Generally, you’re not going to a Bruins-Sabres game in November expecting anything too wild.
November 12, 2011 ended up being an exception to that rule.
The defending-champion Bruins weren’t off to the best start, unevenly playing their way to a 7-7-0 record; Buffalo, on the other hand, was 10-5-0, a point out of first place in the then-Northeast Division and three points out of the lead in the Eastern Conference.
I went to this game, sitting up in the balcony behind the Buffalo net with my friend Bill. We always made jokes about whether or not a guy was going to run the goalie, mainly because we used to do it in the NHL video games.