Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 15, 2016 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday, January 15, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 34-31.
Goals came from David Legwand, Matt Beleskey, Zdeno Chara, Ryan Spooner and Brett Connolly.
Jonas Gustavsson made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Legwand (3)Unassisted0–114:37 BUF
2nd period
Matt Beleskey (8)Ryan Spooner (22), Loui Eriksson (21)1–101:01 BOS
3rd period
Zdeno Chara (6)Ryan Spooner (23), Matt Beleskey (14)2–100:29 BOS
Ryan Spooner (10)Loui Eriksson (22), Kevan Miller (8)3–110:53 BOS
Brett Connolly (6)Brad Marchand (12)4–118:51 BOS · EN
Team stats
BOSBUF
31Shots on goal34
51%Faceoff %49%
0/2Power play0/4
13Penalty minutes9
25Hits24
8Blocked shots8
6Giveaways4
1Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 15:01
Johan Larsson · fighting5 min - 1st 15:01
Max Talbot · fighting5 min - 1st 17:13Cody Franson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:30Max Talbot · holding2 min
- 2nd 04:59Landon Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:12Zdeno Chara · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:15Mike Weber · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:43Ryan Spooner · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:45 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:15 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:56 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 29Landon FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 41Joonas KemppainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:59 |
| 44Dennis SeidenbergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 48Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 62Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Jonas GustavssonG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17David LegwandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:01 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:52 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:32 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:05 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:40 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 23:32 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:26 |