Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres

· National Hockey League

Chicago Blackhawks

10-7-4

Final
3 - 9

Buffalo Sabres

8-9-4

Doan scores twice, Tuch adds 4 assists to help Sabres rout Blackhawks 9-3

Jason Zucker, Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod, Mattias Samuelsson, Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn and Jacob Bryson also scored to help Buffalo win for the third time in four games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 20 saves.

Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice for Chicago and Alex Vlasic also scored. The Blackhawks have lost two in a row.

Doan opened the scoring with 6:03 left in the first period when he banged home his own rebound. Zucker made it 2-0 1:22 later scoring in his first game back since Nov. 1 because of an illness.

Byram’s power-play goal with 2:27 to go made it 3-0, but Bertuzzi’s 11th goal of the season 39 seconds later made it 3-1 after the first.

McLeod and Samuelsson scored eight seconds apart in the second period to make it 5-1. They were the fastest goals by the Sabres since Cody Hodgson and Nathan Gerbe scored six seconds apart on April 19, 2013.

Vlasic made it 5-2 with 5:15 left in the second, and Doan’ had his second of the game and seventh of the season with 2:29 remaining.

Thompson extended his goal streak to five games in the third with his 11th.

Up next Blackhawks: Host Colorado on Sunday night.

Sabres: Host Carolina on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

BUF leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 13:57	Josh Doan Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (9), Alex Tuch (10)
Goal	1st Period 15:19	Jason Zucker Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (6), Rasmus Dahlin (14)
Goal	1st Period 17:33	Bowen Byram Goal (4) Tip-In, assists: Alex Tuch (11), Ryan McLeod (6)
Goal	1st Period 18:12	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Sam Rinzel (4), Connor Bedard (17)
Goal	2nd Period 5:42	Ryan McLeod Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Zucker (4), Conor Timmins (5)
Goal	2nd Period 5:50	Mattias Samuelsson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Isak Rosen (4), Jacob Bryson (2)
Goal	2nd Period 14:45	Alex Vlasic Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Greene (4), Sam Rinzel (5)
Goal	2nd Period 17:31	Josh Doan Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (15), Alex Tuch (12)
Goal	3rd Period 0:24	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Connor Bedard (18), Frank Nazar (10)
Goal	3rd Period 1:56	Tage Thompson Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Tuch (13)
Goal	3rd Period 7:07	Jack Quinn Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Bowen Byram (7), Jason Zucker (5)
Goal	3rd Period 16:22	Jacob Bryson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Beck Malenstyn (2), Jordan Greenway (2)

Statistics

CHI		BUF
17	Blocked Shots	14
13	Hits	19
4	Takeaways	8
23	Shots	31
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
50.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	35
40.7	Faceoff Win Percent	59.3
24	Giveaways	14
2	Total Penalties	2
4	Penalty Minutes	4

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jordan Greenway, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Zach Benson, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G	Injured Reserve	Feb 3
Josh Norris, C	Injured Reserve	Feb 2
Justin Danforth, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 26

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jason Dickinson, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 19
Wyatt Kaiser, D	Injured Reserve	Feb 18
Colton Dach, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 4
Ryan Ellis, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 8
Shea Weber, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 30