Bruins 4, Sabres 3 (OT)

 

Two in a row! The mighty, mighty Bruins are back and they're here to stay!

Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by Geekie and Pastrnak, their 9th and 7th of the season, respectively. Buffalo came back with a power-play goal in the second, but Mark Kastelic made the score 3-1, Boston, with a goal late in the period. The Sabres tied the game up in the third with an unanswered pair of goals, but Marat Khusnutdinov scored a goal in the OT period to win the game for the Bruins before the Sabres could even get a shot off on goal.

The Bruins improve to 6-7-0 on the season. Their 12 points put them above Florida (!), Toronto, and Buffalo in the Atlantic standings, and tied with Tampa Bay. Detroit and Montreal lead the division with 16 points each, and Ottawa has 13.

Saturday afternoon (1:00), the Bruins host the Carolina Hurricanes (7-3-0). Very savvy of the Bruins to get their game out of the way before the Georgia-Florida football game starts at 3:30.