Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2024 · TD Garden

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SOG 20–19

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at TD Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 20-19.

Goals came from Charlie Coyle, JJ Peterka, Morgan Geekie and Brad Marchand.

Joonas Korpisalo made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 16 of 18.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	20
BOS	1	0	2	3	19

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Charlie Coyle (8)Nikita Zadorov (7)0–108:15 BOS

2nd period

JJ Peterka (10)Jason Zucker (14)1–118:23 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Morgan Geekie (7)David Pastrnak (22), Mason Lohrei (13)Power 1:09 into shift1–218:15 BOS · PPG
Brad Marchand (14)David Pastrnak (23), Charlie McAvoy (10)1–319:08 BOS · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:09

1–2 · 3rd 18:15 · Geekie. Power was 1:09 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceBOS on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 BOS

1st 8:15 · Coyle

Power 0:26

Fresh legsPower 0:26

1–1 BUF

2nd 18:23 · PP · Peterka

Coyle 0:39

Fresh legsCoyle 0:39

1–2 BOS

3rd 18:15 · PP · Geekie

Long shift: Power 1:09

Long shiftPower 1:09

1–3 BOS

3rd 19:08 · EN · Marchand

Power 2:02

Empty netPower 2:02

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFBOS

20Shots on goal19

40%Faceoff %60%

1/3Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes6

22Hits28

20Blocked shots15

25Giveaways20

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:07Charlie Coyle · hooking2 min
1st 18:06Elias Lindholm · slashing2 min
2nd 06:07Beck Malenstyn · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:08Owen Power · tripping2 min
2nd 17:08Oliver Wahlstrom · hooking2 min
3rd 16:15Sam Lafferty · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17Jason ZuckerL	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	–	18:09
77JJ PeterkaR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	17:39
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	14:22
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	29	13:47
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	57	12:24
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	33	14:34
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	–	13:45
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	14:06
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	33	17:27
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	13:32
89Alex TuchR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	19:10
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	11:31
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	22:58
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:19
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	22:31
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	2	–	24:15
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	17:35
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:56

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47James ReimerG	L	18	16	2	.889	59:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

88David PastrnakR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	19:51
13Charlie CoyleC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	2	100	16:48
39Morgan GeekieC	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	57	16:35
63Brad MarchandL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	18:43
6Mason LohreiD	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:12
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	–	24:40
91Nikita ZadorovD	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	–	17:51
11Trent FredericC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	25	13:02
18Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	55	19:45
19John BeecherC	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	40	12:32
28Elias LindholmC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	73	17:15
45Cole KoepkeL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	11:34
47Mark KastelicC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	12:03
55Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	12:26
71Oliver WahlstromR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	100	09:48
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	20:43
52Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	16:28
82Jordan OesterleD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	18:29

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jeremy SwaymanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Joonas KorpisaloG	W	20	19	1	.950	60:00