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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Panthers

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 1–0

Panthers beat Sabres 2–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 4, 2008.

BUF – FLA
46–25
Shots on goal
1/4–0/2
Power play
18–30
Hits
14–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Gregory Campbell
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 18:38 TOI
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Keith Ballard
1 G
1 shots · 18:28 TOI
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Craig Anderson
45 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐆 Gregory Campbell Go-ahead 2nd · 15:42
Assists: Michael Frolik, Jay Bouwmeester · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
🐆 Keith Ballard 2nd · 16:17
Assists: Gregory Campbell, Radek Dvorak · beat Ryan Miller
0–2
3rd period
⚔️ Ales Kotalik PP 3rd · 11:19
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Derek Roy · beat Craig Anderson
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 19:15
L2 Hecht · Kotalik · Afinogenov 17:30
L3 Gaustad · Mair · Stafford 13:48
L4 MacArthur · Paille · Mancari 9:19
D1 Spacek · Lydman 22:13
D2 Tallinder · Sekera 20:50
D3 Numminen · Paetsch 13:36
🐆Panthers
L1 Campbell · Weiss · Dvorak 18:23
L2 Peltonen · Kreps · Frolik 16:52
L3 Olesz · McLean · Stewart 14:47
L4 Tarnasky · Matthias · McArdle 9:27
D1 Bouwmeester · Skrastins 22:44
D2 McCabe · Cullimore 19:02
D3 Ballard · Boynton 18:23

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF FLA🐆
46 Shots on goal 25
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
18 Hits 30
14 Blocked shots 17
1 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 5
4 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 2.2% (1/46) FLA shooting 8.0% (2/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:23 TOI
🐆Panthers
Craig Anderson
45/46
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Panthers lead the season series 1–0
Feb 102008 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 3–5 Jan 302008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 1–0 Nov 22007 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Oct 262007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 4–2 Mar 152007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA 5–3
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Who won Sabres vs Panthers on December 4, 2008?

Panthers won 2–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Panthers 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ales Kotalik.

Who scored for Panthers?

Gregory Campbell, Keith Ballard.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Craig Anderson made 45 saves on 46 shots (.978 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Panthers season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 1 🐯NSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–0 AfterDec 6 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–3
🐆 Panthers
BeforeDec 2 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 5–3 AfterDec 6 🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA 4–0
Also on December 4
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