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Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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2–7

Final

SOG 27–33

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 33-27.

Tage Thompson scored a hat trick and JJ Peterka scored a hat trick. Mason Lohrei, Brad Marchand and Zach Benson also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 26 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS101227
Buffalo SabresBUF124733

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJJ PeterkaBUF · 3G 1A
  3. ★3rd starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .926 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:10

2–5 · 3rd 10:43 · Peterka. Lohrei was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceBUF on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 12:44 · Lohrei

Benson 0:37

1–1 BUF

1st 13:39 · Thompson

Callahan 0:13

1–2 BUF

2nd 4:43 · Thompson

Peeke 0:49

1–3 BUF

2nd 6:32 · Peterka

Marchand 0:23

1–4 BUF

3rd 3:13 · Thompson

Zadorov 0:45

2–4 BOS

3rd 10:13 · PP · Marchand

McLeod 0:47

2–5 BUF

3rd 10:43 · Peterka

Long shift: Lohrei 1:10

2–6 BUF

3rd 14:26 · EN · Peterka

Marchand 0:06

2–7 BUF

3rd 19:47 · PP · Benson

Coyle 0:50

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

BOSBUF
27Shots on goal33
54%Faceoff %46%
1/2Power play1/3
16Penalty minutes4
17Hits20
14Blocked shots17
15Giveaways10
10Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 10:34Mattias Samuelsson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 18:58Brad Marchand · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 07:34Pavel Zacha · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 08:51Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 18:25Nikita Zadorov · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 18:25Nikita Zadorov · misconduct10 min

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