Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, May 1, 2021 · TD Garden
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Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 43-19.
Craig Smith scored a hat trick. Riley Sheahan, Sean Kuraly, Patrice Bergeron, Nick Ritchie and Arttu Ruotsalainen also scored.
Jeremy Swayman made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Craig Smith (11)David Krejci (27), Taylor Hall (21)0–101:21 BOS
Riley Sheahan (4)Jacob Bryson (7), Casey Mittelstadt (10)1–112:35 BUF · SHG
Sean Kuraly (3)Nick Ritchie (11)1–216:38 BOS
2nd period
Patrice Bergeron (19)Jeremy Lauzon (7), Brad Marchand (34)1–305:36 BOS
3rd period
Nick Ritchie (13)Matt Grzelcyk (12), Kevan Miller (3)1–403:18 BOS- Craig Smith (12)Mike Reilly (25), David Krejci (28)1–505:31 BOS
Arttu Ruotsalainen (5)Rasmus Asplund (4), Casey Mittelstadt (11)2–507:02 BUF- Craig Smith (13)David Krejci (29), Taylor Hall (22)2–614:05 BOS · PPG
Team stats
BUFBOS
19Shots on goal43
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes6
25Hits31
7Blocked shots8
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 10:28
Riley Sheahan · holding2 min - 1st 12:27Mattias Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:34
Sean Kuraly · slashing2 min - 2nd 19:09Dylan Cozens · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:45Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 07:45Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:45David Pastrnak · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:39Will Borgen · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:03 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:03 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 3Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:58 |
| 54Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 40:00 |
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 20:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Craig SmithC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 12:15 |
| 46David KrejciC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 21Nick RitchieL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:47 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 55Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 83Karson KuhlmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14:49 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:17 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:16 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 60:00 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |