Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2014 · TD Garden
BELL TV · MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 37-28.
Dougie Hamilton scored twice. Andrej Meszaros, Rasmus Ristolainen, Chris Kelly, Tim Schaller and Loui Eriksson also scored.
Tuukka Rask made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 33 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dougie Hamilton (6)Carl Soderberg (17), Loui Eriksson (12)0–105:52 BOS · PPG
2nd period
Andrej Meszaros (1)Chris Stewart (4), Johan Larsson (1)1–106:06 BUF
Rasmus Ristolainen (3)Tyler Ennis (15), Zemgus Girgensons (9)2–114:36 BUF · PPG
Chris Kelly (3)Zdeno Chara (4), Dougie Hamilton (13)2–215:36 BOS
3rd period
Tim Schaller (1)Nicolas Deslauriers (7), Brian Flynn (4)3–201:27 BUF- Dougie Hamilton (7)Patrice Bergeron (17), Reilly Smith (9)3–318:29 BOS
OT period
Loui Eriksson (7)Milan Lucic (10), Zdeno Chara (5)3–402:14 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
28Shots on goal37
41%Faceoff %59%
1/2Power play1/1
19Penalty minutes22
29Hits25
21Blocked shots3
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:15
Tyler Ennis · tripping2 min - 1st 14:08
Matt Bartkowski · fighting5 min - 1st 14:08Matt Bartkowski · interference5 min
- 1st 14:08Matt Bartkowski · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 14:08Marcus Foligno · instigator2 min
- 1st 14:08Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
- 1st 14:08Marcus Foligno · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 13:07Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:36 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 26:46 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:06 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:04 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:46 |
| 3Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:33 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | O | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 62:14 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 25:58 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 27:24 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 18Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 23Chris KellyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 18:11 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 25Matt FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 61Craig CunninghamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:24 |
| 43Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:53 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 61:50 |
| 72Niklas SvedbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |