Last night wasn’t pretty for the Buffalo Sabres as they were blown out in their first game of a seven game home stand by the Chicago Blackhawks. It wasn’t pretty for most of the night, so today will be a speed version of last night’s recap.
First Period
Blackhawks Goal Scorers: Drake Caggiula (8) assisted by Grant Forsling – 18:38
Sabres Goal Scorers: None
Second Period
Blackhawks Goal Scorers: Patrick Kane (30) assisted by Erik Gustafsson and Drake Caggiula – 0:50 | Duncan Keith (2) assisted by Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane – 5:06 | Brandon Saad (16) assisted by David Kampf and Marcus Kruger – 19:39
Sabres Goal Scorers: Jack Eichel (17) assisted by Jeff Skinner and Rasmus Ristolainen – 18:05
Third Period
Blackhawks Goal Scorers: Conor Murphy (2) assisted by Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews – 11:24 | Patrick Kane (31) (ENG) assisted by Drake Caggiula and Brent Seabrook – 17:13 | Brandon Saad (17) unassisted – 19:22
Sabres Goal Scorers: Jason Pominville (11) assisted by Jeff Skinner and Zach Bogosian – 3:39 | Kyle Okposo (9) (PPG) assisted by Conor Sheary and Casey Mittelstadt – 7:16
Final: Blackhawks 7, Sabres 3
Shots on Goal: Blackhawks 30 | Sabres 43
Three Stars of the Game
1. Patrick Kane (2 G, 2 A)
2. Drake Caggiula (1 G, 2 A)
3. Brandon Saad (2 G)