Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2018 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 42-28.
Goals came from Marco Scandella, Noel Acciari, Johan Larsson, Jake DeBrusk and Sean Kuraly.
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 39 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marco Scandella (2)Jeff Skinner (13), Sam Reinhart (30)0–104:40 BUF
Noel Acciari (1)Unassisted1–109:30 BOS
2nd period
Johan Larsson (4)Evan Rodrigues (9), Marco Scandella (5)1–205:43 BUF · SHG
3rd period
Jake DeBrusk (11)Torey Krug (19), David Pastrnak (25)2–217:31 BOS · PPG
OT period
Sean Kuraly (3)Matt Grzelcyk (9), Kevan Miller (3)3–203:44 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
42Shots on goal28
53%Faceoff %47%
1/4Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits20
12Blocked shots12
5Giveaways13
3Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 11:07
Zach Bogosian · hooking2 min - 1st 16:48
Colby Cave · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:53Torey Krug · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:02Jack Eichel · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 16:17Rasmus Ristolainen · kneeing2 min
- OT 00:34David Krejci · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 52Sean KuralyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:43 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:34 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:34 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 14:37 |
| 17Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:14 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 23Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 26Colby CaveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:49 |
| 43Danton HeinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 63:44 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:39 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 81Remi ElieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:44 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:22 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | O | 42 | 39 | 3 | .929 | 63:42 |