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Second Round · Game 5

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 BOS leads 4–3

Bruins, Second Round Game 5, beat Sabres 9–0 at TD Garden on April 20, 1983.

BUF – BOS
27–31
Shots on goal
0/4–1/4
Power play
8–8
Penalty minutes
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Second Round — Best of 7

BUF vs BOS · BOS leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
7–4
Final · BUF
Game 2
3–5
Final · BOS
Game 3
3–4
Final · BUF
Game 4
6–2
Final · BOS
Game 5
0–9
Final · BOS
Game 6
3–5
Final · BUF
Game 7
2–3
OT · BOS

Three stars

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

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Bruce Crowder Go-ahead 1st · 02:16
Assists: Ray Bourque · beat Bob Sauve
0–1
🐻 Rick Middleton PP 1st · 03:14
Assists: Barry Pederson, Ray Bourque · beat Bob Sauve
0–2
🐻 Barry Pederson 1st · 13:00
Assists: Rick Middleton, Brad Park · beat Phil Myre
0–3
🐻 Rick Middleton SH 1st · 14:51
Assists: Brad Park, Ray Bourque · beat Phil Myre
0–4
🐻 Mike Krushelnyski 1st · 18:50
Assists: Barry Pederson · beat Phil Myre
0–5
2nd period
🐻 Barry Pederson 2nd · 07:08
Unassisted · beat Phil Myre
0–6
🐻 Gord Kluzak 2nd · 16:00
Assists: Rick Middleton · beat Phil Myre
0–7
3rd period
🐻 Steve Kasper SH 3rd · 07:04
Assists: Mike O'connell · beat Phil Myre
0–8
🐻 Peter McNab 3rd · 17:15
Assists: Brad Park, Craig MacTavish · beat Phil Myre
0–9

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Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
27 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 0.0% (0/27) BOS shooting 29.0% (9/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Bob Sauve
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 03:14 TOI
Phil Myre
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 56:46 TOI
🐻Bruins
Pete Peeters
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Last meetings

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Apr 181983 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 Apr 171983 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 Apr 151983 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–5 Apr 141983 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 7–4 Mar 31983 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on April 20, 1983?

Bruins won 9–0. The final score was Sabres 0, Bruins 9.

Who scored for Bruins?

Barry Pederson (2), Rick Middleton (2), Bruce Crowder, Gord Kluzak, Mike Krushelnyski, Peter McNab, Steve Kasper.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Bob Sauve made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 0 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 18 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterApr 22 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 18 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterApr 22 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–5
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