Charlie Coyle scores twice as Bruins beat Sabres 4-1 to end 4-game skid
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored twice and Brad Marchand had two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.
Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi made 21 saves.
Special teams played a big role in the outcome as the Bruins scored on their first three power-play chances. Meanwhile, the Sabres went 0 for 6 with the man advantage.
Lohrei opened the scoring 4:19 in, sending the rebound of a shot past Levi.
Coyle stretched the lead to two goals, scoring on a power play with 6:18 left in the first period. Jake DeBrusk got the puck behind the Buffalo net and spotted a wide-open Coyle in front of the Buffalo crease. Coyle then buried a one-timer.
Coyle scored his second power-play goal of the game 4:18 into the second, when his shot deflected off Johnson’s skate into the net.
Geekie made it 4-0 with 6:16 left in the second on another power-play goal for the Bruins. After Charlie McAvoy’s shot bounced off the end boards, Geekie fired the puck toward the net and a sprawling Levi was unable to make the save. It was Geekie’s fourth goal in seven games.
Johnson got the Sabres on the board 5:11 into the third, scoring on a slap shot from the right circle.
Tage Thompson, Buffalo’s No. 1 center, missed the game due to personal reasons.
UP NEXT
Bruins: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Sabres: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.
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