Even the cobwebs associated with back-to-back afternoon tilts couldn’t slow down the league-leading Boston Bruins.
Jim Montgomery’s squad arrived in Buffalo Saturday night just hours after completing the midwest swing of their five-game road trip with an impressive 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. The odd scheduling featuring a transition from the central time zone to eastern daylight time hardly bothered Patrice Bergeron and company.
Bergeron wasted little time striking first against the slumping Sabres. The Boston captain scored 15 seconds in to get his team off and running.
A slick long-distance feed from a returning Jakub Zboril to Garnet Hathaway sprung the Bruins to a 2-0 lead at 9:01 of the opening frame.