Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · TD Garden
MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 28-27.
Goals came from Frank Vatrano, Patrice Bergeron, Tim Schaller and Kyle Okposo.
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Frank Vatrano (2)Zdeno Chara (7)0–101:28 BOS
2nd period
Patrice Bergeron (7)Ryan Spooner (12), Brad Marchand (21)0–207:04 BOS · PPG
Tim Schaller (5)Torey Krug (20), Austin Czarnik (6)0–309:29 BOS
Kyle Okposo (11)Jack Eichel (6), Rasmus Ristolainen (22)1–319:38 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
27Shots on goal28
54%Faceoff %46%
0/4Power play1/3
18Penalty minutes10
31Hits22
15Blocked shots17
7Giveaways9
9Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 08:23
Cody Franson · hooking2 min - 1st 10:47
Brad Marchand · slashing2 min - 1st 11:40Tim Schaller · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:06Jack Eichel · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:55Evander Kane · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 10:55Evander Kane · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 10:55Kevan Miller · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:02Dominic Moore · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:55Austin Czarnik · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:17Rasmus Ristolainen · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:56 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:29 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:43 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 21:02 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:49 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 56Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:06 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:29 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 58:52 |
Boston Bruins
| 27Austin CzarnikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:08 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:54 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:29 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:56 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 11Jimmy HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:21 |
| 28Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 81Anton BlidhL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:51 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:53 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 59:43 |