New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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2–1

32–37

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 37–32.

Goals came from Chris Higgins, Ryan Callahan and Jason Pominville.

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 30 of 32.

Goals
NYR	1	0	1	2	32
BUF	0	0	1	1	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Chris Higgins (1)Marian Gaborik (1), Artem Anisimov (1)1–017:31 NYR

3rd period

Ryan Callahan (1)Sean Avery (1), Marc Staal (1)2–013:44 NYR
Jason Pominville (1)Tyler Myers (1)2–119:01 BUF

Team stats

NYRBUF

3237

58%42%

0/20/3

64

1812

139

824

33

Penalties

10:38 into the first periodAles Kotalik · boarding2 min
10:32 into the second periodBench · interference with official2 min
14:10 into the second periodTim Connolly · interference goalkeeper2 min
16:12 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
5:04 into the third periodVinny Prospal · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

10Marian GaborikR	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	20:27
16Sean AveryL	0	1	1	+1	5	3	0	0	–	16:43
21Chris HigginsL	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	16:39
24Ryan CallahanR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	50	19:41
42Artem AnisimovC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	43	16:44
18Marc StaalD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	–	25:21
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	–	14:24
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	2	100	21:33
22Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	33	07:44
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	+1	6	0	3	0	62	21:02
26Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	11:00
38PA ParenteauR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:25
81Enver LisinR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:27
4Michael Del ZottoD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	0	–	21:42
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	23:18
33Michal RozsivalD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	100	23:30
49Ilkka HeikkinenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:27
97Matt GilroyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:53

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
29Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Henrik LundqvistG	W	37	36	1	.973	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	–	20:26
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	–	23:49
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	60	20:38
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	18	17:22
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	–	18:38
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	40	18:11
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:32
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	20	19:12
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	20:58
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	04:30
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	04:49
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	50	15:38
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	40	19:04
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	18:33
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:01
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	19:45
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:38
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	16:54

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Jhonas EnrothG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	L	32	30	2	.938	58:22