Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2007-2008 record
Buffalo Sabres 4 39-31-12
at Boston Bruins 2 41-29-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 2 4
Boston Bruins 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 14 5 9 28
Boston Bruins 10 11 11 32

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:30 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Paille (12) Jason Pominville (31), Jochen Hecht (16) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 0
1st 09:48 Boston Bruins P.J. Axelsson (10) David Krejci (9), Peter Schaefer (14) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 1
2nd 05:44 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (15) Drew Stafford (14), Brian Campbell (31) Even strength BUF 2, BOS 1
3rd 13:54 Buffalo Sabres Daniel Paille (13) Jochen Hecht (17), Jason Pominville (32) Even strength BUF 3, BOS 1
3rd 18:27 Buffalo Sabres Toni Lydman (2) Dmitri Kalinin (5), Ales Kotalik (16) Power play BUF 4, BOS 1
3rd 19:59 Boston Bruins Glen Metropolit (11) Mark Stuart (1), Chuck Kobasew (12) Even strength BUF 4, BOS 2

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Stat Buffalo Sabres Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 28 32
Power play 1 of 5 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 11 15
Hits 12 24
Blocked shots 15 9
Giveaways 6 4
Takeaways 4 8
Faceoffs won 19/56 (33.9%) 37/56 (66.1%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 36.8% 21:07
Number 12 A. Kotalik R 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 13:59
Number 20 D. Paille L 2 0 2 +1 0 2 0 2 0 17:34
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 17:49
Number 22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 63.6% 10:21
Number 26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 18:10
Number 28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 10% 16:06
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 2 0 18:59
Number 36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 07:24
Number 37 M. Ryan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:38
Number 55 J. Hecht C 0 2 2 +1 2 1 0 0 0 25% 17:39
Number 76 A. Peters L 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 0 0 04:27
Number 4 N. Pratt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 12:28
Number 5 T. Lydman D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 1 19:59
Number 6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 0 0 23:27
Number 10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:30
Number 45 D. Kalinin D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 1 0 15:57
Number 51 B. Campbell D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 23:31
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 32 30 2 .938 59:55 Win

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 P. Axelsson L 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 50% 17:57
Number 12 C. Kobasew R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 17:01
Number 13 G. Metropolit C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 1 0 80% 19:42
Number 16 M. Sturm L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 20:12
Number 17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 15:38
Number 22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 05:07
Number 46 D. Krejci C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 61.5% 13:49
Number 53 J. Reich C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 05:32
Number 60 V. Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 28.6% 05:16
Number 72 P. Schaefer L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 14:17
Number 81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15:45
Number 91 M. Savard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 77.8% 21:09
Number 6 D. Wideman D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 0 0 24:33
Number 21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 19:43
Number 33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 6 1 0 27:00
Number 34 S. Hnidy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:45
Number 44 A. Ward D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 4 1 0 18:05
Number 45 M. Stuart D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 1 0 13:57
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 T. Thomas 28 24 4 .857 59:57 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:33 Boston Bruins Shawn Thornton Fighting (major) 5
1st 05:33 Buffalo Sabres Andrew Peters Fighting (major) 5
1st 15:58 Boston Bruins Jeremy Reich Interference 2
1st 18:18 Boston Bruins Vladimir Sobotka Holding the stick 2
1st 19:27 Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Tripping 2
2nd 09:23 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 17:06 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Holding 2
2nd 19:12 Buffalo Sabres Jochen Hecht Slashing 2
3rd 09:47 Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman Tripping 2
3rd 16:41 Boston Bruins P.J. Axelsson Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Mike Leggo, Dean Warren
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Pierre Champoux
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly, Nathan Paetsch, Clarke MacArthur, Michael Funk, Andrej Sekera, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Weber
Boston Bruins scratches
Glen Murray, Manny Fernandez, Bobby Allen, Andrew Alberts, Jordan Sigalet, Pascal Pelletier, Jeff Hoggan, Patrice Bergeron, Petteri Nokelainen, Matt Hunwick, Tuukka Rask, Matt Lashoff

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