Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Sat, May 1, 2021 · TD Garden · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 6

Final

Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Sat, May 1, 2021 at TD Garden. Craig Smith scored a hat trick. Jeremy Swayman made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	19
BOS	2	1	3	6	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:21	BOS	EV	Craig Smith (11) · tip-in	David Krejci (27), Taylor Hall (21)	0–1
1st	12:35	BUF	SH	Riley Sheahan (4) · wrist	Jacob Bryson (7), Casey Mittelstadt (10)	1–1
1st	16:38	BOS	EV	Sean Kuraly (3) · wrist	Nick Ritchie (11)	1–2
2nd	05:36	BOS	EV	Patrice Bergeron (19) · deflected	Jeremy Lauzon (7), Brad Marchand (34)	1–3
3rd	03:18	BOS	EV	Nick Ritchie (13) · tip-in	Matt Grzelcyk (12), Kevan Miller (3)	1–4
3rd	05:31	BOS	EV	Craig Smith (12) · wrist	Mike Reilly (25), David Krejci (28)	1–5
3rd	07:02	BUF	EV	Arttu Ruotsalainen (5) · wrist	Rasmus Asplund (4), Casey Mittelstadt (11)	2–5
3rd	14:05	BOS	PP	Craig Smith (13) · tip-in	David Krejci (29), Taylor Hall (22)	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:28	BUF	Riley Sheahan	holding	2
1st	12:27	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	tripping	2
2nd	08:34	BOS	Sean Kuraly	slashing	2
2nd	19:09	BUF	Dylan Cozens	slashing	2
3rd	07:45	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2
3rd	07:45	BOS	Brad Marchand	roughing	2
3rd	07:45	BOS	David Pastrnak	roughing	2
3rd	13:39	BUF	Will Borgen	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 1.52 · BOS 3.75 · xG% BUF 28.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	68.2	15:27	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0		24:03	25
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		15:03	17
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		13:44	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	50.0	11:54	17
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0		22:58	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		20:50	24
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0		20:27	27
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	40.0	19:40	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2		17:59	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	63.6	17:32	21
3	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	4	2		16:07	21
54	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0		15:11	23
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0		14:49	17
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		14:41	16
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0		14:20	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:03	12
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:46	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	29	26	3	.897	40:00
31	Dustin Tokarski		14	11	3	.786	20:00

Boston Bruins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
46	David Krejci	C	0	3	3	+2	0	1	0	0	57.1	14:40	16
12	Craig Smith	C	3	0	3	+2	0	5	2	0		12:15	16
21	Nick Ritchie	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	3	2		17:03	17
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0		13:08	16
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0		19:35	23
55	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	4		19:16	23
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	5	1		18:07	21
48	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		17:52	21
52	Sean Kuraly	C	1	0	1	+1	2	5	5	0	50.0	15:47	18
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	47.1	15:33	18
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	33.3	14:54	17
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		21:16	23
13	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	40.0	17:36	19
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	1		17:02	21
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:53	17
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0		15:17	16
83	Karson Kuhlman	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0		14:49	16
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	47.4	14:48	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	19	17	2	.895	60:00