🐻 Away Bruins 12-7-0
4–3
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 12-8-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐻 BOS 02114
⚔️ BUF 21003

Bruins at Sabres

Bruins beat Sabres 4–3 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on November 23, 2011.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Tyler Seguin
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:20 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Patrice Bergeron
2 A
2 shots · 19:10 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Thomas
31 saves
0.912 SV% · 3 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Christian Ehrhoff PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:56
Assists: Drew Stafford, Marc-Andre Gragnani · beat Tim Thomas
0–1
⚔️ Thomas Vanek PP 1st · 15:22
Assists: Jason Pominville · beat Tim Thomas
0–2
2nd period
🐻 Tyler Seguin PP 2nd · 03:37
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Rich Peverley · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–2
⚔️ TJ Brennan 2nd · 11:02
Assists: Derek Roy, Marc-Andre Gragnani · beat Tim Thomas
1–3
🐻 Brad Marchand 2nd · 16:00
Assists: Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin · beat Jhonas Enroth
2–3
3rd period
🐻 Zdeno Chara PP Tying 3rd · 03:35
Assists: Milan Lucic, David Krejci · beat Jhonas Enroth
3–3
Shootout
🐻 Benoit Pouliot Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Jhonas Enroth
4–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Krejci · Bergeron · Peverley 19:10
L2 Lucic · Kelly · Horton 17:05
L3 Marchand · Seguin · Campbell 16:05
L4 Pouliot · Thornton · Paille 7:44
D1 Chara · Seidenberg 26:00
D2 Boychuk · Corvo 20:42
D3 Ference · McQuaid 16:35
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Pominville · Stafford 21:49
L2 Roy · Hecht · Gerbe 18:15
L3 Leino · Gaustad · Tropp 14:31
L4 Ellis · Adam · Boyes 4:17
D1 Leopold · Ehrhoff 26:42
D2 Sekera · Regehr 22:22
D3 Gragnani · Brennan 15:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
39 Shots on goal 34
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
24 Hits 39
14 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 9
7 Giveaways 8
26 Penalty minutes 28
BOS shooting 10.3% (4/39) BUF shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 64:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Jhonas Enroth
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 7 goals located
Christian Ehrhoff · 1st 11:56 · 0–1 Thomas Vanek · 1st 15:22 · 0–2 Tyler Seguin · 2nd 03:37 · 1–2 TJ Brennan · 2nd 11:02 · 1–3 Brad Marchand · 2nd 16:00 · 2–3 Zdeno Chara · 3rd 03:35 · 3–3
BOS BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Bruins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 122011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–6 Mar 102011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3 OT Jan 202011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–2 Jan 12011 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 6–7 SO Dec 152010 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–3
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❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on November 23, 2011?

Bruins won 4–3 in a shootout. The final score was Bruins 4, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin, Zdeno Chara.

Who scored for Sabres?

Christian Ehrhoff, TJ Brennan, Thomas Vanek.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 36 saves on 39 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 21 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–0 AfterNov 25 🐙DET @ 🐻BOS 3–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 19 🌵PHX @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterNov 25 ⚔️BUF @ 🧥CBJ 1–5
Also on November 23
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