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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Thursday, October 20, 2005 on the road.

Team Goals 2005-2006 record
Buffalo Sabres 4 52-24-6
at Boston Bruins 3 29-37-16

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 2 4
Boston Bruins 1 1 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 8 15 14 37
Boston Bruins 12 14 6 32

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:55 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Brière (6) J-P Dumont (4), Thomas Vanek (5) Power play BUF 1, BOS 0
1st 16:46 Boston Bruins Sergei Samsonov (2) Kevin Dallman (1), Joe Thornton (5) Power play BUF 1, BOS 1
2nd 00:42 Boston Bruins P.J. Axelsson (4) Hal Gill (1), Tom Fitzgerald (3) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 2
2nd 13:19 Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly (1) Maxim Afinogenov (1), Ales Kotalik (2) Even strength BUF 2, BOS 2
3rd 02:08 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (3) Tim Connolly (2), Thomas Vanek (6) Power play BUF 3, BOS 2
3rd 13:48 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik (2) Dmitri Kalinin (2), Teppo Numminen (3) Even strength BUF 4, BOS 2
3rd 14:13 Boston Bruins Sergei Samsonov (3) Nick Boynton (1), Joe Thornton (6) Even strength BUF 4, BOS 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 37 32
Power play 2 of 7 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 16
Hits 10 17
Blocked shots 16 9
Giveaways 2 6
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 28/61 (45.9%) 33/61 (54.1%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
12 A. Kotalik R 1 1 2 +2 2 3 1 0 0 13:04
17 J. Dumont R 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 15:48
19 T. Connolly C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 0 0 0 25% 13:41
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 05:59
23 C. Drury C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 2 0 50% 21:04
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 100% 09:33
25 M. Grier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 12:21
26 T. Vanek L 0 2 2 -1 4 4 0 0 0 14:50
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 53.8% 14:16
48 D. Brière C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 42.9% 17:20
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:12
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 16:33
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 3 0 20:12
8 R. Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 0 16:30
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 16:43
27 T. Numminen D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:31
45 D. Kalinin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 22:32
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 5 0 17:12
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 32 29 3 .906 59:33 Win

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 P. Axelsson L 1 0 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 15:26
12 T. Fitzgerald R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 100% 14:11
14 S. Samsonov L 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 18:17
19 J. Thornton C 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 45.5% 22:17
21 B. Isbister L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 16:29
26 B. Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 66.7% 04:42
27 G. Murray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 20:23
37 P. Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0 0 66.7% 18:23
38 D. Scatchard C 0 0 0 +1 2 4 3 0 0 60% 13:49
39 T. Green C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 50% 16:16
75 C. Orr R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:52
83 P. Leahy R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 06:05
18 I. Moran D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 11:50
22 B. Leetch D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0 0 23:23
25 H. Gill D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 2 0 23:09
41 A. Alberts D 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 14:35
44 N. Boynton D 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 0 23:28
58 K. Dallman D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 22:28
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
33 H. Toivonen 37 33 4 .892 59:02 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:28 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
1st 01:26 Buffalo Sabres Jay McKee Interference 2
1st 10:31 Boston Bruins Dave Scatchard Interference goalkeeper 2
1st 12:50 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Holding the stick 2
1st 13:46 Boston Bruins Nick Boynton Holding 2
1st 16:36 Buffalo Sabres Rory Fitzpatrick Holding 2
2nd 03:25 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Hooking 2
2nd 13:58 Boston Bruins Andrew Alberts Tripping 2
2nd 13:58 Buffalo Sabres Taylor Pyatt Roughing 2
2nd 16:02 Buffalo Sabres Ales Kotalik Hooking 2
2nd 18:59 Boston Bruins Hal Gill Roughing 2
3rd 01:11 Boston Bruins Nick Boynton Interference 2
3rd 05:36 Boston Bruins Andrew Alberts Hooking 2
3rd 15:37 Boston Bruins Brian Leetch Holding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Boston Bruins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Chris Rooney, Dave Jackson
Linesmen
Pierre Champoux, Brian Murphy
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Brian Campbell, Andrew Peters, Jiri Novotny, Derek Roy, Chris Thorburn, Jason Pominville, Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Paille
Boston Bruins scratches
Shawn McEachern, Jiri Slegr, Alexei Zhamnov, Eric Nickulas, Ben Guite, Jay Leach, Eric Healey, Milan Jurcina, Nathan Robinson, Mark Stuart, Ben Walter

2005-2006 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 20

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 4 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 6 at Atlanta Thrashers 0 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Toronto Maple Leafs 5 Final/OT Game page
New Jersey Devils 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/SO Game page
Los Angeles Kings 7 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Calgary Flames 3 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at Vancouver Canucks 3 Final Game page

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