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2008-09 regular season

Predators at Sabres

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

Predators beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on December 1, 2008.

NSH – BUF
27–30
Shots on goal
16–22
Hits
17–11
Blocked shots
3–4
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
J-P Dumont
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:00 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
Jason Arnott
1 G
6 shots · 18:34 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Pekka Rinne
30 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
3rd period
🐯 Jason Arnott Go-ahead 3rd · 08:07
Assists: Greg De Vries, J-P Dumont · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
🐯 J-P Dumont 3rd · 10:40
Assists: Shea Weber, Joel Ward · beat Ryan Miller
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Arnott · Legwand · Erat 18:23
L2 Pihlstrom · Bonk · Ward 16:06
L3 Smithson · Dumont · Tootoo 14:13
L4 Fiddler · Nichol · Belak 11:05
D1 Weber · Zanon 22:38
D2 Hamhuis · Suter 20:42
D3 Koistinen · De Vries 16:26
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 20:41
L2 Hecht · Gaustad · Stafford 17:40
L3 Paille · MacArthur · Kotalik 13:46
L4 Peters · Mair · Mancari 10:05
D1 Spacek · Numminen 22:14
D2 Sekera · Paetsch 20:13
D3 Tallinder · Lydman 15:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH BUF⚔️
27 Shots on goal 30
16 Hits 22
17 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 4
6 Giveaways 9
4 Penalty minutes 4
NSH shooting 7.4% (2/27) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne Shutout
30/30
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 58:13 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 4-3 (57% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 2-2-1 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Predators lead the season series 1–0
Feb 272008 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–8 Dec 212006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 7–2 Nov 292003 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–4 Jan 272003 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 5–1 Nov 132001 ⚔️BUF @ 🐯NSH 1–4
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Who won Predators vs Sabres on December 1, 2008?

Predators won 2–0. The final score was Predators 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Predators?

J-P Dumont, Jason Arnott.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 30 saves on 30 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Predators vs Sabres season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeNov 29 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 6–2 AfterDec 4 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterDec 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 1–2
Also on December 1
🐋VAN 2–3 🧥CBJ 🦆ANA 1–2 🐙DET 🏔️COL 6–5 🌲MIN 🍁TOR 3–1 👑LAK
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