Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, April 23, 2021 · KeyBank Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Friday, April 23, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 40-34.
Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick. Steven Kampfer, Rasmus Dahlin, Casey Mittelstadt, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Nick Ritchie, Kevan Miller and Taylor Hall also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 4 of 5.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Steven Kampfer (2)Taylor Hall (20), Tuukka Rask (1)1–002:15 BOS
Sam Reinhart (18)Rasmus Dahlin (17), Victor Olofsson (16)1–115:40 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Rasmus Dahlin (5)Riley Sheahan (8), Tobias Rieder (2)1–206:54 BUF
Casey Mittelstadt (9)Tage Thompson (4), Mattias Samuelsson (1)1–314:17 BUF
3rd period
Arttu Ruotsalainen (4)Dylan Cozens (9), Mattias Samuelsson (2)1–401:14 BUF- Sam Reinhart (19)Unassisted1–504:30 BUF · PPG
Nick Ritchie (12)Steven Kampfer (2), Jake DeBrusk (7)2–512:06 BOS
Kevan Miller (1)Steven Kampfer (3), Sean Kuraly (4)3–515:25 BOS
Taylor Hall (5)Charlie McAvoy (21), David Krejci (24)4–517:12 BOS- Sam Reinhart (20)Unassisted4–619:18 BUF · EN
Team stats
BOSBUF
40Shots on goal34
55%Faceoff %45%
0/1Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes4
9Hits13
7Blocked shots17
8Giveaways3
1Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 15:23
Matt Grzelcyk · tripping2 min - 1st 17:59
Arttu Ruotsalainen · slashing2 min - 2nd 08:55Matt Grzelcyk · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:32Dylan Cozens · embellishment2 min
- 2nd 18:32Craig Smith · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:21Brad Marchand · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 44Steven KampferD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:24 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 12:04 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:05 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:07 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 12Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 17:56 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:35 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:09 |
| 81Anton BlidhL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:21 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 41:14 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 17:19 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16:14 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 17:46 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 3Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 59:34 |
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |