Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 2018 · KeyBank Center
NHLN-US · MSG-B · WGN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Sabres 37-32.
Nick Baptiste scored twice. Benoit Pouliot, Jordan Oesterle, Ryan O'Reilly, Tomas Jurco, Jonathan Toews and Sam Reinhart also scored.
Chad Johnson made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; J-F Berube stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Benoit Pouliot (13)Rasmus Ristolainen (29), Sam Reinhart (22)0–118:10 BUF
2nd period
Jordan Oesterle (5)Patrick Kane (43), Jonathan Toews (31)1–108:15 CHI
Ryan O'Reilly (20)Sam Reinhart (23), Jack Eichel (32)1–211:07 BUF · PPG
Tomas Jurco (4)Alex DeBrincat (21)2–214:15 CHI
3rd period
Jonathan Toews (20)Brandon Saad (15), Patrick Kane (44)3–200:20 CHI
Nick Baptiste (3)Nathan Beaulieu (7), Victor Antipin (10)3–302:17 BUF- Nick Baptiste (4)Marco Scandella (15), Johan Larsson (11)3–418:04 BUF
Sam Reinhart (19)Ryan O'Reilly (32)3–519:21 BUF · EN
Team stats
CHIBUF
37Shots on goal32
43%Faceoff %57%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
2Hits16
16Blocked shots11
6Giveaways11
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 11:55
Brendan Guhle · slashing2 min - 2nd 06:35Rasmus Ristolainen · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:00
Vinnie Hinostroza · tripping2 min - 2nd 09:46Tomas Jurco · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:50Duncan Keith · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:03Brent Seabrook · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:56 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:30 |
| 12Alex DeBrincatR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 13Tomas JurcoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:32 |
| 82Jordan OesterleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 8Nick SchmaltzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 15Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 36Matthew HighmoreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 40John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:34 |
| 48Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:56 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 17:41 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34J-F BerubeG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 58:33 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 13Nick BaptisteR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 24:42 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 18:14 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:37 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:56 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:12 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:44 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 59:50 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |