⚔️ Away Sabres 13-14-3 before this game
2–4
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 17-8-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BUF 0022
BOS 1214

Sabres at Bruins

Bruins beat Sabres 4–2 at TD Garden on December 8, 2001.

🗓 Sat, Dec 8, 2001 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Brian Rolston
2 G
4 shots · 20:59 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Joe Thornton
2 G
4 shots · 17:52 TOI · +2
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 21:55 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Brian Rolston SH Go-ahead 1st · 05:10
Assists: P.J. Axelsson · beat Martin Biron
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 01:12
Assists: Nick Boynton, Jarno Kultanen · beat Martin Biron
0–2
🐻 Brian Rolston SH 2nd · 19:56
Unassisted · beat Martin Biron
0–3
3rd period
⚔️ Miroslav Satan 3rd · 01:40
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Tim Connolly · beat Byron Dafoe
1–3
🐻 Joe Thornton 3rd · 05:07
Assists: Glen Murray, Byron Dafoe · beat Bob Essensa
1–4
⚔️ Vaclav Varada 3rd · 12:36
Assists: Stu Barnes, Miroslav Satan · beat Byron Dafoe
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
29 Shots on goal 27
23 Hits 23
9 Blocked shots 8
2 Takeaways 9
3 Giveaways 7
9 Penalty minutes 15
BUF shooting 6.9% (2/29) BOS shooting 14.8% (4/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI
Bob Essensa
5/6
.833 SV% · 1 GA · 18:45 TOI
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–3
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kozlov · Barnes · Satan 20:00
L2 Connolly · Dumont · Varada 16:44
L3 Gratton · Rasmussen · Brown 14:03
L4 Hamel · Boulton · Afinogenov 12:01
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 21:45
D2 Warrener · McKee 18:15
D3 Kalinin · Patrick 16:44
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Rolston · Guerin 19:24
L2 Pellerin · Thornton · Murray 16:42
L3 Stumpel · Zamuner · Lapointe 15:28
L4 Emmons · Stock 5:47
D1 O'Donnell · McLaren 25:14
D2 Sweeney · Girard 18:24
D3 Boynton · Kultanen 14:38
D4 Rivers 4:53

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 17, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 4, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 · Bruins won
Mar 6, 2001
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Sabres won
Jan 26, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–1 · Bruins won
Jan 1, 2001
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
4–3 · Bruins won

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on December 8, 2001?

Bruins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 2, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Miroslav Satan, Vaclav Varada.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brian Rolston (2), Joe Thornton (2).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Dec 7
🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF
4–1 · COL won
Next game · Dec 12
⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL
3–4 · DAL won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 6
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
4–1 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 12
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
4–2 · BOS won
Also on December 8, 2001
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
1–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🔔PHI
1–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
3–4 final
🌵PHX @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 final
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 final
🏔️COL @ 🧥CBJ
2–0 final
🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT
3–6 final
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
3–2 final
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