Bruins hold off Sabres in a Game 2 that saw over 90 penalty minutes

[p]Both teams combined for a jaw-dropping 94 penalty minutes, along with 62 hits and 60 shots on goal. The series now heads back to Boston for Game 3 (April 23rd) and Game 4 (April 26th). [/p][p]Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman recorded his 10th playoff win after recording 32 saves, tying Byron Dafoe for the 10th most in Bruins playoff history. [/p][h2]Recap & Highlights[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-bruins/jeans23J/"]Boston[/a] would go on two straight power plays in the second half of the first period, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/buffalo-sabres/UobjtMIP/"]Buffalo[/a]'s penalty kill went to work and kept it scoreless. [/p][p]The Sabres had the fourth-best penalty kill in the league during the regular season and were 4-for-5 at this point in the series. [/p][p]With 30.6 seconds left in the first, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pastrnak-david/dnZgEHz4/"]David Pastrnak[/a] would get called for a minor tripping penalty.[/p][p]The Sabres haven't scored a single goal in 30 straight power plays. [/p][p][b]Much like Game 1, Boston would be the first team to get on the board after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arvidsson-viktor/SdnOmY1i/"]Viktor Arvidsson[/a] won a puck race and finished with a backhander to put the Bruins up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]1-0[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="bf8034c5-4cd9-4534-9fa5-5d6f9b49e4e4" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2046754644626387415?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Bruins' second goal of the game came in the most random and awkward way possible.[/p][p][b]As [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/geekie-morgan/YaldagM6/"]Morgan Geekie[/a] cleared the puck from the red line while leaving the ice, the puck bounced over Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's glove to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]2-0[/a] in the second period. [/b][/p][p]Geekie now has seven goals in his last six games. [/p][embed guid="52ba855e-fc3d-41be-a24b-67e88678e952" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yuc-vSz2sg" social-type="youtube" /][p]Buffalo's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thompson-tage/lvRtlzSi/"]Tage Thompson[/a] granted the Bruins another power play chance, and they didn't waste it. [/p][p][b]After scoring a career high 30 regular season goals this season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zacha-pavel/KxfjGhPe/"]Pavel Zacha[/a] would score his second career playoff goal off a beautiful Pastrnak dish to put the Bruins up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]3-0[/a]. [/b][/p][embed guid="00e99b45-3473-4120-9951-085bb7264a53" url="https://x.com/nhl/status/2046762410598449368?s=61" social-type="twitter" /][p]It would take the Bruins just 16 seconds into the third period to put the game out of reach. [/p][p][b]Arvidsson scored his second of the game to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]4-0[/a] before the third period turned into an onslaught of penalties.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcavoy-charles/G6fOVXzb/"]Charlie McAvoy[/a] recorded an assist on the goal, becoming just the sixth defenseman in Bruins history with 50 career points in the playoffs. [/p][embed guid="45ecfc37-9ad0-4679-8efb-a7d5f435c841" url="https://x.com/NHL/status/2046767935268569289?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Following four double-majors (misconduct) for Buffalo's Tage Thompson and Zach Benson, and Boston's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zadorov-nikita/MohqMdca/"]Nikita Zadorov[/a] and Andrew Peeke, the Sabres would start to make the Bruins sweat.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/byram-bowen/ITJHpt5h/"]Bowen Byram[/a] would score his first career playoff goal to cut the lead to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]4-1[/a], followed by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krebs-peyton/zwIgJlVF/"]Peyton Krebs[/a]'s first goal to make it [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/boston-bruins-jeans23J/buffalo-sabres-UobjtMIP/?mid=27SJGoGd"]4-2[/a].[/b][/p][p]But it wouldn't be enough to pull off another comeback win as the series is now tied up 1-1 heading into Game 3. [/p][embed guid="04a04aeb-6cdd-415e-8f6c-f41d7a4ac5cb" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X10aYNTblQ" social-type="youtube" /]