In spurts, the Boston Bruins looked like a charitable hockey club against the lowly Buffalo Sabres. But for every ill-timed penalty and failed power-play attempts, they countered those rare brain lulls with another terrific outing by Jeremy Swayman and an opportunistic attack in 5v5 play.
Twelve of the 18 skaters from Bruce Cassidy’s squad tallied at least one point in their 5-1 victory over the Sabres Thursday night at KeyBank Center. Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak and Matt Grzelcyk each notched multi-point nights and provided timely goals beginning with Marchand’s 25th of the season 12:36 into the opening stanza.