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2008-09 regular season

Bruins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 4–2

Sabres beat Bruins 6–1 at KeyBank Center on April 11, 2009.

BOS – BUF
35–34
Shots on goal
1/4–1/3
Power play
14–6
Hits
9–10
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 12:27 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Matt Ellis
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 12:06 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Mikael Tellqvist
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Tim Connolly Go-ahead 1st · 03:34
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Andrej Sekera · beat Manny Fernandez
0–1
⚔️ Chris Butler 1st · 11:29
Assists: Craig Rivet, Adam Mair · beat Manny Fernandez
0–2
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 1st · 15:43
Assists: Jason Pominville · beat Manny Fernandez
0–3
⚔️ Daniel Paille 1st · 17:08
Assists: Matt Ellis, Teppo Numminen · beat Manny Fernandez
0–4
2nd period
⚔️ Matt Ellis 2nd · 01:36
Assists: Andrej Sekera · beat Manny Fernandez
0–5
3rd period
🐻 Mark Recchi PP 3rd · 13:55
Assists: Matt Hunwick, Michael Ryder · beat Mikael Tellqvist
1–5
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 3rd · 19:44
Assists: Tim Connolly, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Manny Fernandez
1–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Krejci · Savard 17:34
L2 Lehtonen · Recchi · Ryder 14:22
L3 Yelle · Kobasew · Bitz 12:37
L4 Thornton · Sobotka · Wheeler 11:44
D1 Montador · Stuart 22:09
D2 Ward · Hnidy 20:36
D3 Hunwick · Wideman 17:23
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Hecht · Moore 17:54
L2 Connolly · Gaustad · Stafford 14:42
L3 Vanek · Paille · Pominville 12:27
L4 Ellis · Mair 12:02
D1 Numminen · Tallinder 22:12
D2 Rivet · Spacek 19:37
D3 Sekera · Butler 17:52
D4 Paetsch 11:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 34
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
14 Hits 6
9 Blocked shots 10
2 Takeaways 9
5 Giveaways 21
8 Penalty minutes 10
BOS shooting 2.9% (1/35) BUF shooting 17.6% (6/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Manny Fernandez
28/34
.824 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Mikael Tellqvist
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 0–5
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 5 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 4–2
Jan 32009 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2 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
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Who won Bruins vs Sabres on April 11, 2009?

Sabres won 6–1. The final score was Bruins 1, Sabres 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Mark Recchi.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Chris Butler, Daniel Paille, Matt Ellis, Tim Connolly.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 28 saves on 34 shots (.824 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Mikael Tellqvist made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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 4–2 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 9 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 4–5 AfterApr 12 🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI 6–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 9 ⚔️BUF @ 🌪️CAR 5–1 AfterOct 3 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF 2–1
Also on April 11
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