nhl Game Recap
Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks Recap - Sabres Win 4-2
The Sabres earned a 4-2 victory over Chicago on Saturday behind a 35-save performance from Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen at United Center.
Buffalo was favored by -141 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Buffalo got goals from Ryan McLeod, JJ Peterka, Beck Malenstyn, and Tage Thompson in the victory. Thompson opened the scoring at 8:39 of the first period.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned in a 35-save effort for the Sabres.
Craig Smith(2) scored for the Blackhawks, finding the net behind Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.
Arvid Soderblom stopped 18 of 21 shots for the Blackhawks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Buffalo scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Chicago went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Chicago by a margin of 37-22.
Next game, Buffalo takes its act home to face Dallas looking for another win. For Chicago, they head home to face Vancouver.