Arizona Coyotes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 2, 2017 · KeyBank Center
FS-A PLUS · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Coyotes 41-22.
Marcus Foligno scored twice. Teemu Pulkkinen, Ryan O'Reilly, Tobias Rieder, Jack Eichel, Alex Goligoski, Evander Kane and Sam Reinhart also scored.
Robin Lehner made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 35 of 39.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ARI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
 BUF | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 41 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Teemu Pulkkinen (2)Max Domi (20), Christian Dvorak (13)1–007:54 ARI
Marcus Foligno (11)Ryan O'Reilly (27), Rasmus Ristolainen (34)1–111:54 BUF · SHG
2nd period
Ryan O'Reilly (14)Jack Eichel (24), Kyle Okposo (23)1–200:57 BUF · PPG
Tobias Rieder (14)Unassisted2–202:05 ARI · SHG
Jack Eichel (15)Sam Reinhart (25), Kyle Okposo (24)2–311:08 BUF · PPG
3rd period
Alex Goligoski (3)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (24), Tobias Rieder (13)3–308:20 ARI
Evander Kane (23)Ryan O'Reilly (28), Jake McCabe (13)3–414:24 BUF- Marcus Foligno (12)Jack Eichel (25), Cody Franson (15)3–518:17 BUF · EN
Sam Reinhart (15)Unassisted3–619:56 BUF · EN
Team stats
ARIBUF
22Shots on goal41
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play2/4
10Penalty minutes6
14Hits25
15Blocked shots8
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 11:25Zemgus Girgensons · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:29Teemu Pulkkinen · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:37Lawson Crouse · boarding2 min
- 2nd 04:27Zemgus Girgensons · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 05:06Max Domi · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:28Brendan Perlini · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:00Evander Kane · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:00Max Domi · cross checking2 min
Season series
Arizona Coyotes
| 8Tobias RiederC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 12Teemu PulkkinenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:55 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 18Christian DvorakL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:19 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:47 |
| 13Peter HollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 29Brendan PerliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 86Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:06 |
| 44Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 58:52 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17:04 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:51 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:40 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:48 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 24:39 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:03 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 60:00 |