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Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves, and Tanner Jeannot scored early within the second interval for the Bruins as they opened the scoring for the third straight sport.
BOSTON (AP) — Bowen Byram scored a minute after Boston missed a penalty shot, and Alex Tuch broke a third-period tie to assist Buffalo come from behind and beat the Bruins 3-1 on Thursday night time to take a 2-1 lead within the first-round playoff collection.
Alex Lyon stopped 24 pictures in his first begin of the postseason and the Sabres, who snapped an NHL-record 14-year playoff drought by successful the Atlantic Division, regained home-ice benefit within the best-of-seven collection. Recreation 4 is Sunday in Boston, with the Bruins needing a win to guarantee themselves of one other house sport.
Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves, and Tanner Jeannot scored early within the second interval for the Bruins as they opened the scoring for the third straight sport.
Boston had an opportunity to go up 2-0 when Mattias Samuelsson’s stick broke proper in entrance of the Buffalo internet, for a turnover that gave Viktor Arvidsson an open lane on the web. Rasmus Dahlin took him down, resulting in a penalty shot.
However Arvidsson shot vast.
A couple of minute later, Byram one-timed a shot previous Swayman to tie it. Tuch made it 2-1 when he grabbed a free puck and fired it previous a screened goalie, and Noah Ostlund added an empty-netter with 84 seconds left.
The groups cut up the primary two video games in Buffalo, with Boston taking the lead each occasions earlier than Buffalo rallied within the final half of the third interval. In Recreation 1, the Sabres got here again to win 4-3, however they have been too far again after a 4-0 deficit in Recreation 2 and misplaced 4-2.
The early struggles doomed Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to backup. He gained the playoff beginning job by closing the common season 12-2-1 however was pulled after permitting the fourth objective early within the third interval on Tuesday night time.
Lyon went 20-10-4 through the season.
Buffalo continued to battle on the ability play. After failing to attain on their final 22 possibilities within the common season, the Sabres have misfired on their first 13 man benefits within the collection, together with 4 on Thursday night time.
Recreation 4 is Sunday earlier than the collection shifts again to Buffalo for Recreation 5 on Tuesday night time.
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