Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, January 8, 2016 · United Center
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Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Friday, January 8, 2016 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 45-29.
Goals came from Niklas Hjalmarsson, Ryan O'Reilly, Phillip Danault and Jonathan Toews.
Corey Crawford made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 42 of 44.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Niklas Hjalmarsson (2)Erik Gustafsson (5), Jonathan Toews (13)0–118:26 CHI
3rd period
Ryan O'Reilly (17)Jamie McGinn (11)1–111:37 BUF
Phillip Danault (1)Duncan Keith (18), Niklas Hjalmarsson (10)1–215:01 CHI
Jonathan Toews (15)Duncan Keith (19)1–319:35 CHI · EN
Team stats
BUFCHI
29Shots on goal45
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes4
32Hits14
12Blocked shots15
4Giveaways2
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 2nd 10:16
Niklas Hjalmarsson · slashing2 min - 3rd 05:30
Josh Gorges · interference2 min - 3rd 12:27Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min
- 3rd 12:27Artemi Panarin · embellishment2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:27 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:09 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:00 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:41 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:06 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:18 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:22 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:30 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 44 | 42 | 2 | .955 | 59:29 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 19:30 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 27:11 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 26:08 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:09 |
| 52Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 11Andrew DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 28Ryan GarbuttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:21 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:33 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 70Dennis RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 72Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:25 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20:16 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:39 |
| 47Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |