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2007-08 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Season series tied 4–4

Sabres beat Bruins 3–0 at TD Garden on April 5, 2008.

BUF – BOS
28–17
Shots on goal
2/3–0/2
Power play
18–16
Hits
14–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
3 G
5 shots · 16:50 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 A
18:06 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jochen Hecht
1 A
6 shots · 16:18 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:01
Assists: Jochen Hecht, Derek Roy · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 2nd · 11:38
Assists: Jason Pominville, Andrej Sekera · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
3rd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Empty net 3rd · 19:17
Assists: Derek Roy
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Roy · Pominville 17:23
L2 Paille · Gaustad · Hecht 16:18
L3 Bernier · Kotalik · Afinogenov 14:39
L4 Peters · Ryan · Mair 10:59
D1 Lydman · Sekera 21:17
D2 Spacek · Weber 19:50
D3 Tallinder · Numminen 16:49
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Murray · Kessel 15:17
L2 Lucic · Sobotka · Krejci 14:54
L3 Schaefer · Nokelainen · Metropolit 14:29
L4 Sturm · Thornton · Reich 13:09
D1 Chara · Wideman 22:37
D2 Ward · Alberts 20:23
D3 Stuart · Hnidy 17:00

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
28 Shots on goal 17
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
18 Hits 16
14 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 5
3 Giveaways 3
4 Penalty minutes 6
BUF shooting 10.7% (3/28) BOS shooting 0.0% (0/17)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Jocelyn Thibault Shutout
17/17
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:43 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 9-13-5 (33% win rate, 27 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 13-10-3 (50% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-8-1 (18% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 4–4
Mar 302008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 OT Feb 82008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO Feb 52008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Dec 102007 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Nov 102007 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–2
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on April 5, 2008?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Sabres 3, Bruins 0.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (3).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 17 saves on 17 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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?

Season series tied 4–4 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–3 AfterOct 10 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 1–2
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 4 🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT 2–1 AfterApr 10 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
Also on April 5
🦆ANA 4–3 👑LAK 🧥CBJ 0–3 🎵STL 🍁TOR 1–3 🇨🇦MTL 🐆FLA 1–3 🦅WSH ⚡TBL 1–4 🐦ATL 🔥CGY 7–1 🐋VAN
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