Saturday, January 3, 2009 · TD Banknorth Garden
Sabres 4 at Bruins 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
3:20
Matt Ellis
(2)
Henrik Tallinder (5), Jason Pominville (18)
· Tip-in
BUF 1 – 0 BOS
-
5:08
Thomas Vanek
(26)
PPG
Derek Roy (22), Jason Pominville (19)
· Tip-in
BUF 2 – 0 BOS
-
10:46
Phil Kessel
(24)
PPG
Marc Savard (36), Milan Lucic (15)
· Snap
BUF 2 – 1 BOS
2nd Period
-
3:04
Matt Ellis
(3)
Ales Kotalik (12), Daniel Paille (9)
· Wrist
BUF 3 – 1 BOS
-
9:51
Shawn Thornton
(3)
Martin St. Pierre (2), Shane Hnidy (7)
· Snap
BUF 3 – 2 BOS
-
13:06
Paul Gaustad
(4)
Andrej Sekera (12), Matt Ellis (1)
· Tip-in
BUF 4 – 2 BOS
3rd Period
No scoring
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ellis L | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9:51 | 2.80 |
| Jason Pominville R | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 20:06 | 1.80 |
| Paul Gaustad C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 20:30 | 1.20 |
| Ales Kotalik R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 16:06 | 1.00 |
| Andrej Sekera D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 22:54 | 0.95 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:29 | 0.85 |
| Daniel Paille L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3:36 | 0.80 |
| Henrik Tallinder D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:11 | 0.75 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:07 | 0.63 |
| Jaroslav Spacek D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 21:43 | 0.43 |
| Chris Butler D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:09 | 0.18 |
| Drew Stafford R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | 0.13 |
| Teppo Numminen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 | 0.13 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 21:51 | 0.08 |
| Clarke MacArthur L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:35 | 0.00 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:34 | 0.00 |
| Toni Lydman D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:36 | -0.08 |
| Adam Mair C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 | -0.10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 59:55 | 1.40 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Kessel R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 | 1.05 |
| Marc Savard C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 | 1.03 |
| Shawn Thornton L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 | 0.83 |
| Martin St. Pierre C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:18 | 0.68 |
| Shane Hnidy D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:28 | 0.65 |
| Milan Lucic L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 0.55 |
| Dennis Wideman D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 32:32 | 0.28 |
| Blake Wheeler R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:44 | 0.12 |
| Zdeno Chara D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 28:54 | 0.10 |
| Vladimir Sobotka C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 | 0.08 |
| P.J. Axelsson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 | -0.05 |
| Stephane Yelle C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:35 | -0.08 |
| Michael Ryder R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:26 | -0.13 |
| David Krejci C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:07 | -0.15 |
| Aaron Ward D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5:52 | -0.15 |
| Mark Stuart D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:30 | -0.15 |
| Matt Hunwick D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | -0.15 |
| Chuck Kobasew R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:00 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thomas | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 58:41 | -0.90 |