Sabres dominate Bruins 6-0

BUFFALO, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Patrick Kaleta #36 of the Buffalo Sabres hits the ice after being checked by Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins at First Niagara Center on February 8, 2012 in Buffalo, New York. Chara was called for interference on the play. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

The Bruins started Wednesday night's game at Buffalo playing well against the Sabres but after a good Milan Lucic goal was called no goal because ref Rob Martell thought he saw goalie interference he waived it off. After that disallowed goal the game went downhill for the Bruins and the Sabres went on to beat the Bruins 6-0 in their worst loss of the season. I'm not even going to bother going through who scored for the Sabres. It was just another bad loss for the Bruins against a bad team.

Tuukka Rask started the game in net but was taken out in the second period after he allowed the third goal of the game, 1:52 into the period. Tim Thomas came in and played the rest of the game. Rask made 7 saves on 10 shots. Rask is now 11-7-2 with a 2.01 GAA and a .932 save percentage. Thomas made 16 saves on 19 shots. Thomas is still 22-10 and now with a 2.16 GAA and a .932 save percentage.

The Bruins led the game in shots 36-29, faceoff wins 45-21 and hits 20-18. The Sabres led the game in blocked shots 14-11. The Sabres went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Bruins had no power-plays.

Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk and Dennis Seidenberg were all -3. Patrice Bergeron went 18-4 in the faceoff circle. Chris Kelly went 10-0 in the faceoff circle. Tyler Seguin led the Bruins with 5 shots. Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots. Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 3 hits.

Bruins goal gets disallowed, and we all know why

Wednesday night is ok for fighting too
The game had three fights and some rough stuff throughout the game. In the first period, Shawn Thornton took on Cody McCormick in a quick bout which you could probably say was a draw. Then later off a faceoff, when the NBC telecast had Pierre talking to Sabres assistant coach James Patrick, Milan Lucic dropped the gloves with Patrick Kaleta. Yes you didn't read that wrong, Kaleta actually dropped the gloves while wearing his huge visor, and Lucic did to him what others always dreamed of, speedbagged his face with rights. Kaleta waved to the crowd trying to get them going, telling them "hey I got pounded cheer for me."

Milan Lucic vs Patrick Kaleta, February 8, 2012

In the second period, Kaleta hits Chara with a late hit, and Chara comes back with a big hit on Kaleta.

Also in the second period, Shawn Thornton got into his second fight of the game, knocking down Mike Weber with a big left hand.

Bruins-Sabres scrum with Kaleta holding on for dear life and then talks trash after the refs break everyone apart. Yup Kaleta is the toughest guy and talks the most when there's a ref between him and whoever he is talking to.

Onto the next one
The Bruins play the Sabres again later this month, on February 24th in Buffalo again.

The Bruins are now 33-17-2 with 68 points. The Bruins next game is on Saturday hosting the Nashville Predators in Boston at 1pm ET. We may see ex-Bruin Brian McGrattan in the lineup for that game. McGrattan has been pounding all of his opponents just about this season.