Calgary Flames vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 7, 2018 · KeyBank Center
SN · MSG-B
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Flames outshot the Sabres 41-26.
Goals came from Sam Bennett, Mark Jankowski, Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan, Dougie Hamilton and Casey Nelson.
David Rittich made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Bennett (10)Mark Jankowski (8), Travis Hamonic (10)1–005:35 CGY
Mark Jankowski (12)Sam Bennett (15), TJ Brodie (27)2–008:35 CGY
2nd period
Mark Giordano (12)Micheal Ferland (15), Sean Monahan (30)3–005:00 CGY
Sean Monahan (30)Johnny Gaudreau (55), TJ Brodie (28)4–006:01 CGY
Dougie Hamilton (15)Mark Giordano (23), Johnny Gaudreau (56)5–018:39 CGY · PPG
3rd period
Casey Nelson (2)Jason Pominville (16), Scott Wilson (6)5–119:42 BUF
Team stats
CGYBUF
41Shots on goal26
38%Faceoff %62%
1/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
7Blocked shots10
11Giveaways12
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 02:21
Dougie Hamilton · high sticking2 min - 2nd 06:38Mikael Backlund · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 15:20Curtis Lazar · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:20Curtis Lazar · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:20
Nick Baptiste · roughing2 min - 2nd 17:50Robin Lehner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:04Jacob Josefson · slashing2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:35 |
| 77Mark JankowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 12:20 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:26 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 24Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:19 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 36Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 61Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jon GilliesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33David RittichG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 59:58 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 8Casey NelsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 10Jacob JosefsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:29 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 26:01 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 19 | 18 | 1 | .947 | 33:59 |