Bruins Hold Off Sabres Late Push, Win Game 2
BUFFALO, NY – The Boston Bruins (1-1) evened their first-round series against the Buffalo Sabres (1-1) with a 4-2 win […] The post Bruins Hold Off Sabres Late Push, Win Game 2 appeared first on Boston Hockey Now.
BUFFALO, NY – The Boston Bruins (1-1) evened their first-round series against the Buffalo Sabres (1-1) with a 4-2 win on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center. Viktor Arvidsson (2) scored twice, while Morgan Geekie (2) and Pavel Zacha (1) each added one. Jeremy Swayman made 32 saves in the win.
The game started physical, and the Sabres drew a penalty after a 5-on-5 scrum behind Jeremy Swayman’s net. On the ensuing penalty kill, Mark Kastelic had a breakaway chance. Viktor Arvidsson had one after the power play expired, but Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped them both.
The Bruins had two power plays in the first period but capitalized on neither; the opportunities overlapped for just three seconds, but the Bruins only got one shot off. James Hagens played on the second power play unit. Both teams skated to the locker room scoreless after 20.
The Bruins won 18 of 20 faceoffs in the first period; they were down 8-7 in shots. Jonathan Aspirot played the puck through to Viktor Arvidsson, who beat out Mattias Samuelsson and broke in on another breakaway. This time, he pulled the puck to his backhand and beat Luukkonen through his pads to open the scoring at 4:54 of the second period.