Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, November 7, 2009 · TD Garden

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2–4

Final

SOG 30–37

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 37-30.

Goals came from Mark Recchi, Zdeno Chara, Byron Bitz, Derek Roy, Marco Sturm and Jason Pominville.

Tuukka Rask made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 33 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	30
BOS	2	2	0	4	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mark Recchi (1)Derek Morris (1), Zdeno Chara (1)0–103:17 BOS · PPG
Zdeno Chara (1)Blake Wheeler (1)0–216:31 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Byron Bitz (1)Steve Begin (1), Shawn Thornton (1)0–301:22 BOS
Derek Roy (1)Craig Rivet (1), Clarke MacArthur (1)1–302:47 BUF
Marco Sturm (1)Patrice Bergeron (1), Steve Begin (2)1–418:31 BOS

3rd period

Jason Pominville (1)Tyler Myers (1), Tim Connolly (1)2–418:12 BUF

Team stats

BUFBOS

30Shots on goal37

46%Faceoff %54%

0/7Power play2/3

43Penalty minutes51

15Hits20

2Blocked shots11

3Giveaways4

0Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 02:44Paul Gaustad · roughing2 min
1st 05:24Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 10:24Daniel Paille · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 11:44Dennis Wideman · holding2 min
1st 14:29Shawn Thornton · fighting5 min
1st 14:29Steve Montador · fighting5 min
1st 15:54Mike Grier · tripping2 min
2nd 06:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 11:18Marco Sturm · boarding2 min
3rd 02:42Brad Marchand · high sticking2 min
3rd 10:38Brad Marchand · holding2 min
3rd 14:00Shawn Thornton · roughing2 min
3rd 14:00Shawn Thornton · fighting5 min
3rd 14:00Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
3rd 17:10Mark Stuart · fighting5 min
3rd 17:10Brad Marchand · misconduct10 min
3rd 17:10Tim Kennedy · misconduct10 min
3rd 17:10Jochen Hecht · fighting5 min
3rd 17:11Zdeno Chara · slashing2 min
3rd 17:11Patrick Kaleta · slashing2 min
3rd 17:11Zdeno Chara · misconduct10 min
3rd 17:11Patrick Kaleta · misconduct10 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	31	19:02
19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	43	17:02
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	17:14
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	1	1	-1	1	3	0	0	–	14:23
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:46
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	22:02
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	10	56	15:05
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	18:24
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	15:36
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:26
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	65	16:08
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	–	10:00
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	10:23
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	–	14:25
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	5	–	16:49
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	16:42
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	20:00
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	15:56

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG	L	37	33	4	.892	58:18
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

27Steve BeginL	0	2	2	+1	2	2	2	0	75	18:03
33Zdeno CharaD	1	1	2	+2	3	1	1	12	–	22:19
16Marco SturmL	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	–	15:56
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	12	–	09:35
26Blake WheelerR	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	16:19
28Mark RecchiR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	100	14:18
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	52	20:28
61Byron BitzR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	12:58
53Derek MorrisD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	22:34
20Daniel PailleL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	–	14:18
42Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	07:48
60Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	43	14:14
63Brad MarchandC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	–	09:06
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	11:37
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	–	21:47
21Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	18:21
45Mark StuartD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	5	–	16:01
48Matt HunwickD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	19:56

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Tuukka RaskG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:53