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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Bruins beat Sabres 3–1 at TD Garden on November 8, 2008.

BUF – BOS
33–40
Shots on goal
20–26
Hits
11–7
Blocked shots
1–3
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Chuck Kobasew
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 11:27 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Dennis Wideman
1 G
6 shots · 26:43 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Manny Fernandez
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 1st · 10:16
Assists: Jason Pominville, Craig Rivet · beat Manny Fernandez
1–0
🐻 Dennis Wideman Tying 1st · 17:36
Assists: Stephane Yelle, Chuck Kobasew · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
2nd period
🐻 Chuck Kobasew Go-ahead 2nd · 02:47
Assists: Shawn Thornton · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
🐻 Marc Savard 2nd · 07:59
Assists: Phil Kessel · beat Ryan Miller
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Connolly · Hecht · Roy 18:12
L2 Vanek · Pominville · Kotalik 16:38
L3 MacArthur · Mair · Afinogenov 15:00
L4 Gaustad · Stafford · Kaleta 9:52
D1 Spacek · Numminen 21:18
D2 Sekera · Lydman 20:06
D3 Rivet · Tallinder 17:38
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Krejci · Bergeron 17:26
L2 Sturm · Savard · Ryder 15:44
L3 Lucic · Yelle · Wheeler 14:41
L4 Thornton · Kessel · Kobasew 11:29
D1 Wideman · Chara 25:31
D2 Ference · Ward 21:33
D3 Hunwick · Stuart 12:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
33 Shots on goal 40
20 Hits 26
11 Blocked shots 7
1 Takeaways 3
5 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 3.0% (1/33) BOS shooting 7.5% (3/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
37/40
.925 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Oct 212008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO 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
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BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on November 8, 2008?

Bruins won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tim Connolly.

Who scored for Bruins?

Chuck Kobasew, Dennis Wideman, Marc Savard.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 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 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 7 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 AfterNov 12 🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
🐻 Bruins
BeforeNov 6 🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS 2–5 AfterNov 12 🐻BOS @ 🪶CHI 2–1
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