Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, April 29, 2021 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 40-31.
Goals came from David Pastrnak, Casey Mittelstadt, David Krejci, Sam Reinhart, Charlie Coyle, Taylor Hall and Brad Marchand.
Tuukka Rask made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Pastrnak (19)Patrice Bergeron (24), Brad Marchand (33)0–101:16 BOS
Casey Mittelstadt (10)Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Rasmus Asplund (3)1–114:09 BUF
David Krejci (8)Charlie McAvoy (23), Craig Smith (18)1–219:59 BOS · PPG
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (23)Victor Olofsson (17), Jeff Skinner (6)2–201:43 BUF
Charlie Coyle (6)Unassisted2–307:58 BOS
Taylor Hall (7)David Krejci (26), Craig Smith (19)2–416:43 BOS
Brad Marchand (27)Unassisted2–518:26 BOS · SHG · EN
Team stats
BUFBOS
31Shots on goal40
41%Faceoff %59%
0/2Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes6
30Hits24
7Blocked shots9
8Giveaways10
10Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 18:05
Sam Reinhart · tripping2 min - 2nd 05:36
Curtis Lazar · interference2 min - 2nd 14:50Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:30David Krejci · interference2 min
- 3rd 13:30Rasmus Dahlin · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:47Connor Clifton · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 17:46 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:29 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:36 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:43 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 3Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:57 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:16 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 59:21 |
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Craig SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:10 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:00 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 17:32 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:54 |
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 14Chris WagnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:55 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:15 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Tuukka RaskG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |