Boston Bruins Game 32: Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres game recap video, on December 19, 2017.
Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened. At 4:48, Bruins Kevan Miller dropped the gloves with Sabres Zach Bogosian, after Miller laid out another Sabres player with a big hit. Miller gets the decision in this one.
In the second period, at 10:14, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 8th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.
In the third period, at 18:09, Bruins Tim Schaller scored his 4th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 18:29, Bruins David Backes scored his 4th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and stopped all 36 shots he faced to earn his 1st shutout of the season. Khudobin is now 8-2-2 with a 2.45 GAA and a .923 save percentage this season.
The Sabres led the game with a 62% faceoff percentage, in shots 36-33, hits 25-13 and blocked shots 17-14. The Bruins went 0-for-2 on the power-play while the Sabres went 0-for-1.
Ryan Spooner led the Bruins with 5 shots. Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari, Brandon Carlo and Kevan Miller all led the Bruins with 2 hits each. Torey Krug led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
David Krejci, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Anton Khudobin
2) Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk
3) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 17-10-5 with 39 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-2-1 in their last ten games and their road record is now 7-5-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Winnipeg Jets, at 7pm ET.
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