Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden

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4–2

25–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at TD Banknorth Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 31–25.

Matt Ellis scored twice. Thomas Vanek, Phil Kessel, Shawn Thornton and Paul Gaustad also scored.

Goals
BUF	2	2	0	4	25
BOS	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Matt Ellis (2)Henrik Tallinder (5), Jason Pominville (18)1–003:20 BUF
Thomas Vanek (26)Derek Roy (22), Jason Pominville (19)2–005:08 BUF ·
Phil Kessel (24)Marc Savard (36), Milan Lucic (15)2–110:46 BOS ·

2nd period

Matt Ellis (3)Ales Kotalik (12), Daniel Paille (9)3–103:04 BUF
Shawn Thornton (3)Martin St. Pierre (2), Shane Hnidy (7)3–209:51 BOS
Paul Gaustad (4)Andrej Sekera (12), Matt Ellis (1)4–213:06 BUF

Team stats

BUFBOS

2531

54%46%

1/31/5

128

2427

113

26

64

Penalties

4:47 into the first periodMatt Hunwick · tripping2 min
9:42 into the first periodAdam Mair · charging2 min
11:04 into the first periodStephane Yelle · tripping2 min
12:18 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
16:46 into the first periodShawn Thornton · slashing2 min
16:46 into the first periodThomas Vanek · interference2 min
4:31 into the second periodChuck Kobasew · hooking2 min
19:10 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
9:28 into the third periodToni Lydman · interference2 min
17:54 into the third periodThomas Vanek · hooking2 min

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