⚔️ Away Sabres 28-31-12
2–1
Final / SO
🦆 Home Ducks 37-23-10
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
⚔️ BUF 01012
🦆 ANA 10001

Sabres at Ducks

Sabres beat Ducks 2–1 in a shootout at Honda Center on March 17, 2017.

🗓 📍 Honda Center, Anaheim 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan O'Reilly
1 G
3 shots · 22:04 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jack Eichel
1 A
5 shots · 23:19 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Anders Nilsson
39 saves
0.975 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦆 Rickard Rakell Go-ahead 1st · 11:48
Assists: Cam Fowler, Brandon Montour · beat Anders Nilsson
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly Tying 2nd · 15:35
Assists: Jake McCabe, Jack Eichel · beat Jonathan Bernier
1–1
Shootout
⚔️ Zemgus Girgensons Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Jonathan Bernier
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · O'Reilly 22:04
L2 Girgensons · Ennis · Gionta 16:57
L3 Foligno · Rodrigues · Fasching 14:50
L4 Moulson · Reinhart · Bailey 9:04
D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 27:14
D2 Gorges · Bogosian 23:39
D3 Franson · Fedun 10:48
🦆Ducks
L1 Getzlaf · Kesler · Rakell 22:12
L2 Cogliano · Silfverberg · Eaves 18:01
L3 Ritchie · Vermette · Perry 12:13
L4 Thompson · Wagner · Boll 8:37
D1 Fowler · Lindholm 24:06
D2 Vatanen · Manson 20:57
D3 Bieksa · Montour 17:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF ANA🦆
31 Shots on goal 40
20 Hits 23
14 Blocked shots 22
6 Takeaways 4
17 Giveaways 12
5 Penalty minutes 7
BUF shooting 6.5% (2/31) ANA shooting 2.5% (1/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Anders Nilsson
39/40
.975 SV% · 1 GA · 64:32 TOI
🦆Ducks
Jonathan Bernier
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Rickard Rakell · 1st 11:48 · 0–1 Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 15:35 · 1–1
BUF ANA
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 28-31-12 (39% win rate, 71 games)
Ducks
Ducks — tied after 2nd: 37-23-10 (53% win rate, 70 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Feb 92017 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 Feb 242016 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 0–1 Dec 172015 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 0–3 Oct 222014 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 1–4 Oct 132014 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 5–1
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Who won Sabres vs Ducks on March 17, 2017?

Sabres won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Sabres 2, Ducks 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Ryan O'Reilly.

Who scored for Ducks?

Rickard Rakell.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Anders Nilsson made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 save percentage).

How did the Ducks goalie play?

Jonathan Bernier made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Ducks played?

At Honda Center in Anaheim, the Ducks home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Ducks season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 16 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 0–2 AfterMar 20 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 2–1
🦆 Ducks
BeforeMar 15 🎵STL @ 🦆ANA 1–2 AfterMar 18 🦆ANA @ 🦈SJS 2–1
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