Stanley Cup of Chowder - Complete Coverage: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins 10/21David Pastrnak is legend.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/11233/stanley-fave.jpg2017-10-21T22:10:37-04:00http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/rss/stream/162695432017-10-21T22:10:37-04:002017-10-21T22:10:37-04:00Game Recap: Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres 10/21
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<h3 id="mMQcBX">1st Period</h3>
<p id="TS1klN">Krejci, although a participant in the warmup, is a late scratch. He is replaced in lineup by Matt Beleskey. Not ideal. The <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> find some offensive zone rythm, getting a few shots through to Lehner. In a later sequence Dobby does his <span>Tim Thomas</span> impersonation getting caught well outside the crease and getting bailed out by who else, <span>Zdeno Chara</span>. A little bit of luck that the Bruins didn’t fall down by a goal two minutes into game.</p>
<p id="Rf0kKL">Nothing doing for the next five minutes or so, until Pasta is fed a pass on a breakaway from the bench that he just misses in front of him. At the halfway mark the SOG are 5 for Bruins, 3 for <a href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/">Sabres</a>. Largely uneventful [period played entirely at 5v5.</p>
<p id="IuMGJp">On a zone entry led largely by <span>Brad Marchand</span>, <span>Tim Schaller</span> manages to get the puck on Lehner, where Pasta cleans up the rebound. 1-0 Bruins with six and a half left in the first period. Assists to Schaller & McAvoy. Say, that Pasta guy is pretty good at hockey, huh?</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pretty nice sequence from David Pastrnak & Tim Schaller <a href="https://t.co/o16cw1n2zm">pic.twitter.com/o16cw1n2zm</a></p>— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteBlackburn/status/921882844481359872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a>
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<p id="Q1UHu4"><span>Matt Tennyson</span> takes an interference penalty against Agostino and puts the Bruins on PP with 4:57 left in period. Bruins to the PP where Marchand makes them pay literally in the first 1-2 seconds with an unassisted backhander that bounces off Lehner and in. 2-0 good guys.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marchand goal <a href="https://t.co/hLjAsVvSBO">pic.twitter.com/hLjAsVvSBO</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921884956346941440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a>
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<p id="62EECx">The Sabres don’t learn their lesson, as <span>Evander Kane</span> takes a slashing penalty almost immediately afterwards. The Bruins control the pace and have sustained offensive zone pressure on PP but aren’t able to score. End of the first with SOG 13 to 6 in Bruins favor, Bruins up 2-0.</p>
<h3 id="VTLzcz">2nd Period</h3>
<p id="ws35bD">Andddd it’s 3-0 Bruins only 37 (yes 37) seconds in on Marchand’s second of the night. Assists to Bjork and McAvoy. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marchand's 2nd <a href="https://t.co/QYXnDXmi1p">pic.twitter.com/QYXnDXmi1p</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921891514715951105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="Z7Toxp"><span>Kenny Agostino</span> takes a slashing penalty to put Sabres on the PP at 18:31 of 2nd period. The power play is short lived as Okposo takes a holding penalty in the Bruins zone with less than half a minute left on Sabres PP. Bruins to the abbreviated power play! The Sabres noticeably ratchet up the physicality a notch, landing some good hits along boards. PP ends without any major success.</p>
<p id="AVPMwV">Not much going on until 8 minutes in where Schaller coughs up puck in defensive zone and Pominville buries it with the assist to <span>Ryan O’Reilly</span>. 3-1 Bruins.</p>
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<p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Pominville goal <a href="https://t.co/fL7mU89ukf">pic.twitter.com/fL7mU89ukf</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921896403705659392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="0RrkoW">Sabres seem to get a jump from this, landing a few more shots on/around goal. Dobby still doesn’t look very comfortable, bobbling the puck on a few occasions.</p>
<p id="9lqxlK">And make it 4-1 Bruins. Pasta from just outside the crease, assists to Nash and Krug.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pasta's 2nd <a href="https://t.co/kZRqJ3FHXf">pic.twitter.com/kZRqJ3FHXf</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921897191408619522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="492F79">Sabres make it interesting with a goal with 3:49 left in period, <span>Jack Eichel</span> assisted by Scandella & Bailey.</p>
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<p lang="de" dir="ltr">Eichel goal <a href="https://t.co/EjTufGFHEi">pic.twitter.com/EjTufGFHEi</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921898805850755072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="brTa7p">Time winds down on middle frame with the Sabres closing SOG gap, 21 Sabres, 25 Bruins. This Sabres team has some scorers, Bruins and Dobby need to have a clean period in the third.</p>
<h3 id="5KDRxq">3rd Period</h3>
<p id="BDqkgd">Sabres come out fairly strong getting a few good shots/chances on Dobby, but he manages to keep them from inching closer. Sabres take SOG lead by the 15 minute mark, where they also lead in hits department, 26 to 23. Bruins have been noticeably less physical, as playing with a lead tends to happen.</p>
<p id="Qme12n">Sabres are dictating the pace, outhitting and out shooting the Bruins, who are clearly playing like a team with a two goal lead. With a sustained offensive pressure the Sabres score to make it a one goal game on a play that was arguably offsides. Bruce decides not to challenge so the goal stands. Goal goes to former Bruin Pouliot with assists to Reinhart and McCabe. Why, Benoit, why?!</p>
<p id="dsArbf">From here the two teams exchange chances and some shoves but nothing major from either team. Sabres lead in SOG at 32 to 29. Carlo takes an Interference penalty with 4 minutes left in final frame. Not ideal.</p>
<p id="mZaH9b">Onto the Sabres PP, Dobby makes some ugly saves until the Bruins can clear, effectively killing the PP. The score stands at 4-3 as clock ticks down to 2 minutes. While the Bruins kill the penalty, Dobby lets in a soft dribbler from a Kane shot past the goal line and overtime is looking likely. Not sure what Krug is doing on defense here.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sabres tying goal <a href="https://t.co/ceYxvy8IpG">pic.twitter.com/ceYxvy8IpG</a></p>— steph (@myregularface) <a href="https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/921914479293681664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="DN51Qw">The clock winds down and the Bruins are headed to their first overtime period of the new season.</p>
<h3 id="7S0awZ">Overtime</h3>
<p id="PKtopr"><strong>Deep breaths</strong> andddd prime scoring chance for the Sabres almost immeditaly but Dobby and his D do what they have to to keep it tied. Back and forth action for both teams, with some close calls. Sabres shoot wide of net on two straight sequences as Bruins get hemmed in defensive zone. for what feels like an eternity.</p>
<p id="DSeF4L">The Sabres are relentless and score a goal in traffic after a long sequence, leading to Krug snapping his stick in frustration. Khudobin appeals for goaltender interference and the goal is reviewed.</p>
<p id="SOFvGd">The refs determine Torey Krug pushes Sabres player into Dobby, therefore good goal. Bruins lose what should have been an easy 2 points in overtime.</p>
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https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/10/21/16514778/game-recap-bruins-vs-buffalo-sabres-10-21Colin Beswick2017-10-21T16:30:02-04:002017-10-21T16:30:02-04:00Public Skate: Sabres at Bruins
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<p>Let us skate publicly, y’all!</p> <p id="3lNZrR">You know what to do.</p>
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<p>Which players are in?</p> <p id="CWQiIO">With Adam McQuaid out for the foreseeable future, will Postma slot in, or will a Providence player fill out the roster? Could be both if K. Miller can’t go tonight. Assuming Krejci plays, the lineup should resemble Thursday’s lineup. If not, we may see Backes bumped up a line. No definite answers on either Krejci or Miller.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Krejci and Kevan Miller are out for pre-skate spins.</p>— Fluto Shinzawa (@GlobeFluto) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlobeFluto/status/921746861656018944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Krejci and Kevan Miller are game-time decisions, according to Bruce Cassidy. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLBruins?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLBruins</a></p>— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/921764138262712320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a>
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<p id="IB4W4E"><strong>Forwards</strong></p>
<p id="dbJnQM"><span><strong>Brad Marchand</strong></span> - <span>Patrice Bergeron</span> - <span><strong>Anders Bjork</strong></span></p>
<p id="EVzuHj"><span><strong>Jake DeBrusk</strong></span> - <span><strong>David Krejci</strong></span> - <span><strong>David Pastrnak</strong></span></p>
<p id="qxj0Sh"><span>Kenny Agostino</span> - <span>David Backes</span> - <span><strong>Frank Vatrano</strong></span></p>
<p id="dNp5GJ"><span><strong>Tim Schaller</strong></span> - <strong>Riley Nash</strong>- <span><strong>Matt Beleskey</strong></span></p>
<p id="jPmX96"><strong>Defensemen</strong></p>
<p id="NUV5Ef"><span><strong>Zdeno Chara</strong></span> - <span><strong>Brandon Carlo</strong></span></p>
<p id="IMocuZ"><span><strong>Torey Krug</strong></span> - <span>Charlie McAvoy</span></p>
<p id="OZw8Ib"><span><strong>Kevan Miller</strong></span> - Postma / O’Gara</p>
<p id="2z6Unj"><strong>Goalies</strong></p>
<p id="4yE27J"><span>Anton Khudobin</span></p>
<p id="Ak72oN"><span>Zane McIntyre</span></p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/10/21/16512276/whose-in-the-lineup-tonight-buffalo-sabres-boston-bruins-atlantic-rivalsColin Beswick2017-10-21T06:00:02-04:002017-10-21T06:00:02-04:00Preview: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins - Oct. 21, 2017
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<p>How will injured Bruins team fare against improved Sabres team?</p> <p id="MHhW4b">Game seven of the 2017-18 season is upon us, with the slightly improved <a href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/">Buffalo Sabres</a> coming to town for the first of 4 total matchups this season. Will the <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Bruins</a> have a full roster? How will the lines look after seemingly endless mix matching throughout the previous six games? Can Buffalo take advantage of a banged up Bruins team to get only their second win in the last 9 matchups? We will soon find out!</p>
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<h3 id="l5b9dI">Just The Facts:</h3>
<p id="TSZwLX">What: The <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/">Boston Bruins</a> host the <a href="https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/">Buffalo Sabres</a>. </p>
<p id="vsbeql">When: 7:00 PM EST</p>
<p id="owbgZq">Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts</p>
<p id="lflR7T">Why do you care: The Bruins have absolutely dominated the Sabres in recent years, this game should be no different. Plus, there’s that Eichel kid to watch I suppose.</p>
<p id="EwmY3G">Where to put your eyes: NESN, MSG-B</p>
<p id="AggUZU">Where to put your ears: 98.5 The Sports Hub</p>
<h3 id="q51YM1">Game Notes:</h3>
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<li id="z5pbCy">The injuries for the Bruins are still going to be a factor, with Rask and now Krecji & McQuaid likely out due to concussion/UBI/LBI and Spooner & Acciari still on IR. </li>
<li id="yEsjTG">On the Sabres side, they have a handful of <a href="https://www.diebytheblade.com/2017/10/19/16504430/injuries-starting-to-pile-up-for-buffalo-sabres-zach-bogosian-zemgus-girgensons">early injuries</a> as well. Most notable are Girgensons, Bogosian and Josefson.</li>
<li id="BRB6pO">On the bright side for the Bruins: Backes and Bergeron are back are didn’t seem to <a href="https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/10/20/16506166/recap-bruins-play-fast-and-loose-in-first-coast-to-6-3-win-over-canucks">miss a beat</a>. Hooray!</li>
<li id="FBQAi8">Youth movement: Which young players will slot into this game? Will Bruce give the kids playing time over an abysmal 3rd line featuring Vatrano and Beleskey?</li>
<li id="9nfwpu">Reminder: The Sabres <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/2017/6/15/15811186/buffalo-sabres-phil-housley-hired-head-coach">have a new coach</a>, Phil Housley who is a first time NHL head coach. They also have a new GM, Jason Botterill</li>
<li id="OwUAXe">No really!: The Sabres have 3 of the top 15 scorers in the NHL (Kane, Pominville, Eichel) so far. The NHL season has been weird to say the least <strong>cough</strong> Vegas actually winning games <strong>cough</strong>.</li>
<li id="jtYMbq">While the schedule to open the season has left a lot to be desired, these games against lesser talent are sneakily important. Can the Bruins take two points against a team expected to finish in the bottom third?</li>
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<p id="8gWv9h">Time to start collecting points against a division rival. Let’s go, Bruins!</p>
https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/10/21/16505558/preview-buffalo-sabres-at-boston-bruins-jack-eichel-injuriesColin Beswick