At The Final Horn: Sabres 2 - Bruins 3 (SO)

The Buffalo Sabres battled back to earn a point Tuesday night, but fell to the Boston Bruins 3-2 in the shootout.
Rasmus Dahlin tied the game at TD Garden midway through the third period on his 21st birthday. Colin Miller also scored for Buffalo.
Linus Ullmark started in net for Buffalo but left due to injury 4:54 into the game. Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves in relief.
David Krejci and Craig Smith were Boston's goal scorers in regulation. Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves plus two more in the shootout.
Charlie Coyle and Jake DeBrusk both scored in the shootout while Victor Olofsson and Tage Thompson were stopped.
The game had an edge throughout with the Bruins doling out multiple hard hits at Buffalo's expense. The two teams combined for two fights and 48 penalty minutes.

What happened

Colin Miller stepped into a slapshot to open the scoring for Buffalo 1:52 into the game. The goal was the culmination of a strong shift by the line of Anders Bjork, Dylan Cozens and Arttu Ruotsalainen, which filled with speed, forechecking and offensive zone pressure.
Cozens and Bjork picked up the assists.
With 6:40 left in the first, Krejci tied the game, punching in a rebound.
The Bruins took the lead 5:29 into the second period. After Buffalo had a chance broken up in the Boston end, the home team brough the puck back up the ice and Smith potted his ninth of the year to make it a 2-1 game.
Dahlin tied the game with 8:07 left in regulation when his slap shot from the point went off two Bruins players as it found its way into the back of the net.
Boston outshot Buffalo 3-1 in an exciting overtime period and then scored on both of their shootout attempts to earn the extra point.

Roll the highlight film

Here's Dahlin's game-tying goal, where he made a great play at the blue line to set up his shot:

Worth mentioning

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The last Sabres to score on his birthday? Jack Eichel back on October 28, 2019. He turned 23 that day.
-Bjork skated 13:55 with one shot on goal in his debut with Buffalo.
-The Sabres and Bruins will play five more times over the next three weeks. They'll next face off again for three games in four days at KeyBank Center starting on April 20.

Coming up

Buffalo's road trip concludes on Thursday in Washington. Faceoff from Capital One Arena is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550. Pregame coverage on MSG begins at 6:30.
The Sabres will open up a five-game homestand on Saturday against Pittsburgh.