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NHL : ATS Matchup
Sunday 12/16/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
BUFFALO
 
BOSTON
PK  

PK  


5.5
 
4
Final
2

BUFFALO (19-9-0-5, 43 pts.) at BOSTON (17-11-0-4, 38 pts.)
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Sunday, 12/16/2018 5:00 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: BUFFALO - LINUS ULLMARK, BOSTON - TUUKKA RASK
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
43BUFFALO+145Ov 6,-105+145Ov 6,-105
44BOSTON-165Un 6,-115-165Un 6,-115
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
BUFFALO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games19-14-0+8.419-14+8.417-153.132.02.932.8
Team Stats (Road Games)8-9-0+2.28-9+2.28-82.931.53.133.2
Last 5 Games2-3-0-1.22-3-1.24-13.036.03.632.8
vs. Division6-5-0+0.96-5+0.95-53.534.13.232.4
BUFFALO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)331013328328710569.6%1062119.8%171
Team Stats (Road Games)1750151417445369.3%591118.6%86
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)515635101808.3%15426.7%24
Team Stats (vs. Division)11381211123137510.1%33824.2%68
Stats Against (All Games) 962933295610828.9%981717.3%159
Stats Against (Road Games) 52201712355659.2%581220.7%86
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 185652116411.0%1500.0%26
Stats Against (vs. Division) 35111210223569.8%32721.9%64
BUFFALO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
CARTER HUTTON (All Games)232270464791.9%012-10+3.612-10-0+310-11
CARTER HUTTON (Road Games)111031728890.9%03-7-2.83-7-0-35-4
CARTER HUTTON (vs. Division)7618316690.7%03-3-0.23-3-002-3
CARTER HUTTON (Last 4 Games)4412611591.3%01-3-21-3-0-22-2
LINUS ULLMARK (All Games)111137334091.2%07-4+4.87-4-0+57-4
LINUS ULLMARK (Road Games)7724422692.6%05-2+55-2-0+53-4
LINUS ULLMARK (vs. Division)5517115590.6%03-2+1.23-2-0+13-2
LINUS ULLMARK (Last 4 Games)4414312788.8%01-3-2.21-3-0-23-1

BOSTON - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games17-15-0-2.417-15-2.411-202.732.32.631.7
Team Stats (Home Games)11-3-0+4.711-3+4.76-73.833.12.331.1
Last 5 Games3-2-0+1.23-2+1.23-23.437.63.030.2
vs. Division8-6-0+0.18-6+0.15-83.334.92.532.3
BOSTON Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)32882333284510338.5%1012625.7%145
Team Stats (Home Games)14531320173446411.4%501632.0%89
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)517286101889.0%14214.3%33
Team Stats (vs. Division)1446121419124899.4%431227.9%78
Stats Against (All Games) 842132274510168.3%952223.2%140
Stats Against (Home Games) 3281311024357.4%38718.4%54
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 15537011519.9%9222.2%26
Stats Against (vs. Division) 3551316134527.7%41819.5%61
BOSTON - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
JAROSLAV HALAK (All Games)181755651592.6%39-8-1.29-8-0-15-11
JAROSLAV HALAK (Home Games)7721920794.5%16-1+3.66-1-0+32-4
JAROSLAV HALAK (vs. Division)5517916793.3%13-2+1.23-2-0+12-2
JAROSLAV HALAK (Last 4 Games)4413311888.7%11-3-1.81-3-0-23-1
TUUKKA RASK (All Games)161545541791.6%18-7-1.38-7-0-16-9
TUUKKA RASK (Home Games)8721419691.6%05-2+1.25-2-0+14-3
TUUKKA RASK (vs. Division)9927025092.6%05-4-15-4-0-13-6
TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games)4411710791.5%02-2-1.12-2-0-12-2
Average power rating of opponents played: BUFFALO 3.19,  BOSTON 3.15
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
BUFFALO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/19/2018at PITTSBURGH5-4W0, +150W6 evO
11/21/2018PHILADELPHIA5-2W0, -105W6 ovO
11/23/2018MONTREAL3-2W0, -145W6 unU
11/24/2018at DETROIT3-2W0, -110W5.5 unU
11/27/2018SAN JOSE3-2W0, +125W6 unU
11/29/2018at TAMPA BAY4-5L0, +170L6 ovO
11/30/2018at FLORIDA2-3L0, +140L6 evU
12/3/2018at NASHVILLE1-2L0, +150L5.5 unU
12/4/2018TORONTO3-4L0, +150L6 ovO
12/8/2018PHILADELPHIA2-6L0, -120L6.5 unO
12/11/2018LOS ANGELES4-3W0, -170W5.5 unO
12/13/2018ARIZONA3-1W0, -160W5.5 ovU
12/15/2018at WASHINGTON3-4L0, +135L6.5 unO
12/16/2018at BOSTON 
12/18/2018FLORIDA 
12/21/2018at WASHINGTON 
12/22/2018ANAHEIM 
12/27/2018at ST LOUIS 

BOSTON - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/21/2018at DETROIT2-3L0, -120L5.5 unU
11/23/2018PITTSBURGH2-1W0, +100W6 unU
11/24/2018at MONTREAL3-2W0, -115W5.5 evU
11/26/2018at TORONTO2-4L0, +140L5.5 ovO
11/29/2018NY ISLANDERS2-1W0, -160W5.5 ovU
12/1/2018DETROIT2-4L0, -210L5.5 ovO
12/4/2018at FLORIDA0-5L0, +105L5.5 ovU
12/6/2018at TAMPA BAY2-3L0, +155L6 ovU
12/8/2018TORONTO6-3W0, +120W6 unO
12/9/2018at OTTAWA2-1W0, -165W6.5 unU
12/11/2018ARIZONA4-3W0, -175W5.5 unO
12/14/2018at PITTSBURGH3-5L0, +145L6 ovO
12/16/2018BUFFALO 
12/17/2018at MONTREAL 
12/20/2018ANAHEIM 
12/22/2018NASHVILLE 
12/23/2018at CAROLINA 
12/27/2018NEW JERSEY 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
BUFFALO: LAST SEASON: 25-45-12, 62 points. Finished last in NHL standings for third time in five years.
COACH: Phil Housley (second season, second NHL season).
ADDED: LW Jeff Skinner, LW Conor Sheary, C Tage Thompson, C Patrik Berglund, C Vladimir Sobotka, rookie D Rasmus Dahlin, D Matt Hunwick, D Lawrence Pilut, G Carter Hutton.
LOST: C Ryan O'Reilly, G Robin Lehner, LW Benoit Pouliot, D Victor Antipin, D Josh Gorges, C Jordan Nolan, G Chad Johnson.
PLAYER TO WATCH: All eyes will be on Dahlin, the 18-year-old Swedish-born smooth-skating, play-making defenseman selected with the first pick in the draft. Dahlin has such potential, Hockey Hall of Fame
COACH and nine-time Stanley Cup-winner Scotty Bowman says the youngster has the potential to become the best defenseman in Sabres history. Dahlin has already roused a fan base, which jammed the Sabres 1,800-seat practice facility to see him perform during the team's rookie camp in June and a four-team prospects tournament earlier this month.
OUTLOOK: The Sabres can't get much worse than the over-priced and under-achieving squad that won three straight games just once, and endured losing streaks of four or more games seven times last season. Things became so grim, O'Reilly in April revealed he
LOST his passion for playing at times, and a losing mentality crept into the locker room. O'Reilly was traded to St. Louis in one of numerous moves GM Jason Botterill made to overhaul a roster that will feature anywhere between nine and 12 players not in the season-opening lineup a year ago. The question is how long it will take for the newcomers to find chemistry.
BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 50-20-12, 112 points. Second in Atlantic Division.
LOST to Tampa Bay Lightning in Eastern Conference semifinals.
COACH: Bruce Cassidy (second full season, third full NHL season).
ADDED: D John Moore, D Steven Kampfer, G Jaroslav Halak, F Joakim Nordstrom, F Chris Wagner
LOST: F Tommy Wingels, F Rick Nash, F Riley Nash, D Adam McQuaid, F Tim Schaller
PLAYER TO WATCH: Patrice Bergeron. The Bruins No. 1 center had 63 points in 64 games last season but, at 32, he had offseason groin surgery and back spasms have kept him off the ice for part of training camp. Boston's top line of Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand scored a total of 208 points in the regular season and 53 more in 12 playoff games.
OUTLOOK: The Bruins are poised for another strong regular-season run behind the core of Zdeno Chara, Bergeron and goalie Tuukka Rask. Last year, they advanced in the playoffs for the first time since 2014, but they'll have to get further for this year to be a success.
PREVIEW
Sabres-Bruins Preview

BOSTON -- Old rivalry. New day.

There was a time - and not too long ago - that a visit by the Buffalo Sabres, the Bruins' old Adams Division rivals - would be seen as a likely two points for Boston.

But times have changed.

Heck, they've even changed since back in October, when the Bruins, rebounding from an opening-night loss in Washington, hung a 4-0 road decision on the Sabres in Buffalo's opening game.

Much has happened to both teams since - but especially to the Sabres.

Phil Housley's team reeled off a 10-game winning streak from Nov. 8-27. The Sabres then lost five straight (0-3-2) and won two in a row before losing in a shootout at Washington Saturday night.

This franchise has turned repeated low finishes into talent and is 19-10-5 as it comes to Boston for Sunday's late-afternoon game.

However, while things have improved in Buffalo, the Sabres played Saturday night after Patrik Berglund had been suspended indefinitely by the team for refusing to come back after a two-game absence with an illness.

"It's obviously not easy," goaltender Carter Hutton, who played with Berglund last season in St. Louis, said after the game. "It's one of those things you need to move forward - injuries, suspensions. Those things happen, right? It's something that comes with the business. For us, we need to keep plowing forward here.

"We've got a tough schedule ahead of us. We thickened our skin in a lot of ways in the first half here."

Said Housley: "From my knowledge talking to the medical staff, he was ill. So we handled it that way. Obviously, it developed into something different. Jason and the management are handling that."

The Bruins (17-11-4) had a three-game winning streak snapped in Pittsburgh Friday night - rallying from a 3-1 deficit to tie before losing on a third-period goal and outstanding goaltending by Casey DeSmith.

Boston had a season-high 51 shots on goal - their first game with more than 50 since 2005.

"He played a heck of a game," said Boston's Charlie McAvoy, who suffered one of the many injuries that have dogged his team (still missing Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara). "A lot of times I had my hands in the air because I thought we scored, but turned out he made the save - so I guess good for him, even if it sucks right now."

Jaroslav Halak, who made 32 saves in a shutout in his Bruins debut Oct. 4, played Friday night and will e game while Tuukka Rask plays the other in a back-to-back that ends in Montreal Monday night.

Halak is 11-3-0 with a 2.28 goals against average and .917 save percentage lifetime against the Sabres, while Tuukka Rask is an impressive 13-6-1 with 2.10/.932 numbers against Buffalo.

Hutton played Saturday, leaving Linus Ullmark to make his first career start against Boston Sunday. Ullmark is 6-1-3 with 3.03/.912 this season. He is 15-14-5 lifetime in the NHL.

While Marco Scandella returned after missing eight games with an upper body injury, former Bruin defenseman Matt Hunwick was available but did not make his Sabres debut Saturday night. Acquired from Pittsburgh in June, he had been out with a neck injury before a conditioning assignment in the minors - and he could play Sunday against one of his old teams.

Boston's Sean Kuraly, who had his nose broken in a Dec. 9 fight but continued playing, finally needed surgery for breathing problems and will wear a full shield for 4-6 weeks.

"It definitely feels different," said Kuraly, who moved from center to right wing for Friday's game. "You feel like there's a little bit of a shield between you and the game, kind of, but I think I'll get used to it."

Former Boston University start Jack Eichel, who makes another return to TD Garden, scored two goals Saturday night, while Sam Reinhart posted two assists and has a nine-game points streak. He has five goals and eight assists in those games and 26 points in his last 25.

Eichel has three goals and four assists but is a minus-9 in 11 career games against the Bruins.


Last Updated: 3/29/2024 3:19:01 AM EST.


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