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BRUINS 1, Sabres 0
Bruins avoid a 10-game home-winless streak
BOSTON (AP) -- Byron Dafoe made 25 saves for his third shutout, and the Boston Bruins won only their second home game since Thanksgiving, beating the Buffalo Sabres 1-0 on Saturday night.
Boston avoided a 10-game home-winless streak which would have been its longest since the 1924-25 season. The Bruins are 2-9-6 at FleetCenter in their last 17 games.
Boston's last home victory was a 2-0 win over Phoenix on Dec. 13.
P.J. Axelsson scored the game's only goal at 11:52 of the first period when he rebounded a Joe Thornton slap shot and flipped the puck past Sabres goalie Martin Biron.
Biron made 24 saves and has allowed only 14 goals in his last nine games, including three shutouts.
The Sabres could not convert on several opportunities to tie the game while on a power play awarded with just over five minutes left.
The win came after Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs made critical comments about coach Pat Burns in a story in Saturday's Boston Globe.
"I think our team has been managed well by Harry Sinden and Mike O'Connell, but our coaching has not been what I think it should be," Jacobs said.
Sinden is Boston's general manager and O'Connell is his assistant.
The Bruins shut out Buffalo for the third time this season. The Sabres have been held scoreless seven times.
Buffalo lost its fourth straight road game and has won only once this season when trailing after the first period.
Boston has now recorded at least one point in eight straight games.
Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek, out since October with a groin injury, could return to the lineup as early as Thursday.
Summary
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Buffalo 0 0 0--0
Boston 1 0 0--1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Boston, Axelsson 8 (Thornton, Dimaio),
11:52. Penalties: Zhitnik, Buf (roughing), 12:36; Ray, Buf
(unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:36; K Belanger, Bos (unsportsmanlike
conduct), 12:36; Murphy, Bos (high sticking), 16:53; Rasmussen, Buf
(interference), 19:31.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Zhitnik, Buf ( double high
sticking minor, fighting major), 5:44; Thornton, Bos (roughing, fighting
major), 5:44; Sweeney, Bos (slashing), 9:46.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Varada, Buf (slashing), 3:01;
Andreychuk, Bos (roughing), 3:01; Zhitnik, Buf (charging), 6:53; D Ward,
Buf (Diving), 7:08; Thornton, Bos (hooking), 7:08; Peca, Buf (roughing),
10:11; Van Impe, Bos (holding), 14:22.
Shots on goal:
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Buffalo 6 9 10--25
Boston 12 8 4--24
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Power-play Conversions: Buf - 0 of 3, Bos - 0 of 5. Goalies: Buffalo,
Biron (24 shots, 23 saves; record: 18-14-2). Boston, Dafoe (25, 25;
record: 12-13-8). A:17,565. Referees: Leggo, Shick. Linesmen: Amell,
Sericolo.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Buffalo Boston
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Afinogenov 0 0 even 3 Andreychuk 0 0 even 3
B Holzinger 0 0 -1 1 Axelsson 1 0 +1 3
Brown 0 0 even 1 Bourque 0 0 +1 1
D Ward 0 0 even 0 Carter 0 0 even 2
Grosek 0 0 -1 1 Dimaio 0 1 +1 1
Mckee 0 0 even 0 Gill 0 0 +1 0
Peca 0 0 even 2 Heinze 0 0 even 3
R Warrener 0 0 even 4 K Belanger 0 0 even 0
Rasmussen 0 0 even 1 K Mclaren 0 0 even 0
Ray 0 0 even 0 Mcsorley 0 0 even 0
S Barnes 0 0 even 0 Murphy 0 0 even 3
Sarich 0 0 -1 1 Samsonov 0 0 even 0
Satan 0 0 -1 0 Savage 0 0 even 3
Smehlik 0 0 even 1 Sweeney 0 0 even 2
Tsyplakov 0 0 even 1 Thornton 0 1 +1 2
Varada 0 0 even 4 Timander 0 0 even 0
Woolley 0 0 -1 4 Van Impe 0 0 even 1
Zhitnik 0 0 even 1 Wilson 0 0 even 0
Hasek Groin Bates Wrist Injury
Primeau Hip Injury Eloranta Ankle Injury
Patrick Healthy Allison Thumb Injury
Sanderson Healthy Hulbig Groin
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