Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 24, 2012 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in a shootout on Friday, February 24, 2012 at First Niagara Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 36-27.
Goals came from Andrej Sekera and Zdeno Chara.
Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 26 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Andrej Sekera (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Drew Stafford (1)0–114:45 BUF
3rd period
Zdeno Chara (1)Unassisted1–103:36 BOS · PPG
SO period
Derek RoyUnassisted1–300:00 BUF
Team stats
BOSBUF
36Shots on goal27
45%Faceoff %55%
1/4Power play0/0
0Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
12Blocked shots22
5Giveaways12
1Takeaways5
Penalties
- 2nd 11:54
Corey Tropp · tripping2 min - 2nd 15:46Corey Tropp · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:46Christian Ehrhoff · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 19:36Thomas Vanek · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:49 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 19Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:24 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 22Shawn ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:04 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 38Jordan CaronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:42 |
| 58Carter CamperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 14Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 21Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | O | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 65:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:41 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:21 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:07 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 22:03 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 65:00 |