Bruins vs Sabres game 6 live update

Game 6 between the Bruins and Sabres is tonight at 7pm. Stay tuned to this post as I'll be updating it when the game starts and throughout the entire game. For the Bruins, Savard is not playing. Sabres' Thomas Vanek is playing and will skate on a line with Kennedy and Kaleta. Stafford is out. It will be Tuukka Rask vs Ryan Miller again of course.

1st Period
7:11 PM - The game has started.

7:14 PM - Begin in the box, power play for Sabres.

7:17 PM - Bruins kill the penalty.

7:33 PM - Montador in the box, Bruins to go on the power play.

7:35 PM - Bruins score on the power play. David Krejci with the deflection off a Mark Recchi pass. Bruins lead 1-0.

7:44 PM - Lucic with a bad turnover in the defensive zone gave the Sabres a good scoring chance but save Rask.

7:48 PM - Delay of game penalty by Tallinder. Power play for the Bruins. Only 5.6 seconds left in the first period.

7:50 PM - Chara gets a roughing penalty at the end of the first period to wipe out the power play. The Bruins lead in hits 20-9. The Sabres lead in shots 14-11. Both teams are tied with 12 faceoff wins.

2nd Period
8:07 PM - The second period has started. Connolly got a cross checking penalty and the Bruins go on the power play.

8:08 PM - Recchi scores on the 4 on 3 power play. Bruins lead 2-0.

8:14 PM - Scrum near the benches, not sure how Lucic got the only penalty with Mair shoving and punching Bruins from behind. Power play for the Sabres.

8:17 PM - Bruins kill the penalty.

8:18 PM - Kaleta scores and makes it 2-1 Sabres. Bad pass by Wideman and gave up the puck to Mair.

8:22 PM - The Sabres bringing it on now and Bruins survived out there with a tired line.

8:30 PM - Rask robbed Vanek on a semi-breakaway.

8:36 PM - Penalty on the Bruins, too many men on the ice. Sabres to go on the power play.

8:40 PM - The Bruins kill the penalty. The second period ends with a 2-1 Bruins lead. Both teams have 19 shots. Bruins lead in faceoff wins 21-16.

3rd Period
8:57 PM - The third period has started.

9:00 PM - Kaleta got hit into the boards by Begin and stayed down a few extra seconds to try and draw a penalty. Fail, the refs didn't fall for it.

9:02 PM - Bruins to go on the power play. Mair high stick on Lucic. It's a four minute penalty.

9:07 PM - The Sabres kill the double-minor penalty.

9:10 PM - Score! Krejci scores from a sweet pass from Lucic from behind the net. Bruins lead 3-1.

9:11 PM - Gerbe scores to make it a 3-2 Bruins lead. Ryder with a really bad turnover in the defensive zone.

9:16 PM - Wheeler somehow missed an open net with Miller out of the net.

9:21 PM - 6:52 minutes left in the third period.

9:24 PM - Satan scores to make it 4-2, 5:11 left in the period. Satan was robbed by Miller just before and then redirected a shot into the net.

9:26 PM - 4:11 left in the period.

9:31 PM - 2:41 left in the period.

9:32 PM - Miller pulled.

9:33 PM - Timeout Buffalo. 1:46 left in the period.

9:35 PM - Vanek scores to make it a 4-3 Bruins lead.

9:39 PM - The game ends 4-3, the Bruins win to move on in the playoffs. The hand shake ritual takes place between both teams. The Bruins led in shots 32-30. The Bruins led in faceoff wins 40-25.

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