Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2015 · First Niagara Center
SN · MSG-B · WGN
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 28-27.
Goals came from Dennis Rasmussen, Cody Franson, Ryan O'Reilly and Patrick Kane.
Corey Crawford made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 26 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Rasmussen (3)Michal Rozsival (1)1–006:04 CHI
2nd period
Cody Franson (3)Jack Eichel (7), Evander Kane (5)1–106:37 BUF
3rd period
Ryan O'Reilly (12)Sam Reinhart (7), Jake McCabe (3)1–216:40 BUF
Patrick Kane (20)Artemi Panarin (21), Duncan Keith (11)2–219:26 CHI · PPG
SO period
- Patrick KaneUnassisted3–200:00 CHI
Team stats
CHIBUF
28Shots on goal27
49%Faceoff %51%
1/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
8Hits27
13Blocked shots13
2Giveaways10
2Takeaways7
Penalties
- 2nd 10:20
Ryan Garbutt · cross checking2 min - 3rd 17:27
Josh Gorges · holding2 min - 3rd 17:27Rasmus Ristolainen · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:26Cody Franson · cross checking2 min
- OT 02:50Andrew Shaw · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 70Dennis RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 72Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29:22 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 11Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:15 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 28Ryan GarbuttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 13:13 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:54 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:30 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:42 |
| 47Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 64:07 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:35 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:34 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:15 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | O | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 65:00 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |