Sabres upset Bruins 4-2

Boston Bruins Game 53: Buffalo Sabres @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on February 10, 2018.

On Saturday, the Sabres pulled an upset as they beat the Bruins 4-2. With the Sabres beating the Bruins, it ends Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask's 21-game point streak (consecutive games where the Bruins earned at least a point in the standings with Rask in net), which now stands as the Bruins fourth longest in Bruins history.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, at 7:42, Sabres Evander Kane scored, giving the Sabres a 1-0 lead. At 12:44, Sabres Scott Wilson scored, giving the Sabres a 2-0 lead. At 14:39, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 9th goal of the season, cutting the Sabres lead to 2-1. At 18:49, Sabres Benoit Pouliot scored, giving the Sabres a 3-1 lead.

In the third period, at 19:01, Bruins David Backes scored his 10th goal of the season, cutting the Sabres lead to 3-2. At 19:31, Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen scored an empty-net goal, giving the Sabres a 4-2 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 27 shots. Rask is now 22-9-4 with a 2.11 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 52% faceoff percentage. The Sabres led the game in shots 28-27, hits 33-22 and blocked shots 20-9. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Sabres went 0-for-1.

Brandon Carlo, Zdeno Chara, Torey Krug and Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 3 shots each. Sean Kuraly led the Bruins with 5 hits.

Torey Krug had 5 giveaways while Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak had 3 giveaways each.

Noel Acciari, Frank Vatrano, Kevan Miller and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Sabres forward Benoit Pouliot
2) Sabres forward Scott Wilson
3) Sabres forward Sam Reinhart

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 33-12-8 with 74 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The next game for the Bruins is tomorrow (Sunday), when they visit the New Jersey Devils, at 7pm ET.