Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
· KeyBank Center, Buffalo · Regular Season · Final
Final score
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 7–2 on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Boston Bruins |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
Total |
| Boston Bruins |
5 |
13 |
9 |
27 |
| Buffalo Sabres |
10 |
9 |
14 |
33 |
Three stars
- T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals, 1 assist)
- J. Peterka, Buffalo Sabres (3 goals, 1 assist)
- U. Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres (goaltender)
Scoring summary
Every goal, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
12:44 |
Boston Bruins |
Mason Lohrei (3) |
Unassisted |
Even strength |
BOS 1, BUF 0 |
| 1st |
13:39 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson (23) |
Dylan Cozens (15), JJ Peterka (25) |
Even strength |
BOS 1, BUF 1 |
| 2nd |
04:43 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson (24) |
Ryan McLeod (15), Mattias Samuelsson (6) |
Even strength |
BOS 1, BUF 2 |
| 2nd |
06:32 |
Buffalo Sabres |
JJ Peterka (12) |
Owen Power (20), Tage Thompson (19) |
Even strength |
BOS 1, BUF 3 |
| 3rd |
03:13 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tage Thompson (25) |
Rasmus Dahlin (29), Bowen Byram (19) |
Even strength |
BOS 1, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
10:13 |
Boston Bruins |
Brad Marchand (18) |
Elias Lindholm (17), David Pastrnak (36) |
Power play |
BOS 2, BUF 4 |
| 3rd |
10:43 |
Buffalo Sabres |
JJ Peterka (13) |
Jiri Kulich (5) |
Even strength |
BOS 2, BUF 5 |
| 3rd |
14:26 |
Buffalo Sabres |
JJ Peterka (14) |
Unassisted |
Even strength, Empty net |
BOS 2, BUF 6 |
| 3rd |
19:47 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Zach Benson (9) |
Jack Quinn (10), Dylan Cozens (16) |
Power play |
BOS 2, BUF 7 |
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 |
27 |
33 |
| Power play |
1 of 2 |
1 of 3 |
| Penalty minutes |
16 |
4 |
| Hits |
17 |
20 |
| Blocked shots |
14 |
17 |
| Giveaways |
15 |
10 |
| Takeaways |
10 |
3 |
| Faceoffs won |
28/52 (53.8%) |
24/52 (46.2%) |
Box score
Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 11 T. Frederic |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
13:42 |
| Number 13 C. Coyle |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
33.3% |
16:05 |
| Number 18 P. Zacha |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
60% |
18:01 |
| Number 19 J. Beecher |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
40% |
12:48 |
| Number 28 E. Lindholm |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
81.8% |
15:07 |
| Number 39 M. Geekie |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.7% |
17:32 |
| Number 45 C. Koepke |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:51 |
| Number 51 M. Poitras |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:49 |
| Number 55 J. Brazeau |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
13:04 |
| Number 63 B. Marchand |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
15:17 |
| Number 88 D. Pastrnak |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19:04 |
| Number 95 V. Lettieri |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:51 |
| Number 6 M. Lohrei |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
23:16 |
| Number 29 P. Wotherspoon |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
21:27 |
| Number 52 A. Peeke |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:07 |
| Number 79 M. Callahan |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15:29 |
| Number 82 J. Oesterle |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
15:19 |
| Number 91 N. Zadorov |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
21:02 |
Boston Bruins goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 1 J. Swayman |
32 |
26 |
6 |
.813 |
59:47 |
Loss |
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 9 Z. Benson |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
10:56 |
| Number 17 J. Zucker |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:31 |
| Number 19 P. Krebs |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
15:08 |
| Number 20 J.Kulich |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
13:51 |
| Number 22 J. Quinn |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
18:08 |
| Number 24 D. Cozens |
C |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
55.6% |
18:58 |
| Number 29 B. Malenstyn |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
100% |
07:42 |
| Number 48 T. Kozak |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
50% |
09:08 |
| Number 71 R. McLeod |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27.3% |
16:27 |
| Number 72 T. Thompson |
C |
3 |
1 |
4 |
+6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
40% |
15:43 |
| Number 77 J. Peterka |
R |
3 |
1 |
4 |
+6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
16:08 |
| Number 89 A. Tuch |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
19:44 |
| Number 4 B. Byram |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:58 |
| Number 10 H. Jokiharju |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
14:51 |
| Number 23 M. Samuelsson |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
20:35 |
| Number 25 O. Power |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
20:46 |
| Number 26 R. Dahlin |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22:44 |
| Number 78 J. Bryson |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
14:20 |
Buffalo Sabres goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 1 U. Luukkonen |
27 |
25 |
2 |
.926 |
60:00 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 2nd |
10:34 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Mattias Samuelsson |
Hooking |
2 |
| 2nd |
18:58 |
Boston Bruins |
Brad Marchand |
Slashing |
2 |
| 3rd |
07:34 |
Boston Bruins |
Pavel Zacha |
High sticking |
2 |
| 3rd |
08:51 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Dylan Cozens |
Tripping |
2 |
| 3rd |
18:25 |
Boston Bruins |
Nikita Zadorov |
Roughing |
2 |
| 3rd |
18:25 |
Boston Bruins |
Nikita Zadorov |
Misconduct (misconduct) |
10 |
Game information
- Boston Bruins head coach
- Joe Sacco
- Buffalo Sabres head coach
- Lindy Ruff
- Referees
- Furman South, Kendrick Nicholson
- Linesmen
- Shandor Alphonso, David Brisebois
- Boston Bruins scratches
- Brandon Carlo, Max Jones, Oliver Wahlstrom
- Buffalo Sabres scratches
- Connor Clifton, Sam Lafferty, Dennis Gilbert
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 at Vegas Golden Knights
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