TEAM GUIDE

BOSTON BRUINS
BUFFALO SABRES
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built).....................................TD Garden (17,565, 1995)
Mailing Address............................................................ 100 Legends Way
Boston, MA 02114
Telephone.......................................................................... 617.624.2327
Fax .................................................................................... 617.523.7184
Website....................................................................... bostonbruins.com
Twitter................................................................................. @NHLBruins
Founded.....................................................................................1924-25
Stanley Cup Titles ..................... 6; 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011
Colors....................................................................Gold, Black and White
DIRECTORY
Owner and Governor......................................................... Jeremy Jacobs
CEO & Alternate Governor................................................Charlie Jacobs
President & Alternate Governor.............................................Cam Neely
GM & Alternate Governor.................................................... Don Sweeney
Head Coach........................................................................ Claude Julien
Assistant Coach................................................................ Bruce Cassidy
Assistant Coach...................................................................Jay Pandolfo
Assistant Coach....................................................................... Joe Sacco
Goaltending Coach.............................................................. Bob Essensa
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)..................... First Niagara Center (19,070, 1996)
Mailing Address........................................ One Seymour H. Knox III Plaza,
Buffalo, NY 14203
Telephone.......................................................................... 716.855.4100
Fax .................................................................................... 716.855.4122
Website................................................................................. sabres.com
Twitter........................................................................... @BuffaloSabres
Founded.....................................................................................1970-71
Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................................None
Colors............................................................ Navy, Blue, Gold and Silver
DIRECTORY
Owner..............................................................................Terrence Pegula
General Manager................................................................... Tim Murray
Head Coach...........................................................................Dan Bylsma
Assistant Coach................................................................... Terry Murray
Assistant Coach....................................................................... Tom Ward
Goaltending Coach.............................................................. Andrew Allen
WILD vs. BOSTON BRUINS
2015-16 Wild Record: 0-2-0 (0-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 0-1-0 at Boston)
All-Time Wild Record: 12-4-2 (5-2-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 7-2-0 at Boston)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
MIN 0 2 0 – 2 10 8 8 – 26 0-3 8-19 Dubnyk (34-38)
11/19 BOS 1 2 1 – 4 10 18 10 – 38 1-4 9-29 Eriksson (1) Gustavsson (24-26) *17,565
BOS 1 1 2 – 4 9 5 5 – 19 0-6 5-10 Eriksson (3) Gustavsson (31-33)
2/13 MIN 0 1 1 – 2 6 14 13 – 33 0-5 5-12 Kuemper (15-18) *19,191
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
BOS 2 3 3 – 8 19 23 15 – 57 1-10 (10.0) 14-39 Gustavsson (2-0-0, 55-59)
MIN 0 3 1 – 4 16 22 21 – 59 0-8 (0.00) 13-31 Dubnyk (0-1-0, 34-38); Kuemper (0-1-0, 15-18)
WILD vs. BUFFALO SABRES
2015-16 Wild Record: 1-1-0 (0-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-0-0 at Buffalo)
All-Time Wild Record: 10-6-2 (3-4-2 at Xcel Energy Center, 7-2-0 at Buffalo)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
BUF 3 0 0 – 3 11 5 7 – 23 0-2 1-2 Gionta (1) Ullmark (28-30)
1/12 MIN 0 1 1 – 2 10 14 6 – 30 0-1 2-4 Dubnyk (20-23) *19,034
MIN 1 0 1 0 3 10 5 12 3 30 1-1 2-6 Dubnyk (30-32)
3/5 BUF 0 2 0 0 2 4 13 11 4 32 2-2 2-4 Lehner (28-30) *19,070
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
BUF 3 2 0 0 5 15 18 18 4 55 2-4 (50.0) 3-6 Ullmark (1-0-0, 28-30); Lehner (0-0-1, 28-30)
MIN 1 1 2 0 5 20 19 18 3 60 1-2 (50.0) 4-10 Dubnyk (1-1-0, 50-55)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota fell in both of its season meetings against Boston, 4-2 at TD Garden (11/19) and 4-2 at Xcel Energy Center (2/13)…LW Jason Zucker
led the Wild with two points (1-1=2)…C Jordan Schroeder and D Mike Reilly each scored for the Wild…G Devan Dubnyk earned the loss in the first match,
stopping 34-of-38 shots…G Darcy Kuemper made 15 saves in the second match…RW Loui Eriksson led the Bruins with four goals, recording his third
career hat trick in the first game…C David Krejci tallied four points (1-3=4) and LW Brad Marchand netted two goals…G Jonas Gustavsson went 2-0-0
with a 2.00 GAA and a .932 SV% in two games.
WILD LEADERS: RW Jason Pominville leads the Wild with 45 points (19-26=45) in 55 matches against Boston…C Eric Staal owns 34 points (15-19=34) in
43 contests…LW Zach Parise has 19 points (8-11=19) in 30 games.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 0-5-0 with a 5.20 GAA and a .865 SV% in five career starts vs. the Bruins…Kuemper is 0-2-0 with a 3.04 GAA and a .870 SV%
in two career starts.
BRUINS LEADERS: RW David Backes leads Boston with 23 points (12-11=23) in 38 matches against Minnesota…D John-Michel Liles owns 16 points (6-
10=16) in 49 games…C Patrice Bergeron owns eight points (3-5=8) in 11 matches.
BRUINS GOALIES: G Tuukka Rask is 2-2-1 with a 2.14 GAA and a .932 SV% in five starts vs. the Wild…G Anton Khudobin is 1-2-0 with a 3.03 GAA and a
.883 SV% in three career starts.
CONNECTIONS: RW Charlie Coyle is a native of East Weymouth, Mass., and played at Boston University (2010-12)…D Christian Folin played two seasons
at UMass Lowell (2012-14)…Backes is a native of Minneapolis and played three seasons at Minnesota State Mankato (2003-06)…Khudobin was selected
by Minnesota in the seventh round (206th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and went 4-1-0 with a 1.39 GAA, a .955 SV% and one shutout in six games
with the Wild and made his NHL debut with Minnesota on Feb. 4, 2010.
FAST FACTS: The Bruins are 4-for-55 (7.3%) against Minnesota on the power play while the Wild is 17-for-71 (23.9%) with the man advantage against
Boston in the lifetime series.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
Tue. 10/25 TD Garden 6:00 P.M. Thur. 11/17 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota dropped the first meeting against Buffalo, 3-2 at Xcel Energy Center (1/12) and earned a 3-2 shootout victory in the second meeting
at First Niagara Center (3/5)…D Ryan Suter led the Wild with three points (1-2=3)…RW David Jones, C Mikko Koivu and LW Thomas Vanek each netted
a goal…G Devan Dubnyk went 1-1-0 with a 2.44 GAA and a .909 SV% in two games…C Jack Eichel (1-1=2), RW Brian Gionta (1-1=2) and D Rasmus
Ristolainen (1-1=2) each led the Sabres with two points…LW Jamie McGinn and LW Johan Larsson scored a goal apiece…G Linus Ullmark made 28 saves
in the first match…G Robin Lehner stopped 28-of-30 shots and two-of-four shootout attempts in the second match.
WILD LEADERS: C Eric Staal leads Minnesota with 42 points (15-27=42) in 43 games against Buffalo…LW Zach Parise owns 19 points (9-10=19) in 30
games…Koivu (2-7=9) and Suter (1-8=9) each have nine points in 11 games…RW Jason Pominville owns six points (2-4=6) in six games.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 2-1-0 with a 1.64 GAA, a .932 SV% and one shutout in three starts vs. the Sabres…G Darcy Kuemper played 6:24 in his sole
action, allowing two goals on two shots (11/13/14).
SABRES LEADERS: C Ryan O’Reilly leads Buffalo with 13 points (6-7=13) in 30 games against Minnesota…Gionta has 10 points (6-4=10) in 12 matches…
LW Evander Kane owns nine points (5-4=9) in 13 contests… RW Kyle Okposo has eight points (3-5=8) in 12 games.
SABRES GOALIES: Lehner is 1-0-1 with a 0.96 GAA, a .965 SV% and one shutout in two career starts vs. the Wild…G Anders Nilsson earned the loss,
allowing six goals on 22 shots in his sole career action (3/18/14)…G Jason Kasdorf has not faced Minnesota.
CONNECTIONS: Pominville was selected by Buffalo in the second-round (No. 55 overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and collected 456 points (185-271=456)
in 578 contests with Buffalo before being acquired by the Wild (4/3/13)…RW Chris Stewart skated in 66 games with the Sabres in parts of two seasons
(2013-15), totaling 25 points (11-14=25) and 69 penalty minutes before being acquired by Minnesota (3/2/15)…RW Hudson Fasching played three
seasons at the University of Minnesota (2013-16)…D Justin Falk was selected by the Wild in the fourth round (110th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
and collected 15 points (1-14=15) in 121 games in parts of five seasons with Minnesota (2009-13; 2014-15)…Larsson was drafted by Minnesota in the
second round (56th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, skating in one game with the Wild (2/17/13 vs. DET) before being acquired by the Sabres (4/3/13)…
LW Matt Moulson tallied 13 points (6-7=13) in 20 games with the Wild (2013-14)…Okposo is from St. Paul and played one season at the University of
Minnesota (2006-07).
FAST FACTS: Dubnyk became the first goalie in franchise history to earn a shutout victory in his Wild debut (1/15/15)…Minnesota’s seven-goal shutout
win on Jan. 15, 2015 is the largest margin of victory in franchise history…The Wild is 7-2-2 in its last 11 games against the Sabres, outscoring Buffalo
37-23 in those games.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
Thur. 10/27 First Niagara Center 6:00 P.M. Tue. 11/1 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
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