After an emotional and closely contested Game1 that saw the Buffalo Sabres edge the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night, the two teams will return to the ice at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY on Saturday afternoon (1:00 PM ET; NBC) for Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series.
Probable Starting Goaltenders:
Injury Report
Boston
Out for the Series: Mark Stuart (finger), Dennis Seidenberg (wrist) & Marc Savard (concussion)
Buffalo
Doubtful: Drew Stafford (concussion)
Out for Series: Jochen Hecht (finger)
Projected Lines:
Boston
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Milan Lucic
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Patrice Bergeron
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Mark Recchi
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Marco Sturm
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David Krejci
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Miroslav Satan
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Blake Wheeler
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Vladimir Sobotka
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Michael Ryder
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Daniel Paille
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Steve Begin
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Shawn Thornton
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Zdeno Chara
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Johnny Boychuk
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Matt Hunwick
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Dennis Wideman
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Andrew Ference
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Adam McQuaid
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Buffalo
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Tyler Ennis
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Tim Connolly
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Jason Pominville
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Tim Kennedy
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Derek Roy
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Thomas Vanek
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Adam Mair
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Paul Gaustad
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Mike Grier
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Raffi Torres
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Matt Ellis
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Patrick Kaleta
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Henrik Tallinder
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Tyler Myers
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Andrej Sekera
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Craig Rivet
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Toni Lydman
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Steve Montador
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Series Recap:
Game 1
Boston:
Goal: Mark Recchi (PP)
Tuukka Rask (30 saves)
Buffalo:
Goals: Thomas Vanek & Craig Rivet
Ryan Miller (38 saves)
Bruins' S#!& List
Patrick Kaleta....well for being Patrick Kaleta
Toni Lydman for his spear on Milan Lucic in Game 1
Tyler Myers for his elbow on Johnny Boychuk in Game 1
Notes:
- Bruins assistant coach Craig Ramsay is expected to be back behind the bench for today's game after being taken to the hospital due to flu-like symptoms on Thursday.
- The Bruins will need to test Ryan Miller more and create more traffic in front.
- Tuukka Rask is 4-1-0 lifetime vs. Buffalo with a 1.43 GAA and a .954 save percentage.
- Ryan Miller is 16-5-6 lifetime vs. Boston with a 2.53 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
- The Bruins can't let the Sabres go up 2-0 and expect to move on to the next round.
- The B's lead the all-time play-off series with Buffalo 21-19
- The Bruins need to find a way to contain the Sabres speedy forwards. Matt Hunwick learned his lesson on Thursday when he over-committed and tried to pinch-in in the neutral on Derek Roy and Roy burned him with his speed.
- Today's game will air on NBC, so I will actually get to watch it on an actual TV.
- Hopefully, the officiating is a little more consistent than it was on Thursday night.
- For more on this series, check out Die By The Blade