Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 7–4 on Thursday, January 31, 2013 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Team Goals 2012-2013 record
Buffalo Sabres 7 21-21-6
at Boston Bruins 4 28-14-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 0 3 4 7
Boston Bruins 0 3 1 4

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 9 15 8 32
Boston Bruins 14 12 16 42

Three stars

  1. T. Vanek, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals, 2 assists)
  2. B. Marchand, Boston Bruins (2 goals)
  3. R. Miller, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 01:38 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (1) Cody Hodgson (1), Jason Pominville (1) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 0
2nd 05:12 Boston Bruins Rich Peverley (1) Daniel Paille (1), Chris Kelly (1) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 1
2nd 07:43 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (1) Patrice Bergeron (1) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 2
2nd 10:54 Boston Bruins Brad Marchand (2) Patrice Bergeron (2), Tyler Seguin (1) Even strength BUF 1, BOS 3
2nd 16:46 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Christian Ehrhoff (1), Tyler Ennis (1) Power play BUF 2, BOS 3
2nd 18:19 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Ennis (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Marcus Foligno (1) Even strength BUF 3, BOS 3
3rd 01:45 Boston Bruins David Krejci (1) Nathan Horton (1) Even strength BUF 3, BOS 4
3rd 02:28 Buffalo Sabres Alexander Sulzer (1) Mikhail Grigorenko (1), Jochen Hecht (1) Even strength BUF 4, BOS 4
3rd 06:54 Buffalo Sabres Cody Hodgson (1) Thomas Vanek (2), Jason Pominville (2) Even strength BUF 5, BOS 4
3rd 18:29 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek (3) Cody Hodgson (2), Mike Weber (1) Even strength BUF 6, BOS 4
3rd 19:46 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (1) Unassisted Even strength, Empty net BUF 7, BOS 4

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 32 42
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 13 13
Hits 20 17
Blocked shots 24 8
Giveaways 3 13
Takeaways 3 10
Faceoffs won 27/63 (42.9%) 36/63 (57.1%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 S. Ott C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 25% 19:44
Number 19 C. Hodgson C 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 43.8% 18:35
Number 21 D. Stafford R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 17:15
Number 25 M. Grigorenko C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 08:57
Number 26 T. Vanek L 3 2 5 +4 0 4 0 0 1 19:21
Number 29 J. Pominville R 1 2 3 +2 0 5 1 1 0 50% 23:08
Number 32 J. Scott L 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 04:28
Number 37 M. Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 28.6% 07:33
Number 42 N. Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:41
Number 55 J. Hecht C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 71.4% 15:32
Number 63 T. Ennis R 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 0 0 75% 19:02
Number 82 M. Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 15:10
Number 3 J. Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 0 0 15:55
Number 6 M. Weber D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 6 4 0 21:23
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 4 0 24:18
Number 44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 5 0 21:21
Number 52 A. Sulzer D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 3 0 17:33
Number 57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 2 0 16:08
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 42 38 4 .905 59:56 Win

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 G. Campbell C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 0 20% 10:57
Number 17 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 -2 2 4 2 0 0 50% 21:38
Number 18 N. Horton R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 0 21:09
Number 19 T. Seguin C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 100% 19:17
Number 20 D. Paille L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:14
Number 22 S. Thornton L 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 00:16
Number 23 C. Kelly C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 40% 14:12
Number 37 P. Bergeron C 0 2 2 +1 0 5 0 1 0 68.4% 18:29
Number 46 D. Krejci C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 2 0 52.6% 21:33
Number 49 R. Peverley C 1 0 1 -1 2 6 0 0 0 66.7% 15:11
Number 63 B. Marchand L 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 0 0 16:32
Number 64 L. MacDermid L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 04:12
Number 21 A. Ference D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 19:11
Number 27 D. Hamilton D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 20:28
Number 33 Z. Chara D 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 0 0 25:19
Number 44 D. Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 2 0 19:40
Number 54 A. McQuaid D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 13:39
Number 55 J. Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 18:13
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 T. Rask 31 25 6 .807 58:49 Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:53 Boston Bruins Shawn Thornton Fighting (major) 5
1st 02:53 Buffalo Sabres John Scott Fighting (major) 5
1st 08:29 Buffalo Sabres Jordan Leopold Slashing 2
1st 15:36 Buffalo Sabres John Scott Elbowing 2
2nd 05:32 Boston Bruins Rich Peverley Cross checking 2
2nd 15:45 Boston Bruins Milan Lucic Boarding 2
2nd 15:45 Boston Bruins Zdeno Chara Holding 2
3rd 11:25 Buffalo Sabres Tyler Myers High sticking double minor 4
3rd 11:56 Boston Bruins Dennis Seidenberg Tripping 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Boston Bruins head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Rob Martell
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Robyn Regehr, Patrick Kaleta, TJ Brennan
Boston Bruins scratches
Aaron Johnson, Chris Bourque

2012-2013 season series

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Sources and further reading

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