Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2012 · Rogers Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Rogers Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 35-25.
Ville Leino scored twice and David Booth scored twice. Brad Boyes, Christian Ehrhoff, Zack Kassian and Tyler Ennis also scored.
Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Cory Schneider stopped 16 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ville Leino (1)Patrick Kaleta (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)1–000:55 BUF- Ville Leino (2)Patrick Kaleta (2), Tyler Myers (1)2–003:44 BUF
Brad Boyes (1)Corey Tropp (1)3–005:10 BUF
2nd period
David Booth (1)Alexandre Burrows (1), Kevin Bieksa (1)3–115:37 VAN
3rd period
Christian Ehrhoff (1)Brad Boyes (1), Matt Ellis (1)4–102:36 BUF- David Booth (2)Zack Kassian (1)4–203:43 VAN
Zack Kassian (1)Ryan Kesler (1), Dan Hamhuis (1)4–317:14 VAN
Tyler Ennis (1)Drew Stafford (1), Andrej Sekera (1)5–318:57 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFVAN
25Shots on goal35
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
12Hits29
15Blocked shots10
6Giveaways14
7Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 13:39
Aaron Rome · illegal check to head2 min - 2nd 07:34
Patrick Kaleta · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 08:51Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 09:30Tyler Ennis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:37Alexander Sulzer · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:00Ryan Kesler · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:11Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Brad BoyesR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:52 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:35 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:10 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:34 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:13 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 7David BoothL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:23 |
| 9Zack KassianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10:40 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:18 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:26 |
| 20Chris HigginsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 21Mason RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 5Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:02 |
| 29Aaron RomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 05:10 | |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | L | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 54:31 |