Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, October 20, 2005 · TD Banknorth Garden

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4–3

Final

SOG 37–32

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 37-32.

Sergei Samsonov scored twice. Daniel Brière, P.J. Axelsson, Tim Connolly, J-P Dumont and Ales Kotalik also scored.

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Hannu Toivonen stopped 33 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	2	4	37
BOS	1	1	1	3	32

Scoring

1st period

Daniel Brière (6)J-P Dumont (4), Thomas Vanek (5)1–014:55 BUF · PPG
Sergei Samsonov (2)Kevin Dallman (1), Joe Thornton (5)1–116:46 BOS · PPG

2nd period

P.J. Axelsson (4)Hal Gill (1), Tom Fitzgerald (3)1–200:42 BOS
Tim Connolly (1)Maxim Afinogenov (1), Ales Kotalik (2)2–213:19 BUF

3rd period

J-P Dumont (3)Tim Connolly (2), Thomas Vanek (6)3–202:08 BUF · PPG
Ales Kotalik (2)Dmitri Kalinin (2), Teppo Numminen (3)4–213:48 BUF
Sergei Samsonov (3)Nick Boynton (1), Joe Thornton (6)4–314:13 BOS

Team stats

BUFBOS

37Shots on goal32

46%Faceoff %54%

2/7Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes16

10Hits17

16Blocked shots9

2Giveaways6

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 00:28Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min
1st 01:26Jay McKee · interference2 min
1st 10:31Dave Scatchard · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 12:50Patrice Bergeron · holding the stick2 min
1st 13:46Nick Boynton · holding2 min
1st 16:36Rory Fitzpatrick · holding2 min
2nd 03:25Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min
2nd 13:58Andrew Alberts · tripping2 min
2nd 13:58Taylor Pyatt · roughing2 min
2nd 16:02Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
2nd 18:59Hal Gill · roughing2 min
3rd 01:11Nick Boynton · interference2 min
3rd 05:36Andrew Alberts · hooking2 min
3rd 15:37Brian Leetch · holding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

12Ales KotalikR	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	–	13:04
17J-P DumontR	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	–	15:48
19Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	25	13:41
26Thomas VanekL	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	4	–	14:50
48Daniel BrièreC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	43	17:20
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	16:33
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:31
45Dmitri KalininD	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	–	22:32
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	05:59
23Chris DruryC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	2	0	50	21:04
24Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	100	09:33
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	12:21
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	54	14:16
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:12
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	20:12
8Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	16:30
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:43
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	2	–	17:12

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	32	29	3	.906	59:33
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

14Sergei SamsonovL	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	–	18:17
19Joe ThorntonC	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	45	22:17
11P.J. AxelssonL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	15:26
12Tom FitzgeraldR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	14:11
25Hal GillD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	2	–	23:09
44Nick BoyntonD	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	4	–	23:28
58Kevin DallmanD	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	–	22:28
21Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:29
26Brad BoyesR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	67	04:42
27Glen MurrayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	20:23
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	67	18:23
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	+1	4	3	0	2	60	13:49
39Travis GreenC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50	16:16
75Colton OrrR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:52
83Patrick LeahyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	06:05
18Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	11:50
22Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	–	23:23
41Andrew AlbertsD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	–	14:35

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Andrew RaycroftG		0	0	0	–	–
33Hannu ToivonenG	L	37	33	4	.892	59:02