Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 8, 2017 · United Center
MSG-B · NBCSCH+
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime on Friday, December 8, 2017 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 51-28.
Goals came from Jason Pominville, Alex DeBrincat, Kyle Okposo, Tommy Wingels and Gustav Forsling.
Corey Crawford made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 48 of 51.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (8)Jack Eichel (15), Evander Kane (13)1–019:42 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Alex DeBrincat (12)Patrick Sharp (5), Gustav Forsling (7)1–108:30 CHI · PPG
Kyle Okposo (4)Scott Wilson (1), Evan Rodrigues (1)2–111:00 BUF
3rd period
Tommy Wingels (3)Gustav Forsling (8), Jan Rutta (10)2–216:38 CHI · SHG
OT period
Gustav Forsling (3)Brandon Saad (5), Jonathan Toews (12)2–304:55 CHI
Team stats
BUFCHI
28Shots on goal51
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
30Hits15
31Blocked shots5
3Giveaways6
7Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 01:11
Jan Rutta · tripping2 min - 1st 03:05
Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min - 1st 15:54Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min
- 1st 19:27Tommy Wingels · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:43Victor Antipin · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:00Johan Larsson · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 15:25Brent Seabrook · interference2 min
- OT 01:31Gustav Forsling · ps holding on breakaway0 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:07 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 23:13 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 24Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28:08 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:55 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 31:44 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | O | 51 | 48 | 3 | .941 | 64:52 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 22:04 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:53 |
| 57Tommy WingelsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 07:35 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:37 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:20 |
| 17Lance BoumaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 40John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:00 |
| 48Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:02 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 23:17 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29:21 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 11Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Corey CrawfordG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 64:55 |