Buffalo Sabres at Arizona Coyotes

Thu, Nov 2, 2017 · Gila River Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 4

Final

Arizona Coyotes

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Arizona Coyotes 5–4 on Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at Gila River Arena. Benoit Pouliot scored twice. Robin Lehner made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	2	5	31
ARI	1	0	3	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	13:25	ARI	EV	Oliver Ekman-Larsson (2) · wrist	Max Domi (9), Christian Dvorak (6)	0–1
1st	19:59	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (1) · wrist	Benoit Pouliot (2), Ryan O'Reilly (5)	1–1
2nd	04:20	BUF	EV	Benoit Pouliot (3) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (6), Kyle Okposo (3)	2–1
2nd	14:36	BUF	EV	Seth Griffith (2) · backhand	Sam Reinhart (3), Jake McCabe (3)	3–1
3rd	06:16	BUF	SH	Evander Kane (7) · wrist	Jack Eichel (9), Marco Scandella (3)	4–1
3rd	11:12	BUF	EV	Benoit Pouliot (4) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (7), Rasmus Ristolainen (5)	5–1
3rd	12:11	ARI	EV	Zac Rinaldo (1) · tip-in	Jason Demers (5), Brad Richardson (2)	5–2
3rd	14:07	ARI	EV	Nick Cousins (3) · wrist	Jordan Martinook (2), Kevin Connauton (1)	5–3
3rd	19:08	ARI	PP	Christian Dvorak (2) · wrist	Jason Demers (6)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	11:07	BUF	Matt Tennyson	interference	2
2nd	11:48	ARI	Christian Dvorak	boarding	2
2nd	15:28	ARI	Kevin Connauton	interference	2
3rd	04:45	BUF	Victor Antipin	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.89 · ARI 3.69 · xG% BUF 43.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	3	3	+2	0	0	2	0	52.4	20:13	24
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	2	1	3	+2	0	3	3	0		17:04	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	3	1		16:14	20
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4		27:00	30
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	2	1		24:24	28
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2		21:15	27
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	60.0	17:38	23
9	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0		17:26	20
25	Seth Griffith	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:25	19
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	14:05	19
5	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0		17:20	24
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		15:32	19
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:19	21
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		13:59	17
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		13:44	19
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	11:57	16
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		9:29	12
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		8:56	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Jason Demers	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0		24:14	28
18	Christian Dvorak	C	1	1	2	-1	2	3	3	1	56.3	17:08	26
23	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	1	0	1	+2	0	3	6	2		24:55	30
16	Max Domi	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		18:02	24
44	Kevin Connauton	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0		14:10	22
25	Nick Cousins	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	62.5	13:52	18
48	Jordan Martinook	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	12:39	18
15	Brad Richardson	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	12:26	18
34	Zac Rinaldo	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	4	1		10:49	14
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		24:50	31
9	Clayton Keller	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2		21:05	24
2	Luke Schenn	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	1		19:47	28
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	46.2	19:31	26
11	Brendan Perlini	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		15:35	19
8	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		14:57	20
36	Christian Fischer	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		13:45	23
10	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:49	16
43	Dakota Mermis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		10:07	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Antti Raanta	L	31	26	5	.839	56:57