Arizona Coyotes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 2015 · First Niagara Center
BELL TV · FS-A · MSG-B
Game summary
The Arizona Coyotes beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Coyotes outshot the Sabres 42-35.
Goals came from Jordan Szwarz, Tyler Ennis, Rasmus Ristolainen, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, David Moss, Brian Gionta and Sam Gagner.
Mike Smith made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Matt Hackett stopped 38 of 42.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ARI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 42 |
 BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jordan Szwarz (1)Kyle Chipchura (9), Craig Cunningham (3)1–007:55 ARI
Tyler Ennis (19)Matt Moulson (26), Johan Larsson (7)1–110:49 BUF
2nd period
Rasmus Ristolainen (6)Tyler Ennis (23), Brian Gionta (16)1–208:37 BUF · PPG
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (21)Martin Erat (21), Mark Arcobello (12)2–211:29 ARI
David Moss (4)Sam Gagner (24)3–214:20 ARI
3rd period
Brian Gionta (10)Unassisted3–316:23 BUF · PPG
OT period
Sam Gagner (13)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19), John Moore (8)4–300:56 ARI · PPG
Team stats
ARIBUF
42Shots on goal35
51%Faceoff %49%
1/5Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes10
14Hits15
10Blocked shots16
1Giveaways2
2Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 14:57B.J. Crombeen · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:14Matt Moulson · slashing2 min
- 1st 18:04Tye McGinn · charging2 min
- 2nd 07:40Michael Stone · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:26Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 15:51Nikita Zadorov · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:59Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 04:29Connor Murphy · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:36Connor Murphy · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:30Mike Weber · tripping2 min
Season series
Arizona Coyotes
| 9Sam GagnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 28:15 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:26 |
| 18David MossR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 21Jordan SzwarzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 22Craig CunninghamL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 24Kyle ChipchuraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:02 |
| 36Mark ArcobelloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 17John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:38 |
| 8Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 14Joe VitaleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:53 |
| 20Tye McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:26 |
| 44B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:38 |
| 33Brandon GormleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 34Klas DahlbeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:54 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 24:50 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 20Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 06:50 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 29:10 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Matt HackettG | O | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 60:07 |
| 35Anders LindbackG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |