Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Thu, Apr 29, 2021 · TD Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at TD Garden. Brad Marchand led the way with 2 points. Tuukka Rask made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–40.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	31
BOS	2	0	3	5	40

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:16	BOS	EV	David Pastrnak (19) · slap	Patrice Bergeron (24), Brad Marchand (33)	0–1
1st	14:09	BUF	EV	Casey Mittelstadt (10) · wrist	Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Rasmus Asplund (3)	1–1
1st	19:59	BOS	PP	David Krejci (8) · slap	Charlie McAvoy (23), Craig Smith (18)	1–2
3rd	01:43	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (23) · snap	Victor Olofsson (17), Jeff Skinner (6)	2–2
3rd	07:58	BOS	EV	Charlie Coyle (6) · wrist	Unassisted	2–3
3rd	16:43	BOS	EV	Taylor Hall (7) · wrist	David Krejci (26), Craig Smith (19)	2–4
3rd	18:26	BOS	SH EN	Brad Marchand (27) · wrist	Unassisted	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:05	BUF	Sam Reinhart	tripping	2
2nd	05:36	BOS	Curtis Lazar	interference	2
2nd	14:50	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	hooking	2
3rd	13:30	BOS	David Krejci	interference	2
3rd	13:30	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding	2
3rd	17:47	BOS	Connor Clifton	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.65 · BOS 3.22 · xG% BUF 45.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	-2	0	3	1	0	53.3	19:38	23
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	-1	2	7	0	0	46.2	17:46	23
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		17:34	21
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	4	0		16:15	20
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		15:40	19
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	25.0	14:29	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-3	4	2	4	1		23:33	24
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		22:16	25
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		20:46	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	1		19:57	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0		18:14	22
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		17:02	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	46.2	16:43	21
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	100.0	15:48	20
3	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1		13:08	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20.0	9:38	14
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		8:36	12
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		7:42	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	39	35	4	.897	59:21

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
63	Brad Marchand	L	1	1	2	0	0	4	3	1		20:51	23
12	Craig Smith	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	4	0		16:25	19
46	David Krejci	C	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	50.0	15:32	21
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		20:54	25
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	62.5	18:48	23
88	David Pastrnak	R	1	0	1	-1	0	6	0	0		17:32	20
13	Charlie Coyle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	100.0	16:10	23
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	100.0	16:00	19
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		21:55	27
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		20:23	24
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		18:15	20
55	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		18:15	23
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1		16:27	23
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	63.6	15:46	22
21	Nick Ritchie	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0		12:36	16
11	Trent Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		9:54	16
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	33.3	9:25	14
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:52	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Tuukka Rask	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00