It's honestly amazing how the Sabres zone in once they get one on the board. Getting down 4-0 in this one really upped the difficulty level for them

Bruins use their timeout after the Krebs goal and now the crowd is really feeling it. Can imagine that Sturm is telling his guys to settle the hell down

With Lyon out for the extra skater, Dahlin's shot from out high goes off the post and Krebs is there to put it away to make it 4-2 Boston with 4:52 to go in the third...

Shutout chance for Swayman spoiled as Bo Byram rifles one past him to make it 4-1 Boston with 6:06 to go in the third

Tuch takes Thompson's spot on PP1

Sabres kill the penalty and now head to their own power play again after Hagens is busted for hooking

Tage Thompson wasn't out there that last shift with Krebs and Tuch because he got two and a 10 for that last fracas. Krebs picks up a cross-checking penalty to send the B's to the power play

Out of all of that, we play 5-on-5 and that's probably the most logical outcome. Lots of dudes in the boxes but we carry on. Both teams fourth lines out now however...

Zadorov plants Benson for taking an extra whack at Swayman who didn't quite seem sure he covered the puck. Tuch leaps in after Zadorov and then Pastrnak with some words for him. Peeke and Thompson push and shove and now Thompson grabs Geekie and that gets Peeke and Benson scrapping with gloves on.

I bet you know how the power play went

A low-bridge hit by McAvoy on Malenstyn and Dunne is ready to go with him. Stanley and Kastelic with the gloves off in the heavyweight division.

Third period starts with the Sabres dumping it in, unable to recover despite sending the herd in. Bruins turn and burn with a 2-on-1 and Arvidsson snaps it past Luukkonen to make it 4-0 16 seconds in. Alex Lyon replaces him posthaste

Luukkonen in the net to start the third period

Been a while since the Sabres had a real stink bomb of a period and doing it in Game 2 of the first round is definitely not the best time to do it. A 3-0 hole is a lot against a team that makes it miserable to get around the ice.

Literally every goalie I've ever talked to said plays exactly like that one are their nightmare. The thing you want to do is get it before it hits and has a chance to hop but sometimes you have wait and pray you don't get a bad hop. Luukkonen did

A backhander gets lofted into the Sabres zone and it's every goalie's nightmare - the short-hopper. It hits the ice and beats Luukkonen to make it 2-0

A much better power play from Buffalo that time around but unable to put one home. Good looks there but nothing doing goal-wise

Thompson got set up for the kind of play in which he scored in the Olympics but couldn't get the shot away down low

And now the Sabres PP gets another chance after Jeannot is called for interference. Does the rock fight continue?

Sabres PK stifles the Bruins PP again. These two teams' power plays having a mutual rock fight

Byram heads to the box now for putting the puck out of play. Another second period where hardships are forming for Buffalo

Arvidsson gets a step on the defense, collects a loose puck and slides it five-hole by Luukkonen to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead 4:54 into the second

Jack Quinn taking Lohrei out of the play and starting a quick mix with a chance there is not the most typical thing to happen

Chad Michael Murray all kinds of clad in white getting the crowd pumped with his presence and finishing off a beer sabre

It's 0-0 after a tenacious first period. Shots 8-7 in the Sabres advantage. They'll have 1:30 of power play time to start the second period. Nice to see the snarl pick up in the opening period. Much more playoff-like

David Pastrnak trips Josh Norris and he knew it right away

Khusnutdinov wanted less than zero to do with going up the wall with Stanley there waiting for him and you know what? I don't blame him.

After all that, the Sabres kill off consecutive penalties

Quick bang-bang passes from Hampus Lindholm to Arvidsson in front to Minten but Luukkonen smothers the shot

After Greenway appeared to get held up while doing a one-man PK in the B's zone to no call, Timmins gets called for cross-checking after he drubbed Arvidsson in front of the net moments later.

Doan's getting a penalty for hooking. Used the stick to his advantage on Jeannot according to the official

A couple chances by Buffalo late but the Bruins able to clear right as Arvidsson was freed from the box but Luukkonen stops him with the pad after he tried to go wide around him to tuck it in

Sabres entry goes sideways and gives Kastelic a breakaway but Luukkonen with the save to keep it at zeroes

Tonight's the night Nikita Zadorov will have his say in matters. He deals out a little extra after a Sabres chance and with the fourth line for both teams out there, the officials got their hands full now

Great look from Samuelsson for Benson flying to the net far side, but shot stopped. Zadorov with a little extra for Benson and Lohrei and Norris with the why-I-oughtas

Some shenanigans at the bench Dahlin and Elias Lindholm - referees not having it and take both guys to the box. It'll be 4-on-4 for the next two minutes

To no surprise, Josh Allen bangs the drum to get it started, spikes the mallet and chugs a beer. The vibe meter is broken

Korpisalo and friends get booed off as warmups concluded. Only this time, Korpisalo hit the empty net. OMENS???

Warmups for Game 2 under way. It's Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Jeremy Swayman back in charge.

Warmups are approaching

I'm guessing images are a little bit messed up here? Or is my internet connection wonky?

An extra treat for fans inside the arena tonight. The in-house band this evening is The Strictly Hip

They just showed a view from Canalside with a pep rally going on with Craig Muni and Eric Boulton on stage. No messing around with that group!

Something funny? silly? strange? about seeing a trio of kids going HAM on a tackling dummy clad in a Cam Neely jersey

Congrats to Amerks/Sabres Zac Jones named the AHL defenseman of the year. Had a spectacular season in Rochester.

This but Sabres hats/shirts/jerseys/beer sabres/etc

Today I compared going around Buffalo with the Sabres being successful to the montage in “Major League” where the fans are all decked out in team gear and there’s the one guy who points at his hat to passers by. That’s everyone here now. Sabres gear all over the place.

new mock draft alert!!

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