Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 2019 · TD Garden

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1–2

32–41

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 41–32.

Goals came from Chris Wagner, David Backes and Rasmus Ristolainen.

Tuukka Rask made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 39 of 41.

Goals
BUF	0	0	1	1	32
BOS	1	1	0	2	41

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Chris Wagner (5)Noel Acciari (2)0–110:10 BOS

2nd period

David Backes (4)Tuukka Rask (1)0–202:00 BOS

3rd period

Rasmus Ristolainen (5)Unassisted1–217:22 BUF

Team stats

BUFBOS

3241

44%56%

0/10/2

42

3226

1111

168

2313

Penalties

6:32 into the first periodRemi Elie · interference2 min
7:42 into the third periodMatt Grzelcyk · hooking2 min
12:39 into the third periodJake McCabe · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

55Rasmus RistolainenD	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	23:03
17Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	42	1	1	22	17:56
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	80	0	0	19	13:42
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	43	1	2	20	17:22
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	–	2	2	22	19:14
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	50	0	0	15	08:38
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	14	1	1	18	11:49
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	–	0	2	19	14:47
49C.J. SmithL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	1	2	18	12:30
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	−2	6	0	0	0	50	0	2	21	18:21
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	−2	4	2	0	0	47	1	1	22	18:11
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	100	2	0	18	14:06
81Remi ElieL	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	2	–	0	0	16	10:31
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	1	0	22	22:18
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	1	2	23	17:16
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	2	–	0	2	22	17:18
24Lawrence PilutD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	0	2	20	20:08
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	5	4	24	20:02

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35Linus UllmarkG	L	41	39	2	.951	58:48
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

14Chris WagnerR	1	0	1	+1	6	2	0	0	–	0	0	21	14:26
42David BackesR	1	0	1	+1	5	2	0	0	–	0	1	17	14:26
55Noel AcciariC	0	1	1	+1	1	6	2	0	33	0	0	21	15:20
17Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	15	12:04
23Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	73	1	1	14	13:08
37Patrice BergeronC	0	0	0	−1	3	2	2	0	65	1	1	21	17:31
43Danton HeinenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	3	14	12:19
46David KrejciC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	40	0	0	18	14:53
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	0	50	1	0	23	14:39
63Brad MarchandC	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	100	2	2	21	19:58
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	3	17	14:08
88David PastrnakR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	–	1	0	19	17:44
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	0	1	25	21:16
27John MooreD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	0	0	20	16:17
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	27	21:32
47Torey KrugD	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	0	0	21	16:36
48Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	25	20:30
86Kevan MillerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	1	25	21:13

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
40Tuukka RaskG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	00:00