National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 4, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 29, 2016
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston 0224
Buffalo 2002
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:32 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Matt Moulson
18:10 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (PP) Assists: Matt Moulson , Sam Reinhart
Penalties
4:13 - Bruins Brandon Carlo (2) Hooking
 5:18 - Sabres Cody Franson (2) Interference
 11:59 - Bruins Colin Miller (2) Hooking
 14:53 - Sabres William Carrier (2) Illegal Check to head
 17:08 - Bruins Adam McQuaid (2) Instigating
 17:08 - Bruins Adam McQuaid (5) Fighting
 17:08 - Sabres William Carrier (5) Fighting
 17:08 - Bruins Adam McQuaid (10) Misconduct
2nd Period
Scoring
3:20 - Bruins Patrice Bergeron (EV) Assists: Brad Marchand , Torey Krug
16:13 - Bruins David Krejci (PP) Assists: Frank Vatrano
Penalties
3:53 - Sabres Brian Gionta (2) Roughing
 3:53 - Bruins Colin Miller (2) Roughing
 6:23 - Bruins Dominic Moore (2) Slashing
 11:16 - Bruins Kevan Miller (2) Cross checking
 14:31 - Sabres Josh Gorges (2) Tripping
 17:19 - Sabres Matt Moulson (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
16:07 - Bruins Ryan Spooner (EV) Assists: David Krejci , Frank Vatrano
19:08 - Bruins Ryan Spooner (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
4:01 - Bruins Zdeno Chara (2) Cross checking
 8:19 - Sabres Cody Franson (2) Tripping
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Anton Khudobin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tuukka Rask G 0 0 0 0 0 59:34 40:40 8:47 10:07 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 +2 4 1 22 16:10 12:21 3:17 0:32 0 0 - 1 - - -
Riley Nash C 0 0 0 E 0 2 23 13:45 9:50 0:13 3:42 0 0 2 - 4 3 57
Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 E 2 0 25 20:26 15:19 0:33 4:34 0 0 2 - - - -
Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 16:16 9:48 3:58 2:30 0 0 - 1 3 1 75
Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 +1 2 4 20 10:30 7:18 0:13 2:59 0 0 - - 2 4 33
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 E 2 0 25 24:18 17:20 0:00 6:58 0 0 2 2 - - -
Patrice Bergeron C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 29 21:49 12:59 5:02 3:48 0 0 1 2 14 14 50
David Backes RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 3:10 3:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23 18:16 14:13 3:21 0:42 1 0 - 1 9 6 60
Torey Krug D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22 22:18 16:04 5:47 0:27 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Spooner C 2 0 2 +2 0 2 19 17:12 13:04 4:05 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 E 17 1 16 11:56 8:35 0:00 3:21 0 0 2 - - - -
Tim Schaller C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 14:38 8:43 3:58 1:57 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Brad Marchand LW 0 1 1 E 0 4 29 21:10 12:35 4:27 4:08 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Frank Vatrano C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 20 13:39 10:07 3:32 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Anton Blidh LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 12 5:27 4:49 0:13 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 26 18:05 13:29 0:14 4:22 0 0 3 1 - - -
David Pastrnak RW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 22 18:19 13:17 5:02 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Anders Nilsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 59:22 40:28 10:07 8:47 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 29 21:16 17:21 0:03 3:52 0 0 3 3 - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 20 12:21 9:19 3:02 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 -3 0 4 25 22:29 14:20 3:22 4:47 0 0 3 - - - -
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 24 19:50 12:19 3:22 4:09 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 E 0 5 22 20:19 13:19 6:45 0:15 0 0 - - 7 9 44
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 -1 0 8 19 20:13 13:28 6:45 0:00 1 0 1 - 7 0 100
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19 15:25 12:37 2:48 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 10 41
Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 20 17:27 10:42 6:45 0:00 0 0 - - 0 4 0
Matt Moulson LW 0 2 2 +1 2 3 16 14:18 7:33 6:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Grant C 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 8:34 4:41 0:00 3:53 0 0 1 - 4 6 40
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 14:29 10:44 0:00 3:45 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 30 22:34 15:28 3:17 3:49 0 0 1 3 - - -
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 8:26 7:20 0:00 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 5:19 5:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 19:29 15:10 0:00 4:19 0 0 1 4 - - -
William Carrier LW 0 0 0 E 7 0 4 1:23 1:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 32 29:35 18:00 7:07 4:28 0 0 6 3 - - -
Marcus Foligno LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 15:29 14:10 0:34 0:45 0 0 2 3 1 0 100
Goaltending
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tuukka Rask W (18-7-3) 33 31 2 .939 0 59:34
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (8-11-5) 37 34 3 .919 0 59:22