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2009-10 regular season

Blackhawks at Sabres

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

Sabres beat Blackhawks 2–1 at KeyBank Center on December 11, 2009.

CHI – BUF
40–33
Shots on goal
0/3–1/5
Power play
15–17
Hits
11–11
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
Thomas Vanek
1 G
4 shots · 15:32 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Clarke MacArthur
1 G
1 shots · 14:59 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Patrick Lalime
39 saves
0.975 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:42
Assists: Tyler Myers, Tim Connolly · beat Cristobal Huet
0–1
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur 2nd · 18:39
Assists: Tim Kennedy · beat Cristobal Huet
0–2
3rd period
🪶 Patrick Sharp 3rd · 00:30
Assists: Patrick Kane, Niklas Hjalmarsson · beat Patrick Lalime
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sharp · Toews · Kane 20:00
L2 Madden · Hossa · Brouwer 17:05
L3 Ladd · Fraser · Versteeg 11:37
L4 Eager · Kopecky 6:02
D1 Keith · Seabrook 23:28
D2 Campbell · Hjalmarsson 19:46
D3 Barker · Sopel 15:44
D4 Byfuglien 14:37
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Gerbe · Pominville 17:47
L2 Vanek · Connolly · Stafford 16:55
L3 MacArthur · Kennedy · Hecht 14:40
L4 Ellis · Mair · Kaleta 5:55
D1 Myers · Tallinder 22:49
D2 Sekera · Rivet 19:44
D3 Montador · Lydman 16:01

Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI BUF⚔️
40 Shots on goal 33
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
15 Hits 17
11 Blocked shots 11
3 Takeaways 5
12 Giveaways 11
12 Penalty minutes 8
CHI shooting 2.5% (1/40) BUF shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Cristobal Huet
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 58:52 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Patrick Lalime
39/40
.975 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Thomas Vanek · 2nd 03:42 · 0–1 Clarke MacArthur · 2nd 18:39 · 0–2 Patrick Sharp · 3rd 00:30 · 1–2
CHI BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 6-4-2 (50% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Jan 142009 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 1–4 Dec 152007 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Jan 102007 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 2–1 Dec 32003 ⚔️BUF @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Dec 132002 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 1–1 OT
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Who won Blackhawks vs Sabres on December 11, 2009?

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

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Patrick Sharp.

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Blackhawks 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
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 9 🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI 1–2 AfterDec 13 ⚡TBL @ 🪶CHI 0–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 9 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 0–3 AfterDec 12 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 3–2
Also on December 11
🐆FLA 4–2 😈NJD 🌪️CAR 3–4 🦅WSH 🦆ANA 2–3 🐙DET 🛢️EDM 5–3 🎵STL ⚡TBL 1–2 🏔️COL 🌲MIN 2–1 🔥CGY ⭐DAL 3–2 🦈SJS
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