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2008-09 regular season

Kings at Sabres

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

Sabres beat Kings 5–0 at KeyBank Center on December 19, 2008.

LAK – BUF
40–22
Shots on goal
0/1–1/4
Power play
18–18
Hits
9–14
Blocked shots
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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
Derek Roy
1 G, 2 A
20:52 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 20:13 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
40 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 16:05
Unassisted · beat Jason LaBarbera
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Adam Mair 2nd · 02:33
Assists: Chris Butler, Thomas Vanek · beat Jason LaBarbera
0–2
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 2nd · 06:56
Assists: Drew Stafford, Derek Roy · beat Jason LaBarbera
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford PP 3rd · 03:01
Assists: Derek Roy, Jason Pominville · beat Jason LaBarbera
0–4
⚔️ Matt Ellis 3rd · 14:33
Assists: Andrew Peters · beat Jonathan Quick
0–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 O'Sullivan · Stoll · Brown 17:38
L2 Frolov · Kopitar · Handzus 16:42
L3 Purcell · Calder · Simmonds 13:29
L4 Ivanans · Lewis · Zeiler 8:30
D1 Greene · Doughty 22:38
D2 O'Donnell · Quincey 22:10
D3 Gauthier · Harrold 14:46
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Stafford 20:52
L2 Vanek · Pominville · Kotalik 18:54
L3 MacArthur · Mair · Kaleta 15:43
L4 Paille · Ellis · Peters 8:10
D1 Spacek · Lydman 22:05
D2 Sekera · Tallinder 21:04
D3 Numminen · Butler 14:24

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK BUF⚔️
40 Shots on goal 22
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
18 Hits 18
9 Blocked shots 14
2 Takeaways 1
4 Giveaways 14
10 Penalty minutes 4
LAK shooting 0.0% (0/40) BUF shooting 22.7% (5/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Jason LaBarbera
10/14
.714 SV% · 4 GA · 43:01 TOI
Jonathan Quick
7/8
.875 SV% · 1 GA · 16:59 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
40/40
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-4-1 (44% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Kings
Kings — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 62007 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 2–8 Jan 142006 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 1–10 Feb 132004 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 3–8 Oct 232003 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 5–1 Feb 212003 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 4–1
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Who won Kings vs Sabres on December 19, 2008?

Sabres won 5–0. The final score was Kings 0, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Adam Mair, Clarke MacArthur, Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Matt Ellis.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jason LaBarbera made 10 saves on 14 shots (.714 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 40 saves on 40 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Kings vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Kings 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
👑 Kings
BeforeDec 17 🗽NYR @ 👑LAK 3–2 AfterDec 20 👑LAK @ 🐙DET 4–6
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 17 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 5–3 AfterDec 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4
Also on December 19
🏛️OTT 1–5 😈NJD 🏝️NYI 1–4 🌲MIN 🪶CHI 3–2 🔥CGY 🦆ANA 3–2 🛢️EDM
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