Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2015 · TD Garden
BELL TV · MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 33-29.
Ryan O'Reilly scored twice and Jack Eichel scored twice. Evander Kane, Matt Beleskey, Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and Jamie McGinn also scored.
Chad Johnson made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jonas Gustavsson stopped 23 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Evander Kane (8)Tyler Ennis (8), Jack Eichel (8)1–005:13 BUF
Matt Beleskey (5)Kevan Miller (6), Loui Eriksson (16)1–105:49 BOS
Patrice Bergeron (12)Brad Marchand (10), Zdeno Chara (14)1–207:05 BOS
3rd period
David Krejci (10)Loui Eriksson (17)1–306:59 BOS
Ryan O'Reilly (13)Mike Weber (3), Cody Franson (10)2–310:21 BUF
Jack Eichel (10)Jake McCabe (4)3–311:00 BUF
Jamie McGinn (8)Ryan O'Reilly (18), Zach Bogosian (4)4–314:24 BUF- Jack Eichel (11)Unassisted5–318:42 BUF · EN
- Ryan O'Reilly (14)Jack Eichel (9), Jamie McGinn (9)6–319:10 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFBOS
29Shots on goal33
45%Faceoff %55%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits28
9Blocked shots15
7Giveaways9
7Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 08:11
Josh Gorges · boarding2 min - 1st 19:41
Kevan Miller · high sticking2 min - 2nd 11:02Josh Gorges · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:14Landon Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:18Frank Vatrano · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:19David Legwand · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:47 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:19 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:57 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 27:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 20:01 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 22:19 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 26:18 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 29Landon FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:38 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 64Tyler RandellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 14:19 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:05 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:03 |
| 48Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:54 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 59:01 |