Mark Fayne)
Shots On Goal
BUF - 8 (14), NJD - 13 (26)
Third period
BUF - 3, NJD - 3
Goal Summary
BUF: 3:10 - Jason Pominville (9). (Cody Hodgson, Steve Ott). 9:47 - Jochen Hecht (1). (Mikhail Grigorenko)
NJD: 1:21 - Adam Henrique (5) SHG. (unassisted). 11:22 - Andrei Loktionov (3). (Stefan Matteau, Ilya Kovalchuk).
Shots On Goal
BUF - 7 (21), NJD - 5 (31)
Overtime
Shots on Goal
BUF - 2 NJD - 0
Shootout
NJ - Kovalchuk (NG), Henrique (NG)
BUF - Pominville (G), Ennis (G)
3 Stars
1) Jason Pominville
2) Ryan Miller
3) Tyler Ennis