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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at home.

Team Goals 2011-2012 record
Buffalo Sabres 3 39-32-11
at Boston Bruins 4 49-29-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 1 2 0 0 3
Boston Bruins 0 1 2 0 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 12 5 11 0 0 28
Boston Bruins 12 11 12 5 0 40

Three stars

  1. P. Bergeron, Boston Bruins (3 assists)
  2. T. Seguin, Boston Bruins (2 goals)
  3. B. Boyes, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 03:15 Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin (1) Patrice Bergeron (1) Even strength BUF 0, BOS 1
2nd 15:45 Buffalo Sabres Brad Boyes (1) Brayden McNabb (1), Thomas Vanek (1) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 1
3rd 07:02 Buffalo Sabres Brad Boyes (2) Derek Roy (1), Thomas Vanek (2) Even strength BUF 2, BOS 1
3rd 08:46 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Brayden McNabb (2) Even strength BUF 3, BOS 1
3rd 09:56 Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin (2) Patrice Bergeron (2), Rich Peverley (1) Power play BUF 3, BOS 2
3rd 12:21 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (1) Patrice Bergeron (3) Even strength BUF 3, BOS 3

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Boston Bruins David Krejci Saved
1 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis Saved
2 Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin Saved
2 Buffalo Sabres Brad Boyes Saved
3 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Goal (winner)
3 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville Saved

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 28 40
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 7
Hits 11 13
Blocked shots 18 5
Giveaways 9 5
Takeaways 5 9
Faceoffs won 26/51 (51%) 25/51 (49%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
8 C. McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 12:12
9 D. Roy C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 19:27
19 C. Hodgson C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 70% 16:48
21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 0 15:28
22 B. Boyes R 2 0 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 15:08
23 V. Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 11:36
26 T. Vanek L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 1 0 16:20
29 J. Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 100% 18:09
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:56
37 M. Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 69.2% 14:28
42 N. Gerbe C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 15:32
63 T. Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 11.1% 15:26
3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 23:54
6 M. Weber D 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 21:32
24 R. Regehr D 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 6 0 18:15
33 T. Brennan D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 19:18
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 20:16
81 B. McNabb D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 1 0 25:19
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 J. Enroth 40 37 3 .925 65:00 OT loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 G. Campbell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 55.6% 13:14
17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 0 0 18:02
19 T. Seguin C 2 0 2 +2 0 5 0 0 1 16:34
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:05
22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 0 0 11:20
23 C. Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 33.3% 13:05
37 P. Bergeron C 0 3 3 +2 0 2 0 1 0 50% 19:18
38 J. Caron R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:34
46 D. Krejci C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 54.5% 19:32
49 R. Peverley C 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 0 0 17:02
63 B. Marchand L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 18:57
67 B. Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 17:07
6 G. Zanon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 19:50
14 J. Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 20:26
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 19:17
27 M. Mottau D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 1 0 20:02
33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 22:25
44 D. Seidenberg D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 0 24:10
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30 T. Thomas 28 25 3 .893 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:38 Boston Bruins Shawn Thornton Fighting (major) 5
1st 12:38 Buffalo Sabres Robyn Regehr Fighting (major) 5
1st 14:02 Buffalo Sabres Mike Weber High sticking 2
1st 17:48 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Tripping 2
2nd 10:27 Buffalo Sabres Mike Weber Interference 2
2nd 19:16 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Tripping 2
3rd 09:00 Buffalo Sabres Andrej Sekera Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen
Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Christian Ehrhoff, Alexander Sulzer, Tyler Myers
Boston Bruins scratches
Brian Rolston, Marty Turco, Johnny Boychuk, Tuukka Rask, Adam McQuaid, Torey Krug

2011-2012 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Boston Bruins 6 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/SO Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Buffalo Sabres 6 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 4 Final/SO Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 7

Matchup Status Details
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final/SO Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Calgary Flames 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at New York Rangers 1 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Winnipeg Jets 3 Final/OT Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 4 at Minnesota Wild 1 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Dallas Stars 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 6 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 0 at Vancouver Canucks 3 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final/OT Game page

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