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2008-09 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2

Sabres beat Bruins 4–2 at TD Garden on January 3, 2009.

BUF – BOS
25–31
Shots on goal
1/3–1/5
Power play
24–27
Hits
11–3
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Matt Ellis
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 09:51 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
2 A
4 shots · 20:06 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Paul Gaustad
1 G
4 shots · 20:30 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Matt Ellis Go-ahead 1st · 03:20
Assists: Henrik Tallinder, Jason Pominville · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 1st · 05:08
Assists: Derek Roy, Jason Pominville · beat Tim Thomas
2–0
🐻 Phil Kessel PP 1st · 10:46
Assists: Marc Savard, Milan Lucic · beat Ryan Miller
2–1
2nd period
⚔️ Matt Ellis 2nd · 03:04
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Daniel Paille · beat Tim Thomas
3–1
🐻 Shawn Thornton 2nd · 09:51
Assists: Martin St. Pierre, Shane Hnidy · beat Ryan Miller
3–2
⚔️ Paul Gaustad 2nd · 13:06
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Matt Ellis · beat Tim Thomas
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Gaustad 21:29
L2 Mair · Pominville · Stafford 16:39
L3 Vanek · Ellis · Kotalik 16:06
L4 MacArthur · Paille · Afinogenov 3:36
D1 Sekera · Spacek 22:18
D2 Tallinder · Lydman 20:54
D3 Numminen · Butler 15:54
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Savard · Kessel 17:43
L2 Lucic · Krejci · Wheeler 16:07
L3 Yelle · Ryder · Kobasew 13:00
L4 Thornton · St. Pierre · Sobotka 11:18
D1 Wideman · Chara 30:43
D2 Hnidy · Stuart 18:29
D3 Hunwick · Ward 10:48

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
25 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
24 Hits 27
11 Blocked shots 3
6 Takeaways 4
2 Giveaways 6
12 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 16.0% (4/25) BOS shooting 6.5% (2/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 58:41 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-4-3 (46% win rate, 13 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-1 (78% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–2
Nov 262008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 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
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on January 3, 2009?

Sabres won 4–2. The final score was Sabres 4, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Matt Ellis (2), Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Bruins?

Phil Kessel, Shawn Thornton.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 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?

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeJan 1 ⚔️BUF @ 🍁TOR 4–1 AfterJan 6 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4
🐻 Bruins
BeforeJan 1 🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS 2–4 AfterJan 6 🌲MIN @ 🐻BOS 1–0
Also on January 3
🐆FLA 6–1 🐧PIT 🔥CGY 3–2 🐯NSH 🏛️OTT 1–3 🍁TOR 🗽NYR 1–2 🦅WSH 🌪️CAR 3–2 ⚡TBL 🐙DET 3–2 🌲MIN 🧥CBJ 2–5 🎵STL ⭐DAL 1–4 🛢️EDM
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