Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, December 10, 2007 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Monday, December 10, 2007 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 45-21.
Goals came from Marc Savard, P.J. Axelsson, Jaroslav Spacek, Peter Schaefer and Glen Metropolit.
Alex Auld made 44 saves on 45 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Savard (6)Unassisted1–006:29 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (4)Marc Savard (29), Dennis Wideman (8)2–007:13 BOS
Jaroslav Spacek (7)Paul Gaustad (8), Tim Connolly (18)2–116:01 BUF · PPG
Peter Schaefer (5)Milan Lucic (2)3–117:11 BOS
3rd period
Glen Metropolit (7)Milan Lucic (3), Zdeno Chara (14)4–110:08 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
21Shots on goal45
36%Faceoff %64%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes14
17Hits18
12Blocked shots13
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 14:15
Andrew Alberts · hooking2 min - 2nd 03:14Matt Hunwick · tripping2 min
- 2nd 16:20Dennis Wideman · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:25Jeremy Reich · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:58
Paul Gaustad · hooking2 min - 3rd 16:46Michael Ryan · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 17:28Tim Connolly · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:35 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:21 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 13Glen MetropolitC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 72Peter SchaeferL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 26:08 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 27:01 |
| 10Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:20 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 16Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:09 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 53Jeremy ReichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 56Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:57 |
| 81Phil KesselR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:26 |
| 41Andrew AlbertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:24 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 05:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Alex AuldG | W | 45 | 44 | 1 | .978 | 60:00 |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 20:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:48 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:04 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:10 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20:08 |
| 37Michael RyanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:24 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 01:32 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .809 | 60:00 |
| 35Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |