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

Sabres, First Round Game 5, beat Bruins 4–1 at KeyBank Center on April 23, 2010.

🗓 Fri, Apr 23, 2010 · 18:00 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 ⚔️ BUF
Tyler Ennis
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 16:56 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:59 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Mike Grier
1 G
3 shots · 17:15 TOI
4rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 33
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
25 Hits 35
9 Blocked shots 26
2 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 16
35 Penalty minutes 38
BOS shooting 2.9% (1/35) BUF shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 58:05 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 42-31-13 (49% win rate, 86 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 46-29-11 (53% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 42-31-13 (49% win rate, 86 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 46-29-11 (53% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Krejci · Bergeron · Recchi 18:16
L2 Paille · Sturm · Satan 16:43
L3 Sobotka · Ryder · Wheeler 12:57
L4 Lucic · Begin · Thornton 10:42
D1 Chara · Hunwick 24:22
D2 Wideman · Boychuk 21:54
D3 Ference · McQuaid 13:46
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Gaustad · Pominville 19:59
L2 Connolly · Grier · Ennis 16:56
L3 Gerbe · Mair · McCormick 11:48
L4 Kennedy · Stafford · Kaleta 7:40
D1 Myers · Tallinder 22:49
D2 Lydman · Montador 21:54
D3 Rivet · Sekera 14:44

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–3 (OT) · Bruins won
Apr 19, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–2 · Bruins won
Apr 17, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 · Bruins won
Apr 15, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Apr 8, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on April 23, 2010?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 1, Sabres 4.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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 21
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 26
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 21
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 26
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Also on April 23, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–7 final
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
4–1 final
Bruins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule