⚔️ Away Sabres 3-1 in series
3–5
Final
BUF leads 4–2
🐻 Home Bruins 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Sabres at Bruins — Second Round Game 5

Bruins, Second Round Game 5, beat Sabres 5–3 at TD Garden on May 16, 1999.

🗓 Sun, May 16, 1999 · 13:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 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 🐻 BOS
Jason Allison
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:18 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Sergei Samsonov
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:05 TOI · +3
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Taylor
2 A
1 shots · 15:21 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 34
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
60 Hits 58
9 Blocked shots 9
3 Takeaways 5
7 Giveaways 8
14 Penalty minutes 10
BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23) BOS shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 39:58 TOI
Dwayne Roloson
7/8
.875 SV% · 1 GA · 19:16 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 55-26-9 (61% win rate, 90 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 48-32-12 (52% win rate, 92 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 55-26-9 (61% win rate, 90 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 48-32-12 (52% win rate, 92 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Peca · Juneau · Rasmussen 16:51
L2 Ward · Barnes · Primeau 15:51
L3 Sanderson · Holzinger · Varada 14:04
L4 Grosek · Kruse · Brown 8:48
D1 Zhitnik · McKee 24:50
D2 Warrener · Smehlik 22:06
D3 Patrick · Woolley 11:29
🐻Bruins
L1 Allison · Thornton · Khristich 21:39
L2 Taylor · Carter · DiMaio 15:49
L3 Samsonov · Axelsson · Wilson 14:24
L4 Belanger · Bates · Heinze 4:58
D1 Bourque · McLaren 27:17
D2 Sweeney · Timander 21:23
D3 Gill · Ellett 12:10

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 14, 1999
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · Sabres won
May 12, 1999
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · Sabres won
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

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on May 16, 1999?

Bruins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 3, Bruins 5.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · May 14
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
Next game · May 18
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 14
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
Next game · May 18
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on May 16, 1999
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
0–3 final
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