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12/12/2009
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Boston Bruins 5 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 31 - 16
PP: 2 of 9 (16 shots), Passing:64/76=84 %, Challenges:44/49=88 %
PP: 0 of 6 (7 shots), Passing:67/84=79 %, Challenges:33/40=80 %
Attendance: 17565 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 792181 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:38 0-1
Chris Butler [2] (Jason Pominville, Joe Pavelski)
13:59 1-1
Marco Sturm [14] (Marc Savard, Dennis Wideman)PP
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27:36 2-1
Michael Ryder [12] (David Krejci, Milan Lucic)PP
32:42 3-1
Michael Ryder [13] (Milan Lucic, Matt Hunwick)
37:23 4-1
Marco Sturm [15] (Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron)
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48:34 5-1
Patrice Bergeron [6] (Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara)
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Penalty summary:
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02:31
Blake Wheeler (2 min for hooking)
05:44
Marco Sturm (2 min for high-sticking)
12:57
Alexei Yashin (2 min for high-sticking)
15:38
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for tripping)
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20:13
Alex Tanguay (2 min for slashing)
23:35
Byron Bitz (2 min for hooking)
25:47
Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
28:27
Tim Connolly (2 min for hooking)
30:12
Patrick Eaves (2 min for slashing)
33:03
Lane MacDermid (2 min for tripping)
38:07
Alex Tanguay (2 min for hooking)
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45:19
Marc Savard (2 min for holding the stick)
50:15
Tim Connolly (2 min for tripping)
53:45
Mathieu Schneider (2 min for cross-checking)
54:53
Patrick Eaves (2 min for tripping)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Byron Bitz 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5.20 6
R Michael Ryder 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.20 9
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 6
R Marco Sturm 2 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 19.00 10
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.20 5
C Marc Savard 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 21.00 7
C David Krejci 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.00 7
C Patrice Bergeron 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 14.20 9
L Lane MacDermid 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5.20 6
L Mark Recchi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13.10 6
L Blake Wheeler 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 -1 17.20 7
L Milan Lucic 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 21.00 8
D Matt Hunwick 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
D Mark Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 9.00 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 23.50 7
D Andrew Ference 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13.10 6
D Derek Morris 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25.50 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 2 7 0 2 0 2 29.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C John Mitchell 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 7.50 4
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.10 5
R Jason Pominville 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 -1 21.30 9
R Tim Connolly 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18.30 5
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
C Alexei Yashin 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7.30 5
C Joe Pavelski 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11.10 6
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 -1 24.10 6
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 5
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 -1 12.00 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 7
L Alex Tanguay 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 19.10 5
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 -1 14.40 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17.30 7
D Rob Blake 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 29.00 6
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14.40 5
D Chris Butler 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18.20 6
D Mattias Öhlund 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 -1 25.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 26 0 0 60.00 5
G Jhonas Enroth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marco Sturm
2nd star: Michael Ryder
3rd star: Patrice Bergeron
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Milan Lucic notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Marco Sturm scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Zdeno Chara notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Patrice Bergeron finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Matt Hunwick ended his 9 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Joe Pavelski notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Chris Butler ended his 7 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 3( 30) , Rochester Americans 2( 12)
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1-0
Brad Marchand
1-1
Patrick Kaleta (Chris Minard, Joël Perrault)
1-2
Philippe Gogulla (Travis Turnbull, Nathan Gerbe)
2-2
Jeff LoVecchio (Vladimír Sobotka)
3-2
Rob Kwiet (Matt Marquardt)
Goalies: Dany Sabourin - Patrick Lalime