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2005-06 regular season

Ducks at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Ducks 3–2 in overtime at KeyBank Center on December 8, 2005.

ANA – BUF
30–31
Shots on goal
0/4–1/2
Power play
21–10
Hits
7–16
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 A
1 shots · 16:08 TOI
2nd star 🦆 ANA
Joffrey Lupul
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:30 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ales Kotalik
1 G
6 shots · 17:58 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦆 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 1st · 07:06
Assists: Joffrey Lupul, Joe Dipenta · beat Martin Biron
1–0
3rd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Tying 3rd · 08:06
Unassisted · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
1–1
🦆 Joffrey Lupul Go-ahead 3rd · 10:24
Assists: Scott Niedermayer · beat Martin Biron
2–1
⚔️ Ales Kotalik Tying 3rd · 16:33
Assists: Brian Campbell, Jason Pominville · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2–2
Overtime
⚔️ Maxim Afinogenov PP Go-ahead OT · 02:11
Assists: Jason Pominville, Teppo Numminen · beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere
2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦆Ducks
L1 Lupul · McDonald · Hedstrom 18:30
L2 Niedermayer · Pahlsson · Selanne 17:21
L3 Moen · Fedoruk · Marchant 13:57
L4 Kunitz · Wright · Konopka 9:10
D1 Salei · Carney 24:16
D2 Beauchemin · Niedermayer 21:20
D3 Vishnevski · Dipenta 16:09
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Drury · Roy 19:11
L2 Connolly · Kotalik · Grier 17:10
L3 Vanek · Pominville · Afinogenov 15:34
L4 Peters · Gaustad · Mair 8:04
D1 Lydman · Campbell 22:49
D2 McKee · Tallinder 19:49
D3 Numminen · Kalinin 18:31

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦆ANA BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
21 Hits 10
7 Blocked shots 16
1 Takeaways 6
15 Giveaways 8
4 Penalty minutes 8
ANA shooting 6.7% (2/30) BUF shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦆Ducks
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 62:10 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 61:52 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Ducks
Ducks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-3-1 (60% win rate, 10 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Ducks
Ducks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-4 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Jan 22004 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 Oct 242003 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 5–2 Dec 42002 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 0–4 Jan 162002 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 3–1 Jan 122001 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 4–0
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Who won Ducks vs Sabres on December 8, 2005?

Sabres won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Ducks 2, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Ducks?

Chris Kunitz, Joffrey Lupul.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Ducks goalie play?

Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Ducks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Ducks vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦆 Ducks
BeforeDec 6 🌪️CAR @ 🦆ANA 6–2 AfterDec 10 🦆ANA @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🏔️COL 6–4 AfterDec 11 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 3–2
Also on December 8
🏝️NYI 3–4 🧥CBJ 🛢️EDM 3–2 🔔PHI 🌲MIN 5–0 🐧PIT 🎵STL 4–5 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 5–1 🐯NSH 🐆FLA 2–6 🦈SJS 🌪️CAR 3–2 👑LAK
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