Buffalo Sabres vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, December 5, 2019 · Scotiabank Saddledome
SNW · MSG-B
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Goals came from Sam Reinhart, Johnny Gaudreau, Tobias Rieder, Sean Monahan, Milan Lucic, Jake McCabe and Jack Eichel.
David Rittich made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Reinhart (10)Rasmus Ristolainen (10), Victor Olofsson (12)1–003:29 BUF
Johnny Gaudreau (6)Sean Monahan (16), Matthew Tkachuk (14)1–116:42 CGY ·
2nd period
Tobias Rieder (2)Derek Ryan (8)1–211:18 CGY · 
Sean Monahan (7)Mikael Backlund (8), Rasmus Andersson (7)1–315:02 CGY
3rd period
Milan Lucic (1)Derek Ryan (9), Dillon Dube (1)1–403:58 CGY
Jake McCabe (2)Victor Olofsson (13)2–417:16 BUF
Jack Eichel (18)Brandon Montour (6), Marcus Johansson (7)3–419:12 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFCGY
2929
55%45%
1/81/2
416
1116
1013
1415
1119
Penalties
- 4:54 into the first period
Matthew Tkachuk · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 12:23 into the first periodMichael Frolik · slashing2 min
- 14:00 into the first periodMikael Backlund · high sticking2 min
- 14:58 into the first period
Jeff Skinner · high sticking2 min - 10:32 into the second periodJohnny Gaudreau · hooking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodOliver Kylington · interference2 min
- 4:21 into the third periodOliver Kylington · cross checking2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodNoah Hanifin · high sticking2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodJimmy Vesey · holding2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodNoah Hanifin · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:44 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:02 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | 20:44 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:24 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 10Derek RyanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 13:34 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:09 |
| 16Tobias RiederC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 29Dillon DubeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:30 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:42 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 09:41 |
| 77Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:06 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 24Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:11 |
| 55Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 58Oliver KylingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 39Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | – |