With their best player out of the game, the Sabres rallied behind some inspired play by a number of players especially Sam Reinhart, Benoit Pouliot, Evander Kane and Chad Johnson.
It was a game where hard work paid off for the Buffalo Sabres. One night after a dismal effort against the Vancouver Canucks the Sabres gave up three goals in the first period and trailed 4-1 in the second, but rallied to beat the Boston Bruins in overtime 5-4.
Two of the NHL's "original six" franchises will meet in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1979. The Boston Bruins, representing the Eastern Conference, will face the Western Conference-champs, the Chicago Blackhawks, with Game 1 starting at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday night.
Wednesday night marked the first major sporting event in Boston since Monday's bombings of the Boston Marathon. Prior to the Boston Bruins' game against the Buffalo Sabres at TD Bank Garden, the Bruins observed a moment of silence for the victims and survivors of the bombings...