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2017-18 regular season

Sabres at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Bruins 5–4 in overtime at TD Garden on October 21, 2017.

BUF – BOS
42–31
Shots on goal
0/2–1/3
Power play
31–34
Hits
15–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

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1st star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan O'Reilly
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 18:52 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:26 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jake McCabe
2 A
2 shots · 23:43 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 David Pastrnak Go-ahead 1st · 13:16
Assists: Tim Schaller, Charlie McAvoy · beat Robin Lehner
0–1
🐻 Brad Marchand PP 1st · 15:05
Unassisted · beat Robin Lehner
0–2
2nd period
🐻 Brad Marchand 2nd · 00:37
Assists: Anders Bjork, Charlie McAvoy · beat Robin Lehner
0–3
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 08:01
Assists: Ryan O'Reilly · beat Anton Khudobin
1–3
🐻 David Pastrnak 2nd · 11:22
Assists: Riley Nash, Torey Krug · beat Robin Lehner
1–4
⚔️ Jack Eichel 2nd · 16:07
Assists: Marco Scandella, Justin Bailey · beat Anton Khudobin
2–4
3rd period
⚔️ Benoit Pouliot 3rd · 06:55
Assists: Sam Reinhart, Jake McCabe · beat Anton Khudobin
3–4
⚔️ Evander Kane Tying 3rd · 17:52
Assists: Jake McCabe, Jason Pominville · beat Anton Khudobin
4–4
Overtime
⚔️ Ryan O'Reilly Go-ahead OT · 02:59
Unassisted · beat Anton Khudobin
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · Eichel · O'Reilly 21:26
L2 Pouliot · Okposo · Bailey 15:51
L3 Moulson · Reinhart · Pominville 14:16
L4 Larsson · Griffith · Nolan 9:28
D1 Ristolainen · Scandella 28:32
D2 McCabe · Tennyson 19:56
D3 Antipin · Fedun 12:36
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bjork · Bergeron 19:58
L2 Nash · Pastrnak · Backes 16:31
L3 Agostino · Schaller · DeBrusk 15:22
L4 Beleskey · Kuraly · Vatrano 10:13
D1 Chara · McAvoy 25:52
D2 Krug · Carlo 21:37
D3 O'Gara · Postma 12:58

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF BOS🐻
42 Shots on goal 31
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
31 Hits 34
15 Blocked shots 18
14 Takeaways 7
14 Giveaways 5
6 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 11.9% (5/42) BOS shooting 12.9% (4/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 62:59 TOI
🐻Bruins
Anton Khudobin
37/42
.881 SV% · 5 GA · 62:44 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
David Pastrnak · 1st 13:16 · 0–1 Brad Marchand · 1st 15:05 · 0–2 Brad Marchand · 2nd 00:37 · 0–3 Jason Pominville · 2nd 08:01 · 1–3 David Pastrnak · 2nd 11:22 · 1–4 Jack Eichel · 2nd 16:07 · 2–4 Benoit Pouliot · 3rd 06:55 · 3–4 Evander Kane · 3rd 17:52 · 4–4 Ryan O'Reilly · OT 02:59 · 5–4
BUF BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Dec 312016 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 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
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Who won Sabres vs Bruins on October 21, 2017?

Sabres won 5–4 in overtime. The final score was Sabres 5, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Sabres?

Benoit Pouliot, Evander Kane, Jack Eichel, Jason Pominville, Ryan O'Reilly.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand (2), David Pastrnak (2).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Anton Khudobin made 37 saves on 42 shots (.881 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?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 20 🐋VAN @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterOct 24 🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF 0–1
🐻 Bruins
BeforeOct 19 🐋VAN @ 🐻BOS 3–6 AfterOct 26 🦈SJS @ 🐻BOS 1–2
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