Bruins 2–3 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Mar 7, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Daniel Brière

2 A

5 shots · 16:06 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Jochen Hecht

1 G

5 shots · 16:13 TOI

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Pominville

1 G

3 shots · 12:03 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Patrice Bergeron Go-ahead 1st · 08:59

Assists: Brad Boyes, Brian Leetch · beat Ryan Miller

1–0

⚔️ Jason Pominville PP Tying 1st · 11:39

Assists: J-P Dumont, Daniel Brière · beat Tim Thomas

1–1

2nd period

🐻 Milan Jurcina PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:10

Assists: David Tanabe, Wayne Primeau · beat Ryan Miller

2–1

⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Tying 2nd · 11:37

Assists: Ales Kotalik, Chris Drury · beat Tim Thomas

2–2

⚔️ Jochen Hecht Go-ahead 2nd · 16:09

Assists: Daniel Brière, Brian Campbell · beat Tim Thomas

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Bergeron · Murray · Boyes 22:06

L2 Sturm · Samsonov · Primeau 19:15

L3 Lacouture · Green · Fitzgerald 11:50

L4 Leahy · Langfeld 4:06

D1 Stuart · Leetch 24:42

D2 Boynton · Gill 17:19

D3 Tanabe · Jurcina 16:23

D4 Alberts 3:41

⚔️Sabres

L1 Roy · Drury · Afinogenov 17:54

L2 Hecht · Brière · Dumont 16:06

L3 Vanek · Gaustad · Grier 13:32

L4 Pyatt · Kotalik · Pominville 12:03

D1 Lydman · Tallinder 22:29

D2 Fitzpatrick · Campbell 17:22

D3 McKee · Numminen 16:54

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS BUF⚔️

27 Shots on goal 35

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

10 Hits 16

13 Blocked shots 17

1 Takeaways 6

6 Giveaways 10

14 Penalty minutes 14

BOS shooting 7.4% (2/27) BUF shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Tim Thomas

32/35

.914 SV% · 3 GA · 58:55 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

25/27

.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 7-15-2 (29% win rate, 24 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 18-8-1 (67% win rate, 27 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 14-1-2 (82% win rate, 17 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 5–0

Mar 42006 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Nov 192005 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2 Oct 202005 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3 Oct 72005 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Mar 132004 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–3 OT

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Who won Bruins vs Sabres on March 7, 2006?

Sabres won 3–2. The final score was Bruins 2, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Milan Jurcina, Patrice Bergeron.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville, Jochen Hecht, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 5–0 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐻 Bruins

BeforeMar 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterMar 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 3–0

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeMar 4 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterMar 9 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–8

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