National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 2, Chicago 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 11, 2009
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18009
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Chicago 0011
Buffalo 0202
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:36 - Sabres Drew Stafford (2) Hooking
 5:02 - Sabres Patrick Kaleta (2) Roughing
 5:02 - Blackhawks Ben Eager (2) Roughing
 5:32 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Tripping
 14:28 - Blackhawks Dustin Byfuglien (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
3:42 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (PP) Assists: Tyler Myers , Tim Connolly
18:39 - Sabres Clarke MacArthur (EV) Assists: Tim Kennedy
Penalties
2:15 - Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (2) Holding
 10:40 - Blackhawks Bench (2) Too many men on ice
3rd Period
Scoring
0:30 - Blackhawks Patrick Sharp (EV) Assists: Patrick Kane , Niklas Hjalmarsson
Penalties
3:36 - Sabres Derek Roy (2) Hooking
 11:32 - Blackhawks Dustin Byfuglien (2) High sticking
 18:27 - Blackhawks Duncan Keith (2) Hooking
Chicago Blackhawks
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Antti Niemi G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 58:52 44:43 6:00 8:09 0 0 - - - - -
Duncan Keith D 0 0 0 -1 2 6 27 24:44 16:53 3:27 4:24 0 0 - - - - -
Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 18:23 14:46 0:00 3:37 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Sopel D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 15:12 11:49 0:00 3:23 0 0 - - - - -
Brent Seabrook D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 27 22:11 15:42 1:26 5:03 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Sharp C 1 0 1 +1 2 4 24 20:00 14:21 3:18 2:21 0 0 - - 6 5 55
John Madden C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 13:39 11:09 0:00 2:30 0 0 - - 5 7 42
Andrew Ladd LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 11:37 11:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Toews C 0 0 0 -1 0 7 24 19:58 13:43 2:35 3:40 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Troy Brouwer RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 17:05 12:16 1:46 3:03 0 0 - - - - -
Cam Barker D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:15 13:33 2:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Versteeg RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 13:22 10:12 2:24 0:46 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Dustin Byfuglien RW 0 0 0 +1 4 1 21 14:37 12:51 1:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Fraser C 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 7:12 5:55 0:00 1:17 0 0 - - 1 5 17
Brian Campbell D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24 21:09 17:03 2:33 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Ben Eager LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 9 6:09 6:04 0:05 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marian Hossa RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 19:36 12:49 2:48 3:59 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Kopecky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 5:55 5:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kane RW 0 1 1 +1 0 7 25 23:04 18:09 3:40 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 45:00 9:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Montador D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 17:11 16:09 0:00 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 14:51 12:00 0:00 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 E 2 5 25 23:40 17:19 4:18 2:03 0 0 - - 3 8 27
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 E 2 0 27 21:15 16:56 2:12 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Kennedy LW 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 13:48 12:49 0:59 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 17:25 10:46 3:43 2:56 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 21 16:55 13:38 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 5:55 5:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 19 15:32 11:22 4:10 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 17:30 10:14 5:43 1:33 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta RW 0 0 0 E 2 1 14 10:46 9:46 0:00 1:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:54 5:24 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - 4 0 100
Clarke MacArthur LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 21 14:59 11:14 3:14 0:31 0 0 - - 6 2 75
Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 E 0 5 20 17:47 14:30 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 26 21:03 16:22 3:39 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 18:26 12:08 3:27 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 22 14:40 11:15 1:28 1:57 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 E 0 1 28 24:23 16:43 5:33 2:07 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Chicago
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet L (26-14-4) 33 31 2 .939 0 58:52
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Patrick Lalime W (4-8-2) 40 39 1 .975 0 60:00