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2020-21 regular season

Bruins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 4–0

Bruins beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on April 20, 2021.

BOS – BUF
41–32
Shots on goal
15–9
Hits
11–15
Blocked shots
4–8
Takeaways
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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
Brad Marchand
1 G
4 shots · 16:48 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Connor Clifton
1 G
2 shots · 21:09 TOI
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Tuukka Rask
32 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Brad Marchand Go-ahead 1st · 08:06
Assists: David Pastrnak, Mike Reilly · beat Dustin Tokarski
1–0
2nd period
🐻 Connor Clifton 2nd · 03:03
Assists: Sean Kuraly, Curtis Lazar · beat Dustin Tokarski
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Marchand · Bergeron · Krejci 16:37
L2 Hall · Smith · Pastrnak 14:29
L3 Coyle · Lazar · Kuraly 13:52
L4 DeBrusk · Ritchie · Wagner 11:56
D1 McAvoy · Clifton 23:05
D2 Reilly · Grzelcyk 21:06
D3 Lauzon · Zboril 14:29
⚔️Sabres
L1 Olofsson · Mittelstadt · Reinhart 18:14
L2 Cozens · Thompson · Skinner 14:35
L3 Bjork · Asplund · Sheahan 13:37
L4 Caggiula · Rieder · Ruotsalainen 10:42
D1 Dahlin · Ristolainen 23:17
D2 Miller · Jokiharju 20:43
D3 Bryson · Samuelsson 15:35

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
41 Shots on goal 32
15 Hits 9
11 Blocked shots 15
4 Takeaways 8
7 Giveaways 7
12 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 4.9% (2/41) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Tuukka Rask Shutout
32/32
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dustin Tokarski
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 57:40 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Brad Marchand · 1st 08:06 · 1–0 Connor Clifton · 2nd 03:03 · 2–0
BOS BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-0-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-11 (15% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-9 (0% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Bruins lead the season series 4–0
Apr 132021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–3 SO Mar 272021 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–3 Mar 182021 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Dec 292019 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 2–3 Dec 272019 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 3–0
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Who won Bruins vs Sabres on April 20, 2021?

Bruins won 2–0. The final score was Bruins 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Bruins?

Brad Marchand, Connor Clifton.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Tuukka Rask made 32 saves on 32 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 18 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–6 AfterApr 22 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 5–1
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 18 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 AfterApr 22 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 5–1
Also on April 20
😈NJD 6–7 🐧PIT 🗽NYR 1–6 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 4–1 ⚡TBL 🧥CBJ 1–5 🐆FLA 🐙DET 2–5 ⭐DAL 🍁TOR 3–6 🐋VAN 🦆ANA 1–4 👑LAK
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