nhl Game Recap
Boston Skates Past Buffalo 5-1 - Recap
The Sabres came up short Thursday against the Bruins, falling 5-1.
The Bruins were a -287 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Boston got goals from Brad Marchand, Nick Ritchie, David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk, and David Pastrnak in the victory. Marchand opened the scoring at 12:36 of the first period.
Jeremy Swayman turned in a 29-save effort for the Bruins.
Arttu Ruotsalainen scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Jeremy Swayman.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 33 of 38 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Boston scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-5 with the man advantage.
Boston outshot Buffalo 38-30 in the game.