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2011-12 regular season

Canadiens at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 5–1

Sabres beat Canadiens 3–0 at KeyBank Center on March 21, 2012.

MTL – BUF
34–31
Shots on goal
0/2–1/6
Power play
16–9
Hits
10–11
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Cody Hodgson
2 G
7 shots · 18:45 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 A
5 shots · 18:57 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
34 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Cody Hodgson Go-ahead 1st · 06:15
Assists: Christian Ehrhoff, Corey Tropp · beat Carey Price
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 02:31
Assists: Ville Leino, Derek Roy · beat Carey Price
0–2
3rd period
⚔️ Cody Hodgson PP 3rd · 12:45
Assists: Derek Roy, Thomas Vanek · beat Carey Price
0–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Desharnais · Bourque 20:16
L2 Cole · Pacioretty · White 17:50
L3 Eller · Leblanc · Blunden 11:27
L4 Nokelainen · Palushaj · Staubitz 8:18
D1 Subban · Gorges 25:33
D2 Campoli · Weber 17:58
D3 Emelin · Markov 16:10
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Hodgson · Pominville 18:57
L2 Vanek · Leino · Stafford 16:50
L3 Foligno · Ennis · Tropp 14:37
L4 McCormick · Turnbull · Boyes 7:56
D1 Ehrhoff · Myers 21:56
D2 Leopold · Sekera 19:38
D3 Regehr · Sulzer 16:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BUF⚔️
34 Shots on goal 31
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
16 Hits 9
10 Blocked shots 11
1 Takeaways 10
2 Giveaways 3
19 Penalty minutes 11
MTL shooting 0.0% (0/34) BUF shooting 9.7% (3/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:08 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
34/34
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Cody Hodgson · 1st 06:15 · 0–1 Jason Pominville · 2nd 02:31 · 0–2 Cody Hodgson · 3rd 12:45 · 0–3
MTL BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-11-1 (20% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-3-3 (57% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-7-1 (0% win rate, 8 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 5–1
Mar 122012 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 OT Feb 172012 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO Jan 312012 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 Nov 142011 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 SO Oct 182011 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1
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Who won Canadiens vs Sabres on March 21, 2012?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Canadiens 0, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Cody Hodgson (2), Jason Pominville.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 34 saves on 34 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Canadiens vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 17 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterMar 23 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 19 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 7–3 AfterMar 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–1
Also on March 21
🐆FLA 1–3 🌪️CAR 🐙DET 1–2 🗽NYR 🐋VAN 1–2 🪶CHI 🎵STL 3–4 🦆ANA
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