Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, April 11, 2009 · HSBC Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-1 on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 35-34.
Thomas Vanek scored twice. Tim Connolly, Chris Butler, Daniel Paille, Matt Ellis and Mark Recchi also scored.
Mikael Tellqvist made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Manny Fernandez stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Connolly (18)Thomas Vanek (24), Andrej Sekera (15)0–103:34 BUF
Chris Butler (2)Craig Rivet (22), Adam Mair (11)0–211:29 BUF
Thomas Vanek (39)Jason Pominville (46)0–315:43 BUF
Daniel Paille (12)Matt Ellis (5), Teppo Numminen (15)0–417:08 BUF
2nd period
Matt Ellis (7)Andrej Sekera (16)0–501:36 BUF
3rd period
Mark Recchi (23)Matt Hunwick (20), Michael Ryder (26)1–513:55 BOS · PPG- Thomas Vanek (40)Tim Connolly (29), Jaroslav Spacek (37)1–619:44 BUF · PPG
Team stats
BOSBUF
35Shots on goal34
66%Faceoff %34%
1/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits6
9Blocked shots10
5Giveaways21
2Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 11:29
Mark Stuart · roughing2 min - 1st 11:29
Dominic Moore · roughing2 min - 1st 19:06Steve Montador · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:12Jaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:30Milan Lucic · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 05:22Paul Gaustad · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:30Dominic Moore · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:46Thomas Vanek · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:41Stephane Yelle · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 28Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 12Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:42 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 18Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:40 |
| 26Blake WheelerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 60Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 61Byron BitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 68Mikko LehtonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
| 91Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:18 |
| 23Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 44Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 45Mark StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Manny FernandezG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Thomas VanekL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 12:27 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:42 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 12:06 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:30 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:13 |
| 17Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:49 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:55 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 11:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 32Mikael TellqvistG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |