Buffalo Sabres vs Arizona Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, November 2, 2017 · Gila River Arena
FS-A · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at Gila River Arena. The Sabres outshot the Coyotes 31-29.
Benoit Pouliot scored twice. Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Kyle Okposo, Seth Griffith, Evander Kane, Zac Rinaldo, Nick Cousins and Christian Dvorak also scored.
Robin Lehner made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Antti Raanta stopped 26 of 31.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BUF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
 ARI | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2)Max Domi (9), Christian Dvorak (6)0–113:25 ARI
Kyle Okposo (1)Benoit Pouliot (2), Ryan O'Reilly (5)1–119:59 BUF
2nd period
Benoit Pouliot (3)Ryan O'Reilly (6), Kyle Okposo (3)2–104:20 BUF
Seth Griffith (2)Sam Reinhart (3), Jake McCabe (3)3–114:36 BUF
3rd period
Evander Kane (7)Jack Eichel (9), Marco Scandella (3)4–106:16 BUF · SHG- Benoit Pouliot (4)Ryan O'Reilly (7), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)5–111:12 BUF
Zac Rinaldo (1)Jason Demers (5), Brad Richardson (2)5–212:11 ARI
Nick Cousins (3)Jordan Martinook (2), Kevin Connauton (1)5–314:07 ARI
Christian Dvorak (2)Jason Demers (6)5–419:08 ARI
Team stats
BUFARI
31Shots on goal29
51%Faceoff %49%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
18Blocked shots13
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 2nd 11:07Matt Tennyson · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:48Christian Dvorak · boarding2 min
- 2nd 15:28Kevin Connauton · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:45Victor Antipin · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 17:26 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:00 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:24 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:29 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
Arizona Coyotes
| 18Christian DvorakL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 17:08 |
| 55Jason DemersD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:14 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 25Nick CousinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 34Zac RinaldoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:55 |
| 44Kevin ConnautonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 8Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 9Clayton KellerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 |
| 11Brendan PerliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 36Christian FischerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:50 |
| 43Dakota MermisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Antti RaantaG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 56:57 |