Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 1, 2011 · HSBC Arena

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6–7

Final/SO

SOG 40–35

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 7-6 in a shootout on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at HSBC Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 40-35.

Jason Pominville scored twice and Drew Stafford scored a hat trick. Andrew Ference, Dennis Seidenberg, Brad Marchand, Thomas Vanek, Zdeno Chara, Tyler Seguin and Steven Kampfer also scored.

Ryan Miller made 34 saves on 40 shots for the win; Tim Thomas stopped 16 of 19.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BOS	4	0	2	0	0	6	40
BUF	3	2	1	0	0	7	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Andrew Ference (1)Adam McQuaid (1), Marc Savard (1)1–001:29 BOS
Jason Pominville (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Mike Weber (1)1–102:06 BUF
Dennis Seidenberg (1)Unassisted2–102:49 BOS
Brad Marchand (1)Johnny Boychuk (1), Mark Recchi (1)3–105:36 BOS
Thomas Vanek (1)Tim Connolly (1), Jason Pominville (1)3–213:45 BUF
Zdeno Chara (1)Patrice Bergeron (1), Mark Recchi (2)4–214:15 BOS · SHG
Drew Stafford (1)Unassisted4–319:19 BUF

2nd period

Drew Stafford (2)Paul Gaustad (1)4–406:17 BUF
Jason Pominville (2)Andrej Sekera (1), Jochen Hecht (1)4–517:43 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Tyler Seguin (1)Daniel Paille (1)5–503:08 BOS
Steven Kampfer (1)Tyler Seguin (1), Zdeno Chara (1)6–507:06 BOS
Drew Stafford (3)Tim Connolly (2), Jason Pominville (2)6–619:32 BUF

SO period

Tyler EnnisUnassisted6–800:00 BUF

Team stats

BOSBUF

40Shots on goal35

55%Faceoff %45%

0/2Power play1/4

13Penalty minutes9

8Hits21

13Blocked shots14

6Giveaways7

2Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 08:30Blake Wheeler · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 10:56Cody McCormick · fighting5 min
1st 10:56Adam McQuaid · fighting5 min
1st 14:01Marc Savard · slashing2 min
2nd 00:22Mark Recchi · hooking2 min
2nd 04:06Drew Stafford · hooking2 min
2nd 17:12Johnny Boychuk · tripping2 min
3rd 03:42Drew Stafford · slashing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

19Tyler SeguinC	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	70	11:16
28Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	–	18:19
33Zdeno CharaD	1	1	2	-1	5	0	0	0	–	28:45
20Daniel PailleL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:00
37Patrice BergeronC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	54	18:21
63Brad MarchandC	1	0	1	+2	4	0	1	0	–	15:44
91Marc SavardC	0	1	1	-2	1	0	0	2	69	16:08
21Andrew FerenceD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	–	27:18
44Dennis SeidenbergD	1	0	1	+2	1	2	1	0	–	27:33
47Steven KampferD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	13:06
54Adam McQuaidD	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	–	10:36
55Johnny BoychukD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	–	21:16
17Milan LucicL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	14:55
18Nathan HortonR	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	–	15:21
22Shawn ThorntonL	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	–	10:26
26Blake WheelerR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	2	–	15:50
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	45	19:58
73Michael RyderR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:37

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Tim ThomasG	O	19	16	3	.842	45:00
40Tuukka RaskG		16	13	3	.813	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

29Jason PominvilleR	2	2	4	+2	4	0	0	0	100	21:42
21Drew StaffordR	3	0	3	0	5	3	0	4	50	20:59
19Tim ConnollyC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	1	0	52	21:13
26Thomas VanekL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	20:01
28Paul GaustadC	0	1	1	-1	3	2	1	0	30	16:55
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	-2	3	1	1	0	50	22:41
6Mike WeberD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	–	16:38
44Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	0	0	–	24:18
8Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	5	43	14:11
20Rob NiedermayerC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	13:48
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	17:27
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	11:01
72Luke AdamC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	10:18
3Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:04
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	18:55
27Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+3	1	2	2	0	–	16:41
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	06:47
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	20:20

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	W	40	34	6	.850	64:01
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00