GOLDEN SPOKES: Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Sabres 7 - Bruins 4

Boston goals: Marchand 2 (5), Peverley (1), Krejci (2)
Buffalo goals: Vanek 3 (6), Ennis (2), Sulzer (1), Hodgson (4), Pommonville ENG (5)

There have been games where the Bruins lost by more goals, but this has to be one of the uglier games I've witnessed in the last few seasons.  Midway through the second period it looked like the B's were going to steamroll this team, going up 3-1 and controlling the play.  After that, they decided they didn't like playing defense anymore and completely lost all momentum.  The 5 v 3 hurt, but even after that they had plenty of chances to tie or take the lead.

If I told you the B's had 42 shots in a game you would've thought they were the one's that won 7-4.  That makes it even more aggravating.  They had their chances, A LOT of chances, but they just couldn't put it in the back of the net.

• I hope the Sabres trade Vanek to the Swedish Elite league.  This guy is a B's killer...and that's an understatement.  Something about playing the black and gold gets this guy to play some top notch hockey.  Which is sort of fun to watch, until you realize he's smoking your own team. 3 goals and 2 assists.  Dahyum.
• If you go on over to TSN.ca and read the comments under the article that talks about Thornton's concussion, you'll probably get very upset.  Just remember, no Canadian likes the B's.  They are calling out Chara and Lucic for not fighting Scott.  Excuse me, Scott has 1 career goal.  No that is not a typo, that is the number uno.  That is a HORRIBLE trade off for Chara/Lucic to sit for 5 minutes while this goon sits for 5 as well.  Thornton is one of the best fighters in the league.  Yes, Scott is 6'8 and probably has 50lbs on Shawn, but Thornton knows is role on the team and gladly does it.  It's unfortunate that he got rocked like he did, but that happens when you're a fighter.  Hopefully he gets better soon!
• Time to start calling out Seguin.  This guy tore it up overseas and he's struggling to find the back of the net.  While he's playing well with Marchand and Bergeron, he needs to start finding the back of the net.  If he gets going and Marchand keeps scoring, this will be a VERY dangerous line.
• Speaking of Marchand, if you want to see possibly the only good thing about last nights game is his first goal.  Beautiful!
• I hate blogging about loses.

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