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04/19 21:38 CDT Sabres score 4 3rd-period goals to beat the Bruins 4-3 in
playoff opener
Sabres score 4 3rd-period goals to beat the Bruins 4-3 in playoff opener
By JOHN WAWROW
AP Hockey Writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) --- Mattias Samuelson scored with 3:24 left and Buffalo
overcame a two-goal deficit in the final eight minutes to beat the Boston
Bruins 4-3 on Sunday night in the Sabres' first playoff game in 15 years.
Tage Thompson scored goals 3:42 apart to tie it, and Alex Tuch sealed the
victory by scoring into an empty net with 1:12 left in nearly blowing the roof
off the arena.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 17 shots.
Buffalo hosts Game 2 of the first-round series Tuesday night.
The playoff win was Buffalo's first at home --- and first overall --- since a
1-0 victory over Philadelphia in Game 4 of a first-round series April 20, 2011.
The Sabres proceeded to lose the series in seven games. The Sabres won their
first Atlantic Division this season and snapped an NHL-record 14-season playoff
drought.
David Pastrnak scored with seven seconds remaining, and had two assists for
Boston. Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm also scored for the Bruins. who
finished the regular season 33-2-4 when leading after two periods.
Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves.
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