🐻 Away Bruins 1-1 in series
2–3
Final
BUF leads 4–2
⚔️ Home Sabres 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Bruins at Sabres — Second Round Game 3

Sabres, Second Round Game 3, beat Bruins 3–2 at KeyBank Center on May 12, 1999.

🗓 Wed, May 12, 1999 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1998-99 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Dixon Ward
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 17:32 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Anson Carter
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:28 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
2 A
1 shots · 17:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
21 Shots on goal 25
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
11 Hits 24
8 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 4
17 Giveaways 27
10 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 9.5% (2/21) BUF shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 59:25 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 48-30-12 (53% win rate, 90 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 53-26-9 (60% win rate, 88 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 48-30-12 (53% win rate, 90 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 53-26-9 (60% win rate, 88 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Allison · Khristich · Carter 20:40
L2 Thornton · Wilson · Heinze 16:52
L3 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 15:21
L4 Belanger · Bates · Nickulas 4:35
D1 Bourque · Van Impe 25:08
D2 McLaren · Sweeney 18:49
D3 Gill · Ellett 16:20
⚔️Sabres
L1 Grosek · Brown · Peca 22:24
L2 Ward · Holzinger · Varada 17:11
L3 Sanderson · Barnes · Rasmussen 12:44
L4 Kruse · Primeau · Juneau 5:26
D1 Zhitnik · McKee 23:06
D2 Smehlik · Warrener 20:16
D3 Woolley · Patrick 15:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 9, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Sabres won
May 6, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Apr 17, 1999
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–2 (OT) · Bruins won
Mar 13, 1999
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
Jan 15, 1999
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on May 12, 1999?

Sabres won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 2, Sabres 3.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 9
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · BUF won
Next game · May 14
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 9
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · BUF won
Next game · May 14
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
Also on May 12, 1999
⭐DAL @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
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