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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Bruins 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on October 21, 2008.

BOS – BUF
32–30
Shots on goal
1/6–1/4
Power play
17–20
Hits
14–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Drew Stafford
1 G
5 shots · 17:36 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Clarke MacArthur
1 G
1 shots · 17:52 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Dennis Wideman Go-ahead 1st · 10:57
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Phil Kessel PP 2nd · 11:48
Assists: Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron · beat Ryan Miller
2–0
⚔️ Clarke MacArthur PP 2nd · 13:33
Assists: Craig Rivet, Maxim Afinogenov · beat Manny Fernandez
2–1
3rd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford Tying 3rd · 05:48
Assists: Derek Roy, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Manny Fernandez
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Savard · Bergeron · Kessel 20:23
L2 Sturm · Lucic · Krejci 18:54
L3 Yelle · Ryder · Wheeler 16:01
L4 Thornton · Sobotka · Nokelainen 8:04
D1 Chara · Wideman 26:18
D2 Ference · Ward 22:52
D3 Hnidy · Stuart 13:04
⚔️Sabres
L1 Paille · Roy · Pominville 21:34
L2 Vanek · MacArthur · Stafford 17:52
L3 Mair · Kotalik · Afinogenov 15:01
L4 Ellis · Peters · Kaleta 5:06
D1 Sekera · Spacek 25:35
D2 Numminen · Rivet 20:43
D3 Lydman · Tallinder 18:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
32 Shots on goal 30
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
17 Hits 20
14 Blocked shots 12
2 Takeaways 3
15 Giveaways 13
8 Penalty minutes 12
BOS shooting 6.2% (2/32) BUF shooting 10.0% (3/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 64:44 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 64:44 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 2–1
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Apr 52008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–0 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
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Who won Bruins vs Sabres on October 21, 2008?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Dennis Wideman, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Sabres?

Clarke MacArthur, Drew Stafford.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 20 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–1 AfterOct 23 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 4–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🐦ATL 2–3 AfterOct 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🌲MIN 4–3
Also on October 21
🦆ANA 3–2 🍁TOR 🐋VAN 2–4 🧥CBJ 🐦ATL 2–3 ⚡TBL 🦅WSH 1–2 🔥CGY
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