Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, October 21, 2017 · TD Garden
MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at TD Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 42-31.
David Pastrnak scored twice and Brad Marchand scored twice. Jason Pominville, Jack Eichel, Benoit Pouliot, Evander Kane and Ryan O'Reilly also scored.
Robin Lehner made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Anton Khudobin stopped 37 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Pastrnak (5)Tim Schaller (1), Charlie McAvoy (5)0–113:16 BOS
Brad Marchand (5)Unassisted0–215:05 BOS · PPG
2nd period
- Brad Marchand (6)Anders Bjork (3), Charlie McAvoy (6)0–300:37 BOS
Jason Pominville (5)Ryan O'Reilly (4)1–308:01 BUF- David Pastrnak (6)Riley Nash (2), Torey Krug (1)1–411:22 BOS
Jack Eichel (4)Marco Scandella (2), Justin Bailey (1)2–416:07 BUF
3rd period
Benoit Pouliot (1)Sam Reinhart (1), Jake McCabe (1)3–406:55 BUF
Evander Kane (6)Jake McCabe (2), Jason Pominville (6)4–417:52 BUF
OT period
Ryan O'Reilly (3)Unassisted5–402:59 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
42Shots on goal31
45%Faceoff %55%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits34
15Blocked shots18
14Giveaways5
14Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 15:03
Matt Tennyson · interference2 min - 1st 16:43Evander Kane · slashing2 min
- 2nd 01:29
Kenny Agostino · slashing2 min - 2nd 03:16Kyle Okposo · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:42Brandon Carlo · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:26 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 18:52 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:26 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:14 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 15:42 |
| 95Justin BaileyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 27:23 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:49 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 25Seth GriffithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:28 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 27Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 29:40 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 62:59 |
Boston Bruins
| 63Brad MarchandC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:27 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 17:32 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 25:37 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 18Kenny AgostinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 39Matt BeleskeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:13 |
| 72Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:34 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 14Paul PostmaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:40 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:06 |
| 44Rob O'GaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Zane McIntyreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Anton KhudobinG | O | 42 | 37 | 5 | .881 | 62:44 |