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2008-09 regular season

Blues at Sabres

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

Sabres beat Blues 4–3 at KeyBank Center on November 12, 2008.

STL – BUF
33–32
Shots on goal
31–19
Hits
9–11
Blocked shots
1–3
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
David Perron
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 14:39 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 14:17 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Adam Mair Go-ahead 1st · 02:46
Assists: Paul Gaustad, Toni Lydman · beat Manny Legace
0–1
⚔️ Tim Connolly 1st · 04:55
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Henrik Tallinder · beat Manny Legace
0–2
⚔️ Jason Pominville 1st · 05:18
Assists: Tim Connolly, Jochen Hecht · beat Manny Legace
0–3
🎵 David Perron 1st · 14:07
Assists: Patrik Berglund, Lee Stempniak · beat Ryan Miller
1–3
2nd period
🎵 Patrik Berglund 2nd · 03:27
Assists: Keith Tkachuk, David Perron · beat Ryan Miller
2–3
3rd period
⚔️ Henrik Tallinder 3rd · 03:34
Assists: Daniel Paille, Adam Mair · beat Chris Mason
2–4
🎵 Lee Stempniak 3rd · 08:08
Assists: David Perron · beat Ryan Miller
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎵Blues
L1 Tkachuk · McDonald · Boyes 20:19
L2 Berglund · Stempniak · Backes 16:58
L3 Perron · McClement · Hinote 14:17
L4 Koci · Stastny · Janssen 6:21
D1 Brewer · Polak 24:36
D2 Jackman · Pietrangelo 19:50
D3 Wagner · McKee 14:33
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Pominville · Kotalik 20:00
L2 Paille · Vanek · Hecht 17:15
L3 Mair · Gaustad · Connolly 14:28
L4 MacArthur · Peters · Afinogenov 6:07
D1 Rivet · Numminen 21:54
D2 Spacek · Lydman 19:46
D3 Tallinder · Sekera 17:27

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎵STL BUF⚔️
33 Shots on goal 32
31 Hits 19
9 Blocked shots 11
1 Takeaways 3
13 Giveaways 12
18 Penalty minutes 14
STL shooting 9.1% (3/33) BUF shooting 12.5% (4/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎵Blues
Chris Mason
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 53:38 TOI
Manny Legace
4/7
.571 SV% · 3 GA · 05:18 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 59:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Blues
Blues — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–3
Blues
Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Nov 282007 🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 Dec 232006 ⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL 2–3 OT Mar 72004 🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 Feb 112003 🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Jan 302003 ⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL 1–2 OT
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Who won Blues vs Sabres on November 12, 2008?

Sabres won 4–3. The final score was Blues 3, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Blues?

David Perron, Lee Stempniak, Patrik Berglund.

Who scored for Sabres?

Adam Mair, Henrik Tallinder, Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Chris Mason made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Blues 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
🎵 Blues
BeforeNov 8 🎵STL @ 👑LAK 3–5 AfterNov 14 🎵STL @ 🪶CHI 4–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 8 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterNov 14 🧥CBJ @ ⚔️BUF 6–1
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