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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres 1 41-32-9
at Boston Bruins 3 53-19-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 0 1
Boston Bruins 1 2 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 14 11 8 33
Boston Bruins 12 12 16 40

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:16 Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly (1) Jason Pominville (6), Craig Rivet (4) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 0
1st 17:36 Boston Bruins Dennis Wideman (4) Stephane Yelle (2), Chuck Kobasew (3) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 1
2nd 02:47 Boston Bruins Chuck Kobasew (1) Shawn Thornton (2) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 2
2nd 07:59 Boston Bruins Marc Savard (6) Phil Kessel (2) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 33 40
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 20 26
Blocked shots 11 7
Giveaways 5 6
Takeaways 1 3
Faceoffs won 15/45 (33.3%) 30/45 (66.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60% 18:08
12 A. Kotalik R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 16:12
19 T. Connolly C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 28.6% 18:45
21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 09:52
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 20% 13:23
26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 17:23
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 16.7% 11:23
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 16:38
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 07:20
41 C. MacArthur L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 0 15:00
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 18:12
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 15:07
5 T. Lydman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 19:47
6 J. Spacek D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 2 22:02
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 1 16:30
27 T. Numminen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:34
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 20:25
52 C. Rivet D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 1 18:46
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 40 37 3 .925 59:56 Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 P. Axelsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 17:26
12 C. Kobasew R 1 1 2 +2 0 1 1 0 11:27
16 M. Sturm L 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 50% 15:56
17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 15:25
18 S. Yelle C 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 87.5% 13:19
22 S. Thornton L 0 1 1 +2 0 4 1 0 11:29
26 B. Wheeler R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:41
37 P. Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 50% 16:57
46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 69.2% 17:37
73 M. Ryder R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:26
81 P. Kessel R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 12:15
91 M. Savard C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 66.7% 15:44
6 D. Wideman D 1 0 1 +1 0 6 0 1 26:43
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:33
33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 24:19
44 A. Ward D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:33
45 M. Stuart D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 1 11:49
48 M. Hunwick D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 12:32
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
35 M. Fernandez 33 32 1 .970 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 03:46 Boston Bruins Milan Lucic Interference 2
3rd 02:50 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Hooking 2
3rd 10:18 Boston Bruins Mark Stuart Hooking 2
3rd 17:56 Buffalo Sabres Clarke MacArthur Slashing 2
3rd 19:22 Buffalo Sabres Craig Rivet Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Don Koharski, Dennis LaRue
Linesmen
Michel Cormier, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Andrew Peters, Nathan Paetsch, Matt Ellis, Daniel Paille, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Chris Butler, Nathan Gerbe, Mike Weber
Boston Bruins scratches
Shane Hnidy, Johnny Boychuk, Martin St. Pierre, Byron Bitz, Petteri Nokelainen, Martins Karsums, Vladimir Sobotka, Mikko Lehtonen

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 7 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Nov 8

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at New York Islanders 3 Final/SO Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 0 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 0 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 1 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Los Angeles Kings 5 Final Game page

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