Boston spoils Rasmus Dahlin’s NHL debut.
By Dave McCarthy / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves, and Brad Marchand had four assists to help the Boston Bruins defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 4-0, at KeyBank Center on Thursday night.
Zdeno Chara, Ryan Donato, David Pastrnak, and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins (1-1-0), who lost 7-0 at the Washington Capitals in their season opener Wednesday.
The Bruins made it 1-0 at 6:33 of the first period when Brad Marchand carried the puck into the zone and pulled up on the right wing before finding Chara with a cross-ice pass. Chara skated through the slot and shot past Carter Hutton’s blocker at the bottom of the left face-off circle.
Donato made it 2-0 when he one-timed a pass from Marchand at the side of the net on the power play at 15:34.
Pastrnak scored at 16:16 of the second period to make it 3-0 when he one-timed a pass from David Krejci at the top of the goal crease.
Bergeron scored into an empty net with 12 seconds left to make it 4-0.
The Sabres pulled Hutton and played with an extra skater for the final 5:00.
Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, the No. 1 pick by the Sabres in the 2018 NHL Draft, was minus-1 in 22:37 of ice time in his NHL debut. Hutton made 22 saves for Buffalo (0-1-0).
The Sabres play host to the New York Rangers on Saturday night at 7 pm.