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First Round · Game 2

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 BOS leads 3–1

Bruins, First Round Game 2, beat Sabres 7–3 at TD Garden on April 8, 1982.

BUF – BOS
26–22
Shots on goal
1/5–2/3
Power play
12–16
Penalty minutes
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

BUF vs BOS · BOS leads 3–1 Full series →
Game 1
1–3
Final · BOS
Game 2
3–7
Final · BOS
Game 3
2–5
Final · BUF
Game 4
5–2
Final · BOS

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Barry Pederson
3 G, 2 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Rick Middleton
2 G, 2 A
2 shots · +3
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Peter McNab
3 A
1 shots

Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Dale McCourt Go-ahead 1st · 12:44
Assists: Mike Ramsey · beat Mike Moffat
1–0
🐻 Rick Middleton Tying 1st · 15:49
Assists: Peter McNab, Steve Kasper · beat Don Edwards
1–1
2nd period
🐻 Barry Pederson PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:48
Assists: Peter McNab, Ray Bourque · beat Don Edwards
1–2
🐻 Rick Middleton PP 2nd · 01:40
Assists: Barry Pederson, Peter McNab · beat Don Edwards
1–3
🐻 Barry Pederson 2nd · 03:56
Assists: Randy Hillier · beat Don Edwards
1–4
⚔️ Mike Ramsey 2nd · 07:08
Assists: Alan Haworth, Dale McCourt · beat Mike Moffat
2–4
🐻 Terry O'Reilly 2nd · 11:45
Unassisted · beat Don Edwards
2–5
🐻 Barry Pederson 2nd · 14:28
Assists: Rick Middleton · beat Don Edwards
2–6
3rd period
🐻 Bruce Crowder 3rd · 00:54
Assists: Rick Middleton, Barry Pederson · beat Paul Harrison
2–7
⚔️ Yvon Lambert PP 3rd · 17:33
Assists: Dale McCourt, Gilbert Perreault · beat Mike Moffat
3–7

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
26 Shots on goal 22
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
12 Penalty minutes 16
BUF shooting 11.5% (3/26) BOS shooting 31.8% (7/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Don Edwards
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 34:28 TOI
Paul Harrison
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 25:32 TOI
🐻Bruins
Mike Moffat
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 18-15 (55% win rate, 33 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 14-8 (64% win rate, 22 games)
After 2nd — 2–6
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 71982 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Mar 281982 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 5–9 Mar 251982 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–5 Mar 201982 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–6 Mar 161982 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–3
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on April 8, 1982?

Bruins won 7–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Bruins 7.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dale McCourt, Mike Ramsey, Yvon Lambert.

Who scored for Bruins?

Barry Pederson (3), Rick Middleton (2), Bruce Crowder, Terry O'Reilly.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Don Edwards made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Mike Moffat made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterApr 10 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 AfterApr 10 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–5
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