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2016-17 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 4–0

Bruins beat Sabres 3–1 at TD Garden on December 31, 2016.

BUF – BOS
27–28
Shots on goal
0/4–1/3
Power play
31–22
Hits
15–17
Blocked shots
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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
5 shots · 19:08 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Frank Vatrano
1 G
3 shots · 14:29 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tim Schaller
1 G
3 shots · 13:54 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Frank Vatrano Go-ahead 1st · 01:28
Assists: Zdeno Chara · beat Robin Lehner
0–1
2nd period
🐻 Patrice Bergeron PP 2nd · 07:04
Assists: Ryan Spooner, Brad Marchand · beat Robin Lehner
0–2
🐻 Tim Schaller 2nd · 09:29
Assists: Torey Krug, Austin Czarnik · beat Robin Lehner
0–3
⚔️ Kyle Okposo 2nd · 19:38
Assists: Jack Eichel, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Tuukka Rask
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Eichel · Reinhart · Okposo 21:02
L2 Kane · Foligno · Gionta 17:29
L3 Moulson · Girgensons · Bailey 12:56
L4 Deslauriers · Larsson · Grant 9:22
D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 27:12
D2 Bogosian · Franson 21:16
D3 Falk · Gorges 9:42
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Krejci 19:08
L2 Spooner · Pastrnak · Vatrano 15:12
L3 Schaller · Czarnik · Hayes 13:54
L4 Blidh · Moore · Nash 10:21
D1 Chara · Krug 22:23
D2 Carlo · McQuaid 18:58
D3 Miller · Miller 15:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
27 Shots on goal 28
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
31 Hits 22
15 Blocked shots 17
9 Takeaways 8
7 Giveaways 9
18 Penalty minutes 10
BUF shooting 3.7% (1/27) BOS shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:52 TOI
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:43 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Frank Vatrano · 1st 01:28 · 0–1 Patrice Bergeron · 2nd 07:04 · 0–2 Tim Schaller · 2nd 09:29 · 0–3 Kyle Okposo · 2nd 19:38 · 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 — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-7-2 (25% win rate, 12 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-2-1 (67% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–3
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 4–0
Dec 292016 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Dec 32016 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Nov 72016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 0–4 Feb 62016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–2 OT Feb 42016 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 SO
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on December 31, 2016?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Kyle Okposo.

Who scored for Bruins?

Frank Vatrano, Patrice Bergeron, Tim Schaller.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 29 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterJan 3 ⚔️BUF @ 🗽NYR 4–1
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 29 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterJan 2 🐻BOS @ 😈NJD 0–3
Also on December 31
🦅WSH 6–2 😈NJD 🧥CBJ 4–2 🌲MIN 🌪️CAR 1–3 ⚡TBL 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 🐧PIT 🏝️NYI 6–2 ✈️WPG 🐆FLA 3–1 ⭐DAL 🗽NYR 6–2 🏔️COL 🌵ARI 2–4 🔥CGY
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