Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 18, 2021 · KeyBank Center
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 37-24.
Goals came from Greg McKegg, Kyle Okposo, Jake DeBrusk, Craig Smith and David Pastrnak.
Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 33 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Greg McKegg (1)Matt Grzelcyk (8)1–002:56 BOS
2nd period
Kyle Okposo (1)Jacob Bryson (1)1–101:54 BUF · SHG
Jake DeBrusk (3)David Pastrnak (12), David Krejci (13)2–109:15 BOS · PPG
Craig Smith (5)David Krejci (14), Connor Clifton (4)3–118:36 BOS
3rd period
David Pastrnak (14)David Krejci (15), Brad Marchand (22)4–104:44 BOS · PPG
Team stats
BOSBUF
37Shots on goal24
59%Faceoff %41%
2/5Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes10
11Hits13
8Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 2nd 00:25
Cody Eakin · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:35Matt Irwin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 09:37
Oskar Steen · holding the stick2 min - 3rd 02:59Victor Olofsson · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:13Brandon Montour · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:31Eric Staal · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 20:57 |
| 12Craig SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 18Greg McKeggC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:02 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:28 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:49 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:13 |
| 62Oskar SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 83Karson KuhlmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 44Steven KampferD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 54Jack AhcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 67Jakub ZborilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 59:48 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 12Eric StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:17 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 60:00 |