Sabres' netminder Jhonas Enroth gave up some juicy rebounds in the first period, but the Bruins were unable to capitalize on them, though they were able to put up 12 shots.
But they also didn't keep the Sabres away from their own goal in the meantime.
Buffalo managed to put up 12 shots of their own through to Tim Thomas, who stopped all of them.
Milan Lucic leads Boston with three shots on goal so far in this game, including one with the extra-man advantage.
But the biggest shot of the period came 12:38 into the period, when Shawn Thornton and Robyn Regehr went toe-to-toe and dropped the gloves. Thornton sparked a huge reaction from the crowd.
Thomas looked good in net, even sporting new Warrior pads for the night. While he normally wears his all white pads and glove, he turned them in tonight for new Black and White ones. And they haven't slowed him down yet.
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