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2005-06 regular season

Coyotes at Sabres

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

Coyotes beat Sabres 2–1 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on January 12, 2006.

PHX – BUF
40–31
Shots on goal
0/8–1/6
Power play
19–12
Hits
23–24
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌵 PHX
Oleg Saprykin
1 G
2 shots · 16:12 TOI
2nd star 🌵 PHX
Denis Gauthier
1 A
3 shots · 19:49 TOI
3rd star 🌵 PHX
Brian Boucher
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jason Pominville PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:06
Assists: Chris Drury, Brian Campbell · beat Brian Boucher
0–1
3rd period
🌵 Oleg Saprykin Tying 3rd · 01:31
Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Denis Gauthier · beat Martin Biron
1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌵Coyotes
L1 Nagy · Doan · Johnson 21:43
L2 Saprykin · Comrie · Ricci 16:12
L3 Sanderson · Lundmark · Devereaux 13:24
L4 Nash · Sjostrom · Gainey 10:33
D1 Michalek · Ballard 27:28
D2 Mara · Gauthier 21:49
D3 Jones · Spiller 12:55
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Hecht · Afinogenov 20:57
L2 Drury · Roy · Kotalik 18:26
L3 Vanek · Pominville · Grier 14:42
L4 Paille · Novotny · Mair 7:59
D1 Numminen · Lydman 23:48
D2 Tallinder · McKee 20:58
D3 Campbell · Kalinin 16:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌵PHX BUF⚔️
40 Shots on goal 31
0/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
19 Hits 12
23 Blocked shots 24
1 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 9
12 Penalty minutes 16
PHX shooting 5.0% (2/40) BUF shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌵Coyotes
Brian Boucher
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 64:28 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
39/40
.975 SV% · 1 GA · 64:46 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Coyotes
Coyotes — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-9-1 (9% win rate, 11 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Coyotes
Coyotes — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-9 (31% win rate, 13 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Coyotes lead the season series 1–0
Dec 42003 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Jan 182003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵PHX 1–0 Oct 192002 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Jan 192002 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵PHX 3–1 Oct 302001 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
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Who won Coyotes vs Sabres on January 12, 2006?

Coyotes won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Coyotes 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Coyotes?

Oleg Saprykin.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville.

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Brian Boucher made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 save percentage).

Where is Coyotes vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Coyotes vs Sabres season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌵 Coyotes
BeforeJan 10 🌵PHX @ 🏛️OTT 2–7 AfterJan 14 🌵PHX @ 🍁TOR 4–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 7 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 AfterJan 14 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 1–10
Also on January 12
🛢️EDM 4–5 🗽NYR 👑LAK 6–0 🐻BOS 🔥CGY 2–3 🏝️NYI 🎵STL 1–3 🐆FLA 🔔PHI 3–6 🐙DET 🦈SJS 2–0 🏛️OTT 🦅WSH 1–4 ⭐DAL
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