Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, December 16, 2018 · TD Garden
NHLN-US · MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 37–27.
Jeff Skinner scored twice and Jack Eichel scored twice. Steven Kampfer and Torey Krug also scored.
Linus Ullmark made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jeff Skinner (23)Jack Eichel (30), Rasmus Dahlin (15)1–003:18 BUF
Steven Kampfer (1)Joakim Nordstrom (2), David Backes (4)1–105:18 BOS
3rd period
Jack Eichel (13)Sam Reinhart (22), Rasmus Dahlin (16)2–105:43 BUF
Torey Krug (3)David Krejci (23), Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (2)2–213:21 BOS- Jeff Skinner (24)Jack Eichel (31), Sam Reinhart (23)3–216:29 BUF
- Jack Eichel (14)Sam Reinhart (24), Zemgus Girgensons (5)4–219:35 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFBOS
2737
46%54%
0/10/2
42
2327
148
1110
1913
Penalties
- 3:47 into the first period
Johan Larsson · hooking2 min - 13:33 into the first period
Joakim Nordstrom · tripping2 min - 16:31 into the first periodMatt Hunwick · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 11:08 into the third periodBrendan Guhle · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 19:00 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:22 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:20 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 45Brendan GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 48Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 23Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 42David BackesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:09 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:58 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 16:53 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:26 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:46 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |