Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Thursday, April 15, 2010, 7:00 PM ET HSBC Arena, Buffalo Playoffs Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at home.

Final score, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2009-2010 record
Boston Bruins	1	39-30-13
at Buffalo Sabres	2	45-27-10

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	9	24	6	39
Buffalo Sabres	12	8	12	32

Three stars

R. Miller, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
T. Vanek, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
D. Roy, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:52	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (1)	Derek Roy (1)	Even strength	BOS 0, BUF 1
2nd	09:30	Boston Bruins	Mark Recchi (1)	Zdeno Chara (1), Matt Hunwick (1)	Power play	BOS 1, BUF 1
2nd	14:10	Buffalo Sabres	Craig Rivet (1)	Tim Kennedy (1)	Even strength	BOS 1, BUF 2

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

Team stats

Team stats, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	39	32
Power play	1 of 2	0 of 5
Penalty minutes	18	22
Hits	25	41
Blocked shots	16	14
Giveaways	4	13
Takeaways	5	14
Faceoffs won	30/54 (55.6%)	24/54 (44.4%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 16 M. Sturm	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		15:08
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	0	0	-1	4	2	2	1	0		14:48
Number 20 D. Paille	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0		13:08
Number 22 S. Thornton	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		07:06
Number 26 B. Wheeler	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		13:36
Number 27 S. Begin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0	0	50%	10:37
Number 28 M. Recchi	R	1	0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	1		15:50
Number 37 P. Bergeron	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	60%	18:26
Number 46 D. Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	57.1%	20:12
Number 60 V. Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	58.3%	12:50
Number 73 M. Ryder	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0		12:51
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	1	0		15:22
Number 6 D. Wideman	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	3	0		25:39
Number 21 A. Ference	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:33
Number 33 Z. Chara	D	0	1	1	-1	6	6	3	2	0		27:07
Number 48 M. Hunwick	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0		22:01
Number 54 A. McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0		07:36
Number 55 J. Boychuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	3	0		24:49

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 T. Rask	32	30	2	.938	58:44	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Roy	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1	0	10%	21:55
Number 13 T. Kennedy	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	1	0		21:27
Number 17 R. Torres	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0		07:49
Number 19 T. Connolly	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	46.7%	18:50
Number 22 A. Mair	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	100%	09:09
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0		15:22
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	1	0	1	+1	2	5	1	0	0		19:59
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	63.2%	15:15
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0		17:08
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	+1	10	1	4	0	0		06:07
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33.3%	08:47
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		17:06
Number 4 S. Montador	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0		24:18
Number 5 T. Lydman	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0		24:26
Number 10 H. Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0		19:39
Number 44 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0		14:05
Number 52 C. Rivet	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	2	0		10:34
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	4	0	0		23:21

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 R. Miller	39	38	1	.974	59:57	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:14	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Cross checking	2
1st	15:14	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Buffalo Sabres	Toni Lydman	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Buffalo Sabres	Steve Montador	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Buffalo Sabres	Raffi Torres	Roughing	2
1st	15:14	Buffalo Sabres	Patrick Kaleta	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
1st	18:56	Boston Bruins	Adam McQuaid	Hooking	2
2nd	08:44	Buffalo Sabres	Toni Lydman	Cross checking	2
2nd	16:28	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Tripping	2
3rd	09:18	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville	High sticking	2
3rd	09:18	Boston Bruins	Mark Recchi	Roughing	2
3rd	13:20	Boston Bruins	Dennis Wideman	Tripping	2
3rd	15:40	Boston Bruins	Miroslav Satan	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	19:53	Boston Bruins	Zdeno Chara	Hooking	2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach: Claude Julien
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Steve Barton
Boston Bruins scratches: Trent Whitfield, Dany Sabourin, Dennis Seidenberg, Mark Stuart, Mikko Lehtonen, Brad Marchand, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Zach Hamill, Jeff Penner, Max Sauve
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Jochen Hecht, Drew Stafford, Chris Butler

2009-2010 season series

Every Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2009-2010 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Sat, Nov 7, 2009
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1	Final/OT	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Boston Bruins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final/SO	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Feb 9, 2010
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 2	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Mon, Mar 29, 2010
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Thu, Apr 8, 2010
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Boston Bruins 5 at Buffalo Sabres 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Apr 17, 2010
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 2	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Mon, Apr 19, 2010
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Boston Bruins 3	Final/2OT Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, Fri, Apr 23, 2010
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Mon, Apr 26, 2010

Other NHL games on Apr 15

Other NHL games on Thursday, April 15, 2010
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Washington Capitals 2	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Vancouver Canucks, Thu, Apr 15, 2010

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