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2011-12 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 3–2

Bruins beat Sabres 3–1 at TD Garden on March 8, 2012.

BUF – BOS
20–28
Shots on goal
23–30
Hits
21–11
Blocked shots
5–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Johnny Boychuk
1 G
4 shots · 21:53 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Krejci
1 G
1 shots · 16:38 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Gregory Campbell
1 G
1 shots · 15:14 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead 1st · 16:39
Assists: Thomas Vanek · beat Tim Thomas
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Gregory Campbell Tying 2nd · 18:09
Assists: Shawn Thornton · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–1
3rd period
🐻 Johnny Boychuk Go-ahead 3rd · 12:56
Assists: Jordan Caron · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–2
🐻 David Krejci 3rd · 15:54
Assists: Milan Lucic, Tyler Seguin · beat Jhonas Enroth
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Pominville · Boyes 17:26
L2 Gerbe · Ennis · Stafford 15:43
L3 Leino · Hodgson · Kaleta 14:38
L4 Vanek · Ellis · Tropp 12:43
D1 Ehrhoff · Sulzer 22:41
D2 Weber · Leopold 19:40
D3 Myers · Regehr 17:06
🐻Bruins
L1 Lucic · Bergeron · Seguin 16:56
L2 Krejci · Campbell · Rolston 15:58
L3 Marchand · Kelly · Caron 14:12
L4 MacDermid · Pouliot · Thornton 12:31
D1 Seidenberg · Chara 23:26
D2 Boychuk · Corvo 20:25
D3 McQuaid · Mottau 15:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
20 Shots on goal 28
23 Hits 30
21 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 9
6 Giveaways 9
2 Penalty minutes 2
BUF shooting 5.0% (1/20) BOS shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Jhonas Enroth
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 56:47 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tim Thomas
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Jason Pominville · 1st 16:39 · 1–0 Gregory Campbell · 2nd 18:09 · 1–1 Johnny Boychuk · 3rd 12:56 · 1–2 David Krejci · 3rd 15:54 · 1–3
BUF BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-2-3 (62% win rate, 13 games)
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-9-1 (33% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 7-6-4 (41% win rate, 17 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 6-7-1 (43% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 3–2
Feb 242012 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 1–2 SO Feb 82012 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 0–6 Nov 232011 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO Nov 122011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–6 Mar 102011 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 4–3 OT
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BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on March 8, 2012?

Bruins won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Pominville.

Who scored for Bruins?

David Krejci, Gregory Campbell, Johnny Boychuk.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Jhonas Enroth made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tim Thomas made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 7 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterMar 10 ⚔️BUF @ 🏛️OTT 4–3
🐻 Bruins
BeforeMar 6 🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR 5–4 AfterMar 10 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–3
Also on March 8
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