Sabres 5–3 Canucks — Final Score & Stats (Mar 3, 2012)

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

Ville Leino

2 G

3 shots · 13:52 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Brad Boyes

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 12:32 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Ryan Miller

32 saves

0.914 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Ville Leino Go-ahead 1st · 00:55

Assists: Patrick Kaleta, Nathan Gerbe · beat Roberto Luongo

1–0

⚔️ Ville Leino 1st · 03:44

Assists: Patrick Kaleta, Tyler Myers · beat Roberto Luongo

2–0

⚔️ Brad Boyes 1st · 05:10

Assists: Corey Tropp · beat Roberto Luongo

3–0

2nd period

🐋 David Booth 2nd · 15:37

Assists: Alexandre Burrows, Kevin Bieksa · beat Ryan Miller

3–1

3rd period

⚔️ Christian Ehrhoff 3rd · 02:36

Assists: Brad Boyes, Matt Ellis · beat Cory Schneider

4–1

🐋 David Booth 3rd · 03:43

Assists: Zack Kassian · beat Ryan Miller

4–2

🐋 Zack Kassian 3rd · 17:14

Assists: Ryan Kesler, Dan Hamhuis · beat Ryan Miller

4–3

⚔️ Tyler Ennis Empty net 3rd · 18:57

Assists: Drew Stafford, Andrej Sekera

5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hodgson · Roy · Ennis 16:52

L2 Leino · Stafford · Pominville 16:25

L3 Ellis · Gerbe · Kaleta 12:40

L4 Vanek · Boyes · Tropp 12:09

D1 Sekera · Ehrhoff 21:52

D2 Myers · Leopold 20:58

D3 Weber · Sulzer 16:35

🐋Canucks

L1 Sedin · Kesler · Sedin 19:54

L2 Booth · Burrows · Hansen 16:23

L3 Raymond · Higgins · Pahlsson 13:01

L4 Lapierre · Malhotra · Kassian 9:41

D1 Edler · Bieksa 24:14

D2 Hamhuis · Salo 20:34

D3 Gragnani · Rome 15:14

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF VAN🐋

25 Shots on goal 35

12 Hits 29

15 Blocked shots 10

7 Takeaways 8

6 Giveaways 14

8 Penalty minutes 6

BUF shooting 20.0% (5/25) VAN shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

32/35

.914 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐋Canucks

Cory Schneider

16/17

.941 SV% · 1 GA · 54:31 TOI

Roberto Luongo

4/7

.571 SV% · 3 GA · 05:10 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

BUF VAN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 2nd — 3–1

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 9-0 (100% win rate, 9 games)

Canucks

Canucks — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Nov 152010 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 OT Jan 252010 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 2–3 Oct 172008 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 Jan 192007 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 SO Jan 192006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐋VAN 1–4

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Who won Sabres vs Canucks on March 3, 2012?

Sabres won 5–3. The final score was Sabres 5, Canucks 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ville Leino (2), Brad Boyes, Christian Ehrhoff, Tyler Ennis.

Who scored for Canucks?

David Booth (2), Zack Kassian.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Cory Schneider made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Canucks 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

BeforeMar 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🦈SJS 1–0 AfterMar 5 ⚔️BUF @ ✈️WPG 1–3

🐋 Canucks

BeforeMar 1 🎵STL @ 🐋VAN 0–2 AfterMar 6 ⭐DAL @ 🐋VAN 5–2

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