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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

First Niagara Center, Buffalo Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 on the road.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 12 13 12 2 0 39
Buffalo Sabres 16 6 8 4 0 34

Three stars

  1. T. Seguin, Boston Bruins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. B. Pouliot, Boston Bruins
  3. T. Brennan, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:56 Buffalo Sabres Christian Ehrhoff (1) Drew Stafford (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (1) Power play BOS 0, BUF 1
1st 15:22 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1) Power play BOS 0, BUF 2
2nd 03:37 Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin (1) Patrice Bergeron (1), Rich Peverley (1) Power play BOS 1, BUF 2
2nd 11:02 Buffalo Sabres TJ Brennan (1) Derek Roy (1), Marc-Andre Gragnani (2) Even strength BOS 1, BUF 3
2nd 16:00 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (1) Patrice Bergeron (2), Tyler Seguin (1) Even strength BOS 2, BUF 3
3rd 03:35 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara (1) Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (1) Power play BOS 3, BUF 3

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek Saved
1 Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin Saved
2 Buffalo Sabres Nathan Gerbe Saved
2 Boston Bruins Rich Peverley Saved
3 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville Saved
3 Boston Bruins David Krejci Saved
4 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Saved
4 Boston Bruins Patrice Bergeron Saved
5 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Saved
5 Boston Bruins Benoit Pouliot Goal (winner)

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 39 34
Power play 2 of 5 2 of 4
Penalty minutes 26 28
Hits 24 39
Blocked shots 14 10
Giveaways 7 8
Takeaways 3 9
Faceoffs won 40/71 (56.3%) 31/71 (43.7%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 G. Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 40% 13:07
17 M. Lucic L 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 17:05
18 N. Horton R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 18:33
19 T. Seguin C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 1 0 1 16:20
20 D. Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:28
22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 07:44
23 C. Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 60% 16:23
37 P. Bergeron C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 1 0 0 55.6% 19:10
46 D. Krejci C 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 0 55.6% 20:24
49 R. Peverley C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 71.4% 18:49
63 B. Marchand L 1 0 1 +1 0 4 6 0 0 16:05
67 B. Pouliot L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 0 0 12:38
14 J. Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 19:06
21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 17:35
33 Z. Chara D 1 0 1 0 5 7 2 3 1 27:00
44 D. Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 25:01
54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 +1 4 1 1 2 0 15:35
55 J. Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:18
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30 T. Thomas 34 31 3 .912 64:50 Win

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 50% 19:24
21 D. Stafford R 0 1 1 0 4 7 2 0 0 100% 21:49
22 B. Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 04:17
23 V. Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:31
26 T. Vanek L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 1 20:02
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 44.4% 17:05
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 63.6% 22:42
37 M. Ellis L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 40% 08:43
42 N. Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 17:10
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 35.3% 18:15
72 L. Adam C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 03:21
78 C. Tropp R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 4 4 0 14:31
3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27:43
10 C. Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 0 1 25:42
17 M. Gragnani D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 18:00
24 R. Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 6 0 0 20:37
33 T. Brennan D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 4 2 0 13:07
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 24:08
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 J. Enroth 39 36 3 .923 65:00 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:23 Buffalo Sabres Paul Gaustad Fighting (major) 5
1st 01:23 Boston Bruins Milan Lucic Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:31 Boston Bruins Benoit Pouliot Elbowing 2
1st 02:31 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 09:01 Boston Bruins Milan Lucic Roughing 2
1st 11:33 Buffalo Sabres Robyn Regehr Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:33 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:33 Buffalo Sabres Corey Tropp Roughing 2
1st 11:33 Boston Bruins Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
1st 11:33 Boston Bruins Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
1st 14:37 Boston Bruins Dennis Seidenberg Hooking 2
1st 16:13 Buffalo Sabres Luke Adam Slashing 2
2nd 03:08 Buffalo Sabres Corey Tropp Hooking 2
2nd 08:21 Buffalo Sabres Matt Ellis Interference 2
2nd 12:14 Buffalo Sabres Christian Ehrhoff Interference 2
2nd 18:36 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Roughing 2
2nd 18:36 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 18:36 Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Cross checking 2
2nd 18:36 Boston Bruins Andrew Ference Roughing 2
3rd 02:11 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Hooking 2
3rd 18:57 Boston Bruins David Krejci Hooking 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Greg Kimmerly, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Boston Bruins scratches
Steven Kampfer, Jordan Caron
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Ryan Miller, Cody McCormick, Patrick Kaleta

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 Nov 23

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

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