Round 1 Game 6 RECAP: Boston’s season comes to close in 4-1 LOSS
Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-Imagn Images | Winslow Townson-Imagn Images First Period Things began with a miserable sequence that ended up with Alex Tuch being left all alone, and that had the Bruins down 1-0 early. View Link Then, late in the period, the Bruins were hemmed into their own end, and the Sabres moved in just the right way to give Mattias Samuelsson a perfect screen to beat Jeremy Swayman. 2-0 Sabres.
View Link Mercifully, the Bruins were able to prevent any further scoring, and the period ended. Onto the second. Second Period Hey did you know David Pastrnak is a Boston Bruin?
Sabres defense sure struggles with that concept! View Link Can’t ask for much better than that! 2-1 Sabres .
Unfortunately, that was all the scoring in the period for Boston, but Buffalo didn’t score, so things worked out! Third Period The goal that killed the season is almost preposterously stupid to describe. Hampus Lindholm forced a pass to David Pastrnak, who could not receive it and had him and McAvoy racing against Josh Doan for the puck, and finding out way too late that they’d unintentionally given Zach Benson unrestricted access to the net-front.
3-1 Sabres. View Link The Bruins did their best to attempt to keep up with the Sabres, but at that point it was too late. Even pulling the goalie didn’t help.
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