🐻 Away Bruins 0-1 in series
5–3
Final
BOS leads 4–2
⚔️ Home Sabres 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Bruins at Sabres — First Round Game 2

Bruins, First Round Game 2, beat Sabres 5–3 at KeyBank Center on April 17, 2010.

🗓 Sat, Apr 17, 2010 · 12:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2009-10 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

BOS vs BUF · BOS leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
1–2
Final · BUF
Game 2
5–3
Final · BOS
Game 3
1–2
Final · BOS
Game 4
2–3
OT · BOS
Game 5
1–4
Final · BUF
Game 6
3–4
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Zdeno Chara
2 G
4 shots · 26:50 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Michael Ryder
2 G
3 shots · 11:48 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Blake Wheeler
2 A
2 shots · 11:38 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
31 Shots on goal 29
51 Hits 48
8 Blocked shots 20
6 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 26
8 Penalty minutes 4
BOS shooting 16.1% (5/31) BUF shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 58:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 39-31-13 (47% win rate, 83 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 46-27-10 (55% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 39-31-13 (47% win rate, 83 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 46-27-10 (55% win rate, 83 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Bergeron · Krejci · Recchi 17:30
L2 Sturm · Paille · Satan 16:08
L3 Lucic · Begin · Sobotka 13:04
L4 Thornton · Ryder · Wheeler 11:38
D1 Chara · Wideman 24:54
D2 Boychuk · Hunwick 21:12
D3 Ference · McQuaid 13:58
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Gaustad · Grier 18:56
L2 Connolly · Pominville · Ennis 17:06
L3 Torres · Kennedy · Ellis 14:27
L4 Vanek · Mair · Kaleta 10:48
D1 Myers · Lydman 25:08
D2 Tallinder · Montador 20:45
D3 Sekera · Rivet 13:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 15, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Apr 8, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Mar 29, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · Sabres won
Feb 9, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
3–2 (SO) · Bruins won
Jan 29, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on April 17, 2010?

Bruins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 5, Sabres 3.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 15
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 19
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 15
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · BUF won
Next game · Apr 19
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · BOS won
Also on April 17, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–6 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
3–2 final
Bruins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule