Some were saying that Wednesday night's game against the Buffalo Sabres could be a scary one as the Sabres have been playing awful this season, going 1-8-1 and winless at home, and the Bruins were playing their backup goalie Chad Johnson in his first game this season. Well it wasn't a scary game for the Bruins in regards to any of the above as they dominated most of the game but Sabres goalie Ryan Miller kept his team in the game for as long as he could. The scary part for the Bruins came almost six minutes into the third period when giant enforcer John Scott put a late cheap headshot on Bruins Loui Eriksson. Eriksson went down to his knees and hands, luckily he did not get knocked out and he did not hit his head on the ice, but he needed help to get off the ice. Eriksson would not return to the game while Scott got a 5-minute major and game misconduct. Scott will most likely have a hearing with NHL's Brendan Shanahan. Eriksson is staying over night in a Buffalo hospital. Watch the NBCSN footage of the hit below.
After the game, NBCSN's Mike Milbury goes on a rant about John Scott, Sabres coach Ron Rolston and the Buffalo Sabres organization.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 4th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins.
In the second period, 40 seconds into the period, Milan Lucic scored his 5th goal of the season, making it 2-0 Bruins. Later, Sabres Cody Hodgson scored a power-play goal, making it 2-1. Less than four minutes later, Bruins Dougie Hamilton scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 3-1 Bruins. Later, Sabres rookie Nikita Zadorov scored his 1st NHL goal, making it 3-2. This was a bad goal given up by goalie Chad Johnson.
In the third period, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 4-2 Bruins. Less than two minutes later, the John Scott cheapshot happened and Adam McQuaid went after him, getting in a few quick punches before he fell to the ice. Later, Torey Krug scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 5-2 Bruins.
Game notes
Chad Johnson played in net for the Bruins and made 14 saves on 16 shots. Johnson is now 1-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .875 save percentage this season. Johnson looked a little shaky at times in net and making saves, hopefully it's just first game jitters or whatever.
The Bruins led the game in shots 34-16 and faceoff wins 27-26. The Sabres led the game in hits 23-5 and blocked shots 18-10. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Sabres went 1-for-3.
Player notes
Jordan Caron and Matt Bartkowski were scratched from the game.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-2-0 with 12 points. The next game for the Bruins is later today, Thursday, at 7pm ET when the Bruins host the hot 8-0-1 San Jose Sharks.
John Scott cheapshots Loui Eriksson
After the game, NBCSN's Mike Milbury goes on a rant about John Scott, Sabres coach Ron Rolston and the Buffalo Sabres organization.
Mike Milbury's epic rant on John Scott, Ron Rolston and the Sabres
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 4th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins.
In the second period, 40 seconds into the period, Milan Lucic scored his 5th goal of the season, making it 2-0 Bruins. Later, Sabres Cody Hodgson scored a power-play goal, making it 2-1. Less than four minutes later, Bruins Dougie Hamilton scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 3-1 Bruins. Later, Sabres rookie Nikita Zadorov scored his 1st NHL goal, making it 3-2. This was a bad goal given up by goalie Chad Johnson.
In the third period, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 4-2 Bruins. Less than two minutes later, the John Scott cheapshot happened and Adam McQuaid went after him, getting in a few quick punches before he fell to the ice. Later, Torey Krug scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 5-2 Bruins.
Game notes
Chad Johnson played in net for the Bruins and made 14 saves on 16 shots. Johnson is now 1-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .875 save percentage this season. Johnson looked a little shaky at times in net and making saves, hopefully it's just first game jitters or whatever.
The Bruins led the game in shots 34-16 and faceoff wins 27-26. The Sabres led the game in hits 23-5 and blocked shots 18-10. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Sabres went 1-for-3.
Player notes
Jordan Caron and Matt Bartkowski were scratched from the game.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 6-2-0 with 12 points. The next game for the Bruins is later today, Thursday, at 7pm ET when the Bruins host the hot 8-0-1 San Jose Sharks.
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