NHL: Buffalo Sabres win 4-2 against the Boston Bruins
The first match of Thursday saw the Boston Bruins play host to the Buffalo Sabres at the TD Garden. An attendance of around 17,500 fans was observed as the teams played the 696th game of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series.
Boston Bruins looked like the stronger team during the second period but Buffalo Sabres managed to shift the momentum in their favour and, in the end, win the match scoring twice in the final period. The score at the end of the match was 4-2 in favour of
the Buffalo Sabres. Paul Gaustad, defenceman of the Buffalo Sabres was named the star selection of the match with some excellent defending.
Both teams made a great start to the match. There were some excellent pieces of play seen right from the start of the match. Shots flew from everywhere on the pitch with each team coming across scoring opportunities. The intensity in attacks got stronger
and stronger with the passage of time.
The teams were evenly matched but Boston Bruins started to get past the opposing defence regularly and finally scored and got into the lead. The goal was scored by Dennis Seidenberg from a brilliant long range shot that went flying into the back of the net.
The shots continued which boosted the morale of both teams. Unfortunately, no goals were scored as the period ended with the Boston Bruins leading 1-0 at the end of the period as they made 13 goal attempts while the Buffalo Sabres made 11 goal attempts.
The second period saw the Buffalo Sabres change their strategy which immediately worked as they got past the opposing defence. On top of this, the away side successfully levelled the scored with the goal scored by Cody McCormick in the 2nd minute.
Boston Bruins responded to this with some decent attacks and scored through Gregory Campbell in the 5th minute to regain the lead. However, a defensive lapse in the 11th minute saw the Buffalo Sabres levelling the scores once again
with the goal scored by Nathan Gerbe.
The period saw both teams making numerous goal attempts but no further goals were scored as the period ended with the scores level on 2-2. During the course of the period, Buffalo Sabres made 13 goal attempts while Boston Bruins made 9 goal attempts.
The final period saw the Buffalo Sabres turn the tables, scoring two goals and winning the match, but if we talk about domination, it was Boston Bruins who dominated the game. They fired shots on goal regularly and constructed most of the attacks.
Unfortunately, they weren’t able to convert them into goals. During the course of the period, Buffalo Sabres scored both goals on counter attacks as Boston Bruins pushed all of their men forward in search of goals.
The first goal of the period was scored in the 6th minute by Thomas Vanek which put the Sabres in the lead. The period continued smoothly until the Buffalo Sabres scored once again to seal the match with the goal scored by Jason Pominville from
a simple 17th minute tip in shot.
Boston Bruins bombarded shots on goal every now and them but couldn’t score as the match ended with the Buffalo Sabres winning the match 4-2 in the end.
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