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5/12/2008
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Boston Bruins 8 , Buffalo Sabres 1
Shots: 25 - 16
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:23/47=47 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:58/76=76 %, Challenges:29/43=65 %
Attendance: 14125 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 697775 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:58 1-0
P.J. Axelsson [4] (Peter Schaefer, Lyle Odelein)
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30:12 2-0
Aleksey Morozov [10] (Joe Colborne, Dennis Wideman)
32:55 3-0
Jason Spezza [10] (Petr Sykora, Shawn Thornton)
33:23 3-1
Maxim Afinogenov [10] (Martin St. Louis, Jaroslav Spacek)
39:01 4-1
Phil Kessel [10] (Petr Sykora)
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42:46 5-1
Petr Sykora [14] (Zdeno Chara, Sidney Crosby)
45:37 6-1
Glen Murray [6] (Nathan Dempsey, Dennis Wideman)
49:18 7-1
Phil Kessel [11] (Jason Spezza, Petr Sykora)
58:03 8-1
Phil Kessel [12] (Aleksey Morozov)
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Penalty summary:
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11:32
Zdeno Chara (2 min for cross-checking)
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36:34
Tomas Kopecky (2 min for cross-checking)
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Boston Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Shawn Thornton 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.30 7
R P.J. Axelsson 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 17.40 7
R Joe Colborne 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 15.20 7
R Petr Sykora 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.30 9
C Petteri Nokelainen 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7.30 5
C Peter Schaefer 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 16.40 7
C Phil Kessel 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 17.50 10
C Jason Spezza 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 16.00 8
L Garth Murray 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8.30 5
L Glen Murray 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 17.40 7
L Aleksey Morozov 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 17.10 8
L Sidney Crosby 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 16.40 8
D Lyle Odelein 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 17.40 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 4 20.10 8
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Nathan Dempsey 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 17.50 6
D Dennis Wideman 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 18.30 8
D Zdeno Chara 0 1 0 9 4 6 2 1 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tuukka Rask 1 0 15 0 0 60.00 8
G Manny Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Tomas Kopecky 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 -1 9.20 4
R Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 16.20 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 -4 16.20 5
R Martin St. Louis 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 -2 18.00 7
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 -1 9.20 5
C Derek Roy 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 16.20 7
C Dan Fritsche 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 -4 17.10 5
C Todd Marchant 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 17.10 7
L Dave Spina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 9.20 5
L Clarke MacArthur 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.20 5
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -4 16.20 5
L Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 -2 18.00 8
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 19.10 7
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -4 17.50 5
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 23.00 5
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
D François Beauchemin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 -4 20.00 5
D Brad Stuart 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -3 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 8 0 17 0 0 60.00 4
G Danny Battochio 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Phil Kessel
2nd star: Petr Sykora
3rd star: Jason Spezza
Notes for Boston Bruins:
-Aleksey Morozov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Dennis Wideman notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Jason Spezza scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Petr Sykora notched the 300th assist of his career.
-Phil Kessel scored his 10th goal of the season.
-P.J. Axelsson finally ended his 16 game goal drought.
-P.J. Axelsson finally ended his 12 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Maxim Afinogenov scored his 10th goal of the season.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 1( 10) , Rochester Americans 5( 22)
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0-1 ROC Mark Mancari (John LeClair, Adam Mair)
1-1 PRO Blake Wheeler (Vladislav Evseev, Brett Skinner)
1-2 ROC Patrick Kaleta (Andrew Peters)
1-3 ROC Adam Mair (Craig Rivet)
1-4 ROC David Svagrovsky (Adam Mair, Dylan Hunter)
1-5 ROC Craig Rivet (Adam Mair)
Goalies: Tim Thomas - Adam Dennis