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Buffalo Sabres (10-17-5, sixth in the Atlantic) vs. Boston Bruins (14-10-2, fifth in the Atlantic)

Boston; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Boston hosts Buffalo looking to end its three-game home losing streak.

The Bruins are 8-7-1 in Eastern Conference games. Boston averages 8.3 penalty minutes per game, the 10th-most in the Eastern Conference. Brad Marchand leads the team serving 38 total minutes.

The Sabres are 3-4-2 against the rest of their division. Buffalo ranks 21st in the Eastern Conference with 29.5 shots per game and is averaging 2.6 goals.

Boston beat Buffalo 5-1 in the last meeting between these teams on Nov. 24.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marchand leads the Bruins with 16 assists and has 27 points this season. Patrice Bergeron has 8 points over the last 10 games for Boston.

Victor Olofsson leads the Sabres with 14 total assists and has 19 points. Kyle Okposo has five assists over the last 10 games for Buffalo.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 4-4-2, averaging two goals, 3.2 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game with a .931 save percentage.

Sabres: 2-6-2, averaging 2.1 goals, 3.7 assists, 2.7 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while allowing 3.2 goals per game with a .911 save percentage.

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INJURIES: Bruins: Curtis Lazar: out (covid-19), Jeremy Swayman: out (covid-19), Taylor Hall: out (covid-19), Trent Frederic: out (covid-19), Anton Blidh: out (covid-19).

Sabres: Dustin Tokarski: out (health protocols), Craig Anderson: out (upper body), Colin Miller: day to day (undisclosed), Robert Hagg: out (lower-body), Jacob Bryson: out (covid-19), Vinnie Hinostroza: out (health protocols).

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BOSTON - The Bruins will kick off 2022 by resuming their season with a New Year's Day matinee against the Buffalo Sabres at TD Garden. It will mark Boston's first game since Dec. 16 after the resurgence of COVID-19 led to 11 Bruins heading into protocol and forced the NHL to extend the traditional holiday break.

But when the Black & Gold, who had their last six games postponed, take the ice on Saturday afternoon, they will be back at full strength - barring no further COVID issues, of course - with Charlie Coyle, the final Bruins player in protocol, returning to practice on Friday afternoon.

"For myself, personally, I'm pumped. For the next little while here, I don't have to test or anything like that," said Brandon Carlo, who cleared protocol on Wednesday after dealing with what he described as a mostly asymptomatic experience with COVID-19.

"It's nice for the guys that got it to just move forward and focus on the hockey season because that's what we wanted to do all along. I feel like the good chunk of us got it. We'll see if we have another flare up, but I definitely think…with all the guys here who got it, [we can] play a fair game and go out there and compete."

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1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Buffalo Sabres (10-17-5, sixth in the Atlantic) vs. Boston Bruins (14-10-2, fifth in the Atlantic)

Boston; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Boston hosts Buffalo looking to end its three-game home losing streak.

The Bruins are 8-7-1 in Eastern Conference games. Boston averages 8.3 penalty minutes per game, the 10th-most in the Eastern Conference. Brad Marchand leads the team serving 38 total minutes.

The Sabres are 3-4-2 against the rest of their division. Buffalo ranks 21st in the Eastern Conference with 29.5 shots per game and is averaging 2.6 goals.

Boston beat Buffalo 5-1 in the last meeting between these teams on Nov. 24.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marchand leads the Bruins with 16 assists and has 27 points this season. Patrice Bergeron has 8 points over the last 10 games for Boston.

Victor Olofsson leads the Sabres with 14 total assists and has 19 points. Kyle Okposo has five assists over the last 10 games for Buffalo.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 4-4-2, averaging two goals, 3.2 assists, 3.6 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game with a .931 save percentage.

Sabres: 2-6-2, averaging 2.1 goals, 3.7 assists, 2.7 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while allowing 3.2 goals per game with a .911 save percentage.

NHL

 

INJURIES: Bruins: Curtis Lazar: out (covid-19), Jeremy Swayman: out (covid-19), Taylor Hall: out (covid-19), Trent Frederic: out (covid-19), Anton Blidh: out (covid-19).

Sabres: Dustin Tokarski: out (health protocols), Craig Anderson: out (upper body), Colin Miller: day to day (undisclosed), Robert Hagg: out (lower-body), Jacob Bryson: out (covid-19), Vinnie Hinostroza: out (health protocols).

Is Cozens back?  Other kids staying up?

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38 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

Me too!

 

Well, except for Charlie McAvoy. He's a good one 

Nah ***** that dude.  You wear those colors, you are the enemy.  They can all eat a bag of *****. 

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This is the third of four meetings between the Sabres and Bruins this season. 
• Last meeting: Boston defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Buffalo on Nov. 24 
• Next meeting: Thursday, April 28 in Boston 


• The Sabres are 1-8-1 in their last 10 games against the Bruins; 3-6-1 on the road. 
• This is the 307th game all-time between Buffalo and Boston; Buffalo has a 126-134-46series record. 
• The Sabres are 51-78-22 on the road against the Bruins all-time.


• The Sabres are 5-6-3 all-time on January 1.

 

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3 minutes ago, inkman said:

Nah ***** that dude.  You wear those colors, you are the enemy.  They can all eat a bag of *****. 

Yea unfortunately not every “Sabres fan” feels that way. So be it.

 

Maybe this afternoon Sabres see a change of fortune …

Sabres … 3

Bruins … 2

 

Tuch, Oloffson, or Dahlin with a goal

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2 hours ago, Derrico said:

Is Cozens back?  Other kids staying up?

Only Skinner & Vinnie returning from COVID-19 list. Ellis still bench boss for Meatballs today. Don’t expect them to start. Likely same lineup as last 2 games w UPL between the pipes.

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38 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The Broons are healthy but I’m hoping for some rust on them and a better UPL for us. 

 

Sabres 4

Bahston 2 

 

Marchand Waste 

 

I'm hoping, as always, that someone takes a run at Marchand.  Of course, if he was a Sabre, I would love him.

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DASTARDLY!!

MUST WIN!!

GO SABRES!!

I am starting to come around to the idea that *May Day* avenged Brad Friggin' Park, nearly 30 years later ... damn!!

So, avenge Lucic and a bit of Park.

Edited by The Ghost of Doohickie
oh, that important missing letter ... more goodly
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