🐻 Away Bruins 14-3-4
2–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 9-8-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐻 BOS 0112
⚔️ BUF 2103

Bruins at Sabres

Sabres beat Bruins 3–2 at KeyBank Center on November 26, 2008.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Season series tied 2–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 G
4 shots · 23:01 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jochen Hecht
1 G
2 shots · 18:23 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 A
4 shots · 19:03 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Derek Roy Go-ahead 1st · 09:18
Unassisted · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
⚔️ Derek Roy 1st · 18:37
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Tim Thomas
0–2
2nd period
🐻 Matt Hunwick 2nd · 04:31
Assists: Chuck Kobasew, David Krejci · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
⚔️ Jochen Hecht SH 2nd · 05:01
Unassisted · beat Tim Thomas
1–3
3rd period
🐻 Phil Kessel 3rd · 09:25
Assists: Milan Lucic, Marc Savard · beat Ryan Miller
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Savard · Krejci 19:29
L2 Kessel · Wheeler · Kobasew 15:13
L3 Axelsson · Bergeron · Ryder 13:31
L4 Thornton · Yelle · Nokelainen 9:27
D1 Wideman · Chara 23:03
D2 Hunwick · Ward 19:43
D3 Stuart · Hnidy 16:22
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Hecht · Pominville 19:03
L2 Vanek · Gaustad · Stafford 16:48
L3 MacArthur · Afinogenov · Mancari 14:34
L4 Peters · Mair · Kaleta 9:24
D1 Spacek · Rivet 22:30
D2 Lydman · Sekera 21:28
D3 Numminen · Tallinder 14:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 23
27 Hits 32
8 Blocked shots 13
6 Takeaways 5
10 Giveaways 14
9 Penalty minutes 9
BOS shooting 6.9% (2/29) BUF shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 58:55 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 1–3
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Nov 192008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–7 Nov 82008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Oct 212008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 SO Apr 52008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–0 Mar 302008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 OT
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❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on November 26, 2008?

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

Who scored for Bruins?

Matt Hunwick, Phil Kessel.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Roy (2), Jochen Hecht.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeNov 22 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 AfterNov 28 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 2–7
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 22 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterNov 28 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
Also on November 26
🌵PHX 3–2 🧥CBJ 🐧PIT 5–3 🏝️NYI 🐦ATL 3–5 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 3–1 🌪️CAR 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 🐙DET 🗽NYR 3–2 ⚡TBL 😈NJD 3–2 🐆FLA ⭐DAL 4–3 🌲MIN
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