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Recap - Bruins Defeat Buffalo 4-1

The Bruins earned a 4-1 victory over Buffalo on Friday behind a 35-save performance from Linus Ullmark at KeyBank Center.

Boston won as a -218 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Boston got goals from Charlie Coyle, Taylor Hall, Tomas Nosek, and David Pastrnak in the victory. Pastrnak opened the scoring at 3:49 of the first period.

Linus Ullmark stopped 35 of 36 Buffalo shots in the victory.

Victor Olofsson scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.

Craig Anderson stopped 22 of 25 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Boston went 1-for-2, while the Sabres were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Boston lost the shots on goal battle to Buffalo by a margin of 36-26.

Boston heads into a battle against the Sharks. Buffalo, meanwhile, will have their next action against New Jersey.