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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 6, Arizona 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 2, 2017
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Tom Kowal, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Greg Devorski
Attendance: 18116
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Arizona 1113
Buffalo 1236
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Arizona   Buffalo
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 0:00  
  1:45 Dmitry Kulikov shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Josh Jooris wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 1:46  
  1:54 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 3:17  
Christian Dvorak shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:37  
  4:39 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 4:56  
  6:17 Jake McCabe shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  7:10 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
Teemu Pulkkinen scores. Assisted by Max Domi. Assisted by Christian Dvorak. 7:54
(1-0)
 
  7:54 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  8:10 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  8:11 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  8:18 Zemgus Girgensons shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 8:19  
  9:47 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Teemu Pulkkinen shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 10:11  
  11:22 Brian Gionta wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  11:25 Zemgus Girgensons penalty for Hooking - 2 mins.
  11:25 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  11:47 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  11:54
(1-1)
Marcus Foligno scores shorthanded. Assisted by Ryan O'Reilly. Assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen.
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Brian Gionta. 11:54  
Shane Doan shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:01  
  14:25 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Josh Jooris.
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 16:42  
Josh Jooris wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 17:34  
  18:06 Jack Eichel wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  18:11 Zach Bogosian shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  18:12 Jack Eichel wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  18:19 Dmitry Kulikov shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 18:20  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 19:25  
Teemu Pulkkinen penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 19:29  
  19:29 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  19:59 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
2
Arizona   Buffalo
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 0:00  
  0:57
(1-2)
Ryan O'Reilly scores a power play goal. Assisted by Jack Eichel. Assisted by Kyle Okposo.
  0:57 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Josh Jooris.
Connor Murphy shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:20  
Connor Murphy shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:32  
Lawson Crouse penalty for Boarding - 2 mins. 1:37  
  1:37 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
  1:45 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Tobias Rieder scores shorthanded. 2:05
(2-2)
 
  2:05 Brian Gionta wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  2:24 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  3:07 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  3:11 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Kevin Connauton shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 4:14  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Justin Bailey. 4:15  
  4:27 Zemgus Girgensons penalty for Delay of game - 2 mins.
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 4:27  
Max Domi penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 5:06  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 5:06  
  5:27 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  6:07 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 6:08  
Lawson Crouse shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 7:01  
  7:45 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  7:46 Brian Gionta shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Josh Jooris wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 8:00  
  8:03 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Josh Jooris.
  8:45 Matt Moulson shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 9:17  
Brendan Perlini penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 10:28  
  10:28 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Josh Jooris.
  10:37 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  11:08
(2-3)
Jack Eichel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sam Reinhart. Assisted by Kyle Okposo.
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 11:08  
Josh Jooris wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 11:18  
  11:23 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Teemu Pulkkinen.
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 11:24  
  11:54 Marcus Foligno shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  11:59 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  12:01 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  12:02 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Josh Jooris.
  12:02 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
Josh Jooris wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 12:38  
  13:29 Kyle Okposo shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  13:30 Jack Eichel wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  14:29 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
  15:26 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  15:28 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  16:14 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Radim Vrbata shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 16:28  
  17:16 Evan Rodrigues shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  17:17 Evan Rodrigues shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 18:27  
  19:41 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
3
Arizona   Buffalo
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 0:00  
Shane Doan shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 0:59  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 1:07  
Christian Dvorak shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 1:27  
  1:36 Jack Eichel shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  2:10 Marcus Foligno shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 2:13  
  4:08 Evander Kane shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  4:25 Jack Eichel wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  4:28 Marcus Foligno shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  5:43 Tyler Ennis shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Peter Holland shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 6:21  
  6:23 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
  6:46 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
Connor Murphy shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 7:40  
Oliver Ekman-Larsson shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 8:12  
Alex Goligoski scores. Assisted by Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Assisted by Tobias Rieder. 8:20
(3-3)
 
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Jack Eichel. 8:20  
Peter Holland shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 9:01  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 9:08  
  10:17 Evan Rodrigues shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
Teemu Pulkkinen shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 10:24  
  10:27 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  11:49 Sam Reinhart shoots. Saved by Mike Smith.
  12:28 Zemgus Girgensons wins the face-off against Christian Dvorak.
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 12:35  
  13:54 Evan Rodrigues wins the face-off against Brendan Perlini.
  14:24
(3-4)
Evander Kane scores. Assisted by Ryan O'Reilly. Assisted by Jake McCabe.
  14:24 Jack Eichel wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
Jamie McGinn shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:35  
Jamie McGinn shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:39  
Jordan Martinook wins the face-off against Zemgus Girgensons. 14:40  
Connor Murphy shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 14:44  
  15:19 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Peter Holland.
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 15:40  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 15:44  
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Evan Rodrigues. 15:49  
  17:00 Evander Kane penalty for Slashing - 2 mins.
Max Domi penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins. 17:00  
  17:00 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Jordan Martinook.
  18:17
(3-5)
Marcus Foligno scores. Assisted by Jack Eichel. Assisted by Cody Franson.
Christian Dvorak wins the face-off against Brian Gionta. 18:17  
Max Domi shoots. Saved by Robin Lehner. 19:37  
Peter Holland wins the face-off against Ryan O'Reilly. 19:38  
  19:56
(3-6)
Sam Reinhart scores.
  19:56 Ryan O'Reilly wins the face-off against Peter Holland.