Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres game recap video, on December 29, 2016.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Sabres Marcus Foligno scored, giving the Sabres a 1-0 lead. Later, Sabres William Carrier gave Bruins David Backes an illegal check to the head which knocked Backes out of the game. Later, Bruins Adam McQuaid dropped the gloves with Sabres William Carrier, but the linesmen would screw it up as one held onto McQuaid as Carrier threw punches at him without letting McQuaid defend himself. Great job linesmen, great job. Later, Sabres Kyle Okposo scored a power-play goal, giving the Sabres a 2-0 lead.
In the second period, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 6th goal of the season, cutting the Sabres lead to 2-1. Later, Bruins David Krejci scored his 8th goal of the season, a power-play goal, tying the game 2-2.
In the third period, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 3-2 lead. Later, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 7th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 4-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 31 saves on 33 shots. Rask is now 18-7-0-3 with a 1.96 GAA and a .927 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage and shots 38-33. The Sabres led the game in hits 27-18 and blocked shots 18-12. The Bruins went 1-for-5 on the power-play while the Sabres went 1-for-6.
Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 6 shots. Frank Vatrano and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 hits each.
Noel Acciari, Jimmy Hayes and Joe Morrow were scratched for the Bruins.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 19-15-4 with 42 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are now 4-4-2 in their last 10 games and their road record is now 11-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they host the Buffalo Sabres, at 1pm ET.
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