Reilly Smith scores twice as Bruins beat Sabres 4-1

Bruins Patrice Bergeron vs Sabres Tyler Myers on December 21, 2013.

The Bruins played the Sabres tonight in the second game of a home-and-home series and the Bruins managed to pull out a 4-1 win. Tuukka Rask played well and Reilly Smith scored twice who has been played well lately. The refs didn't go a good job as they make some questionable calls and missed others.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Reilly Smith scored his 10th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 1-0 Bruins. Later, Sabres Zemgus Girgensons scored, tying the game 1-1.

In the second period, Bruins David Krejci scored his 7th goal of the season, making it 2-1 Bruins. Also in the period, after both guys were whacking and hacking each other, Bruins Patrice Bergeron challenged Sabres Tyler Myers who is 6'8" tall. Both guys threw punches but none seemed to land near the head as Myers was missing completely and some of Bergeron's punches hit Myers's chest area.

In the third period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 12th goal of the season, making it 3-1 Bruins. Late in the period, Bruins Reilly Smith scored his 11th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, making it 4-1 Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 34 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 18-8-2 with a 1.87 GAA and a .936 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 39-35 and faceoff wins 43-27. The Sabres led the game in hits 21-19 and blocked shots 13-11. The Bruins went 1-for-3 on the power-play while the Sabres went 0-for-6.

Jarome Iginla led the Bruins with 6 shots. Milan Lucic and Johnny Boychuk led the Bruins with 4 hits. Jarome Iginla and Matt Fraser led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 24-10-2 with 50 points and are 1st place in the Atlantic Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Monday at the Nashville Predators at 8pm ET.