The Boston Bruins didn’t arrive on time for Saturday’s tilt against the Buffalo Sabres.
It still didn’t matter.
Right now, they’re in a place where they can overcome any bout of in-game adversity. They encountered a handful of self-inflicted moments through the first half of their tilt in Buffalo, including their neutral-zone turnover on Tage Thompson’s shorthanded tally in the opening frame.
Once again, Jim Montgomery’s squad persevered. Keith Kinkaid stymied the Sabres with multiple quality stops while the Bruins slowly found their skating legs.
After a costly turnover on Thompson’s marker, Boston’s power play bounced back to tie the game at 1-1 on Patrice Bergeron’s backhanded tally with 1:09 left in the middle frame.