Senators 2–3 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Dec 12, 2017)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF

Rasmus Ristolainen

2 A

22:31 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Benoit Pouliot

1 G

3 shots · 16:16 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Kyle Okposo

1 G

3 shots · 16:07 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

⚔️ Benoit Pouliot Go-ahead 2nd · 04:13

Assists: Marco Scandella, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Mike Condon

0–1

⚔️ Kyle Okposo 2nd · 05:25

Assists: Ryan O'Reilly, Josh Gorges · beat Mike Condon

0–2

⚔️ Evander Kane PP 2nd · 12:33

Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Eichel · beat Mike Condon

0–3

3rd period

🏛️ Cody Ceci 3rd · 06:43

Assists: Mark Stone, Nate Thompson · beat Robin Lehner

1–3

🏛️ Derick Brassard 3rd · 19:08

Assists: Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman · beat Robin Lehner

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏛️Senators

L1 Duchene · Hoffman · Stone 22:13

L2 Pageau · Brassard · Ryan 18:11

L3 Pyatt · Smith · Dzingel 15:17

L4 Thompson · Dumont · Burrows 8:07

D1 Karlsson · Ceci 25:38

D2 Oduya · Phaneuf 16:58

D3 Claesson · Harpur 14:26

⚔️Sabres

L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Eichel 18:33

L2 Pouliot · Okposo · Pominville 16:07

L3 Larsson · Girgensons · Reinhart 14:30

L4 Rodrigues · Wilson · Nolan 11:38

D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 21:36

D2 Scandella · Bogosian 20:20

D3 Gorges · Falk 15:36

Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 25

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

17 Hits 21

15 Blocked shots 26

1 Takeaways 10

4 Giveaways 9

4 Penalty minutes 6

OTT shooting 7.7% (2/26) BUF shooting 12.0% (3/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Mike Condon

22/25

.880 SV% · 3 GA · 57:59 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Robin Lehner

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located

OTT BUF

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

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Senators

Senators — tied after 1st: 1-5-5 (9% win rate, 11 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 5-3-2 (50% win rate, 10 games)

After 2nd — 0–3

Senators

Senators — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Feb 142017 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–2 Feb 42017 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 0–4 Nov 292016 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 5–4 Nov 92016 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 SO Nov 52016 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 2–1

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Who won Senators vs Sabres on December 12, 2017?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Senators 2, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Senators?

Cody Ceci, Derick Brassard.

Who scored for Sabres?

Benoit Pouliot, Evander Kane, Kyle Okposo.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Mike Condon made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Senators 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

🏛️ Senators

BeforeDec 9 🏛️OTT @ 🦈SJS 0–5 AfterDec 13 🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT 2–3

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 10 ⚔️BUF @ 🎵STL 2–3 AfterDec 14 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 1–2

Also on December 12

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