Schedule and 2009-10 Results
Regular Season Records: Buffalo 45-27-10=100pts, Boston 39-30-13=91pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 15 April: Boston loses at Buffalo, 2-goals-1
Game 2 on Saturday, 17 April: Boston wins at Buffalo, 5-goals-3
Game 3 on Monday, 19 April: Buffalo loses at Boston, 2-goals-1
Game 4 on Wednesday, 21 April: Buffalo loses at Boston, 3-goals-2 (2OT)
Game 5 on Friday, 23 April: Boston loses at Buffalo, 4-goals-1
Game 6 on Monday, 26 April: Buffalo loses at Boston, 4-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Boston Bruins defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1091. With the series 1091 victory, the Boston Bruins improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 40-44 overall and 9-9 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1091 loss, the Buffalo Sabres see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 15-24 overall and 7-9 in the Preliminary round. The series 1091 win order posted by the victorious Boston Bruins was LWWWLW: Series 1091 thus becomes the sixth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 19th NHL series (all rounds), and the 39th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. In series 1091 Game 2, the Boston Bruins trailed the Sabres in Buffalo by two goals as late as 2:34 into the second period but rallied for a 5-goals-3 victory: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff series from 1939 through 2009, road teams down two goals as late as 2:34 into the second period had only a 40-287 (.122) game record. Hosting the Buffalo Sabres in series 1091 Game 4, the Boston Bruins trailed by two goals as late as 2:06 into the third period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2009, teams trailing by two as late as 2:06 into the third had a game record of 35-648 (.051). After tying Buffalo, Boston needed double-overtime to notch the series 1091 Game 4-winning goal, 7:41 into the second OT period. In the same historical span just cited, home teams 7:40 into the second overtime had a 23-42 (.354) game record.