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Buffalo Sabres Score 4 3rd-Period Goals to Beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Playoff Opener
Tage Thompson scored twice as Buffalo erased a 2-0 deficit with four goals in 6:46 and took Game 1, 4-3.
- On Sunday, the Buffalo Sabres overcame a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Game 1, marking Buffalo's first playoff game in 15 years after a 5,473-day drought.
- Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm scored early goals giving Boston a 2-0 lead, but the Bruins unraveled in the final 20 minutes, failing to clear their zone and allowing four unanswered goals.
- Tage Thompson sparked the rally with two goals, including a wrap-around backhander with 7:58 remaining, while Mattias Samuelsson scored the go-ahead goal just 52 seconds after Thompson tied the contest.
- Alex Tuch sealed the victory with an empty-netter with 1:12 remaining, despite David Pastrnak scoring in the final seconds for Boston. Buffalo hosts Game 2 on Tuesday.
- The win marks Buffalo's first overall playoff victory since a 1-0 win over Philadelphia in 2011, and the Sabres erased the two-goal deficit in a 6:46 span during the third period.
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Sabres rally past Bruins in 3rd for 1st playoff win since 2011
Tage Thompson scored two of the Buffalo Sabres' four goals in the final eight minutes of the third period in a 4-3 comeback win against the visiting Boston Bruins in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series on…
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