Blackhawks 1–3 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 15, 2007)

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

Thomas Vanek

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 14:22 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Derek Roy

2 A

1 shots · 20:16 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Drew Stafford

1 G

4 shots · 13:26 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🪶 Patrick Kane Go-ahead 1st · 02:35

Assists: Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews · beat Ryan Miller

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Tying 2nd · 02:52

Assists: Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

1–1

⚔️ Drew Stafford Go-ahead 2nd · 10:18

Assists: Thomas Vanek, Derek Roy · beat Nikolai Khabibulin

1–2

3rd period

⚔️ Jason Pominville Empty net 3rd · 19:13

Assists: Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman

1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🪶Blackhawks

L1 Sharp · Toews · Havlat 19:32

L2 Ruutu · Lang · Kane 18:16

L3 Bolland · Perreault · Burish 12:18

L4 Samsonov · Lapointe 7:28

D1 Sopel · Keith 21:10

D2 Byfuglien · Wisniewski 18:49

D3 Seabrook · Vandermeer 16:46

D4 Zyuzin 15:06

⚔️Sabres

L1 Connolly · Roy · Pominville 20:16

L2 Vanek · Hecht · Gaustad 18:09

L3 Stafford · Afinogenov · Kotalik 13:20

L4 Paille · Peters · Mair 7:37

D1 Campbell · Spacek 25:28

D2 Lydman · Tallinder 22:04

D3 Paetsch · Sekera 11:10

Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 23

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

20 Hits 14

12 Blocked shots 12

3 Takeaways 1

6 Giveaways 12

12 Penalty minutes 14

CHI shooting 3.7% (1/27) BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Nikolai Khabibulin

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 58:45 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Jan 102007 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 2–1 Dec 32003 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Dec 132002 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 1–1 OT Oct 132002 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 0–3 Dec 192001 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 6–5

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Who won Blackhawks vs Sabres on December 15, 2007?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Blackhawks 1, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Patrick Kane.

Who scored for Sabres?

Drew Stafford, Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Blackhawks 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

🪶 Blackhawks

BeforeDec 12 👑LAK @ 🪶CHI 3–6 AfterDec 16 🐆FLA @ 🪶CHI 3–1

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–3 AfterDec 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 2–1

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