Bruins 2–1 Sabres — Final Score & Stats (Nov 20, 2009)

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 🐻 BOS

Patrice Bergeron

1 G

2 shots · 18:20 TOI

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Milan Lucic

1 G

1 shots · 13:40 TOI

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Marco Sturm

1 A

2 shots · 16:12 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Paul Gaustad PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:20

Assists: Jason Pominville, Chris Butler · beat Tuukka Rask

0–1

2nd period

🐻 Milan Lucic Tying 2nd · 10:54

Assists: Byron Bitz, Tuukka Rask · beat Ryan Miller

1–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Krejci · Bergeron · Wheeler 18:42

L2 Sturm · Ryder · Recchi 16:34

L3 Begin · Lucic · Bitz 13:47

L4 Paille · Thornton · Sobotka 10:35

D1 Wideman · Ference 24:33

D2 Chara · Morris 22:14

D3 Hunwick · Stuart 14:00

⚔️Sabres

L1 Roy · Hecht · Pominville 21:42

L2 Vanek · Connolly · Gaustad 17:30

L3 MacArthur · Kennedy · Kaleta 13:23

L4 Ellis · Mair · Stafford 6:03

D1 Myers · Tallinder 23:40

D2 Rivet · Lydman 18:32

D3 Butler · Montador 18:00

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 26

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

22 Hits 29

10 Blocked shots 13

4 Takeaways 8

14 Giveaways 18

4 Penalty minutes 8

BOS shooting 7.7% (2/26) BUF shooting 3.8% (1/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Tuukka Rask

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 60:15 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

24/26

.923 SV% · 2 GA · 60:47 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located

BOS BUF

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Bruins

Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-2 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Sabres

Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 3-1-3 (43% win rate, 7 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 2–0

Nov 72009 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–4 Apr 112009 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–6 Jan 32009 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Nov 262008 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 Nov 192008 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–7

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Who won Bruins vs Sabres on November 20, 2009?

Bruins won 2–1 in overtime. The final score was Bruins 2, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Milan Lucic.

Who scored for Sabres?

Paul Gaustad.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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?

Bruins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐻 Bruins

BeforeNov 19 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 4–3 AfterNov 23 🐻BOS @ 🎵STL 4–2

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeNov 18 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 6–2 AfterNov 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 3–5

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