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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Coyotes

🗓 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Coyotes 2–0 on January 31, 2009.

BUF – PHX
21–28
Shots on goal
19–23
Hits
18–12
Blocked shots
3–3
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tim Connolly
1 G
4 shots · 18:47 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Daniel Paille
1 G
2 shots · 09:21 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
1 A
2 shots · 15:59 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 2nd · 04:21
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Craig Rivet · beat Ilya Bryzgalov
1–0
⚔️ Daniel Paille 2nd · 08:44
Assists: Derek Roy, Chris Butler · beat Ilya Bryzgalov
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 21:23
L2 Vanek · Gaustad · Stafford 15:59
L3 MacArthur · Kaleta · Kotalik 10:40
L4 Ellis · Paille · Hecht 9:21
D1 Butler · Lydman 29:14
D2 Rivet · Gragnani 23:23
D3 Paetsch · Spacek 5:52
🌵Coyotes
L1 Lindstrom · Doan · Lisin 20:31
L2 Boedker · Jokinen · Perrault 17:24
L3 Winnik · Hanzal · Turris 15:59
L4 Fedoruk · Carcillo · Goertzen 6:09
D1 Jovanovski · Michalek 23:54
D2 Morris · Hale 19:54
D3 Yandle · Klee 14:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF PHX🌵
21 Shots on goal 28
19 Hits 23
18 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 3
38 Penalty minutes 32
BUF shooting 9.5% (2/21) PHX shooting 0.0% (0/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
28/28
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:26 TOI
🌵Coyotes
Ilya Bryzgalov
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 57:48 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 4-5-1 (40% win rate, 10 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — tied after 1st: 11-8-3 (50% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Coyotes
Coyotes — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Jan 212008 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵PHX 2–6 Jan 122006 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Dec 42003 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Jan 182003 ⚔️BUF @ 🌵PHX 1–0 Oct 192002 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 3–2
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Who won Sabres vs Coyotes on January 31, 2009?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Daniel Paille, Tim Connolly.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Coyotes goalie play?

Ilya Bryzgalov made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Coyotes 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
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 28 ⚔️BUF @ 🔥CGY 2–5 AfterFeb 2 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 2–3
🌵 Coyotes
BeforeJan 29 🌵PHX @ 🦈SJS 0–2 AfterFeb 3 🌵PHX @ 🐯NSH 1–2
Also on January 31
🐙DET 2–4 🦅WSH 🗽NYR 0–1 🐻BOS 👑LAK 3–4 🇨🇦MTL 🦆ANA 4–3 🏔️COL 🐆FLA 1–3 🏝️NYI ⭐DAL 7–3 🧥CBJ 🐧PIT 4–5 🍁TOR 🐦ATL 0–2 🌪️CAR
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