National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Boston 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Mike Leggo, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Darren Gibbs
Attendance: 13427
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1124
Boston 1012
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
3:30 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Jochen Hecht
9:48 - Bruins P.J. Axelsson (EV) Assists: David Krejci , Peter Schaefer
Penalties
5:33 - Bruins Shawn Thornton (5) Fighting
 5:33 - Sabres Andrew Peters (5) Fighting
 15:58 - Bruins Jeremy Reich (2) Interference
 18:18 - Bruins Vladimir Sobotka (2) Holding the stick
 19:27 - Bruins Andrew Ference (2) Tripping
2nd Period
Scoring
5:44 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Drew Stafford , Brian Campbell
Penalties
9:23 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 17:06 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) Holding
 19:12 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
13:54 - Sabres Daniel Paille (EV) Assists: Jochen Hecht , Jason Pominville
18:27 - Sabres Toni Lydman (PP) Assists: Dmitri Kalinin , Ales Kotalik
19:59 - Bruins Glen Metropolit (EV) Assists: Mark Stuart , Chuck Kobasew
Penalties
9:47 - Bruins Dennis Wideman (2) Tripping
 16:41 - Bruins P.J. Axelsson (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 59:55 45:00 8:55 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 12:28 12:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 22 19:59 15:37 0:52 3:30 1 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 26 23:27 15:42 5:15 2:30 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 21:07 12:55 5:01 3:11 0 0 - - 7 12 37
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 20:30 16:49 0:11 3:30 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 1 1 E 0 4 18 13:59 10:13 3:46 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Daniel Paille LW 2 0 2 +1 0 2 23 17:34 13:32 1:19 2:43 0 0 - - - - -
Drew Stafford RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 17 17:49 12:57 4:52 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 10:21 10:21 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 7 4 64
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 17 18:10 13:09 5:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 E 2 3 20 16:06 12:38 2:35 0:53 0 0 - - 1 9 10
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 +1 0 3 26 18:59 12:12 3:56 2:51 0 0 - - - - -
Patrick Kaleta C 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 7:24 7:24 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 14:38 13:32 0:40 0:26 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 21 15:57 13:12 2:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 23:31 15:53 5:08 2:30 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 0 2 2 +1 2 1 24 17:39 12:29 3:14 1:56 0 0 - - 4 12 25
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 -1 5 2 8 4:27 4:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Boston Bruins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tim Thomas G 0 0 0 0 0 59:57 45:02 6:00 8:55 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Auld G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 27 24:33 16:35 4:31 3:27 0 0 - - - - -
P.J. Axelsson LW 1 0 1 E 2 1 26 17:35 12:46 0:16 4:33 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Chuck Kobasew RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 23 17:01 11:48 3:30 1:43 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Glen Metropolit C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 28 19:42 14:00 0:15 5:27 0 0 - - 12 3 80
Marco Sturm LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 20:12 13:18 3:42 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
Milan Lucic LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 15:38 14:38 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 E 2 1 25 19:43 15:02 1:29 3:12 0 0 - - - - -
Shawn Thornton LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 10 5:07 5:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 28 27:00 17:22 4:31 5:07 0 0 - - - - -
Shane Hnidy D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:45 13:33 0:57 1:15 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Ward D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22 18:05 14:10 0:32 3:23 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Stuart D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 17 13:57 13:21 0:00 0:36 0 0 - - - - -
David Krejci C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 18 13:49 11:42 1:48 0:19 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Jeremy Reich LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 9 5:32 5:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 E 2 2 12 5:38 5:11 0:00 0:27 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Peter Schaefer LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 19 14:17 12:18 1:48 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Phil Kessel C 0 0 0 E 0 3 19 15:45 14:09 1:29 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Marc Savard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 21:09 14:56 4:12 2:01 0 0 - - 14 4 78
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 32 30 2 .938 0 59:55
Boston
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Tim Thomas L (28-19-6) 28 24 4 .857 0 59:57