Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 2019 · TD Garden
ESPN+ · MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, December 29, 2019 at TD Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 26–22.
Jake DeBrusk scored twice. David Pastrnak, Rasmus Ristolainen and Curtis Lazar also scored.
Tuukka Rask made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 19 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Pastrnak (29)Brad Marchand (39), Patrice Bergeron (18)0–112:39 BOS
2nd period
Rasmus Ristolainen (4)Sam Reinhart (19), Marcus Johansson (11)1–106:37 BUF
3rd period
Jake DeBrusk (10)Steven Kampfer (1), David Pastrnak (29)1–202:37 BOS · - Jake DeBrusk (11)David Krejci (20), Steven Kampfer (2)1–302:55 BOS ·
Curtis Lazar (2)Rasmus Ristolainen (15), Jack Eichel (28)2–305:08 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
2622
49%51%
0/32/6
226
2528
1013
1010
1310
Penalties
- 2:50 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 16:35 into the first periodChris Wagner · tripping2 min
- 0:15 into the second period
Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min - 11:02 into the second periodJimmy Vesey · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodEvan Rodrigues · tripping2 min
- 1:23 into the third periodJohan Larsson · tripping2 min
- 1:23 into the third periodJohan Larsson · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the third periodBrett Ritchie · tripping2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodSam Reinhart · slashing2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodJack Eichel · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:04 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:59 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:49 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:34 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:36 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:49 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 19:04 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:26 |
| 10Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 18Brett RitchieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:18 |
| 20Joakim NordstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:35 |
| 27John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:55 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |