BY RANDY SCHULTZ –
The Buffalo Sabres once again fell behind in the Stanley Cup playoff game with the Boston Bruins. Unlike their come-from-behind victory over the Bruins in game one, the Sabres fell short in game two, losing to the Bruins, 4-2, Tuesday night at KeyBank Center in Buffalo.
Their series is now tied 1-1 with games three and four being played in Boston.Following a scoreless first period, the Bruins took a 3-0 lead into the second intermission on goals by Viktor Arvidsson, Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha.
While many thought Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff might pull goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen at the start of the third period, he chose not to.But just :16 into the third, Luukkonen gave up a fourth goal and quickly found himself sitting on the Sabres bench in favor of Alex Lyon.
The Sabres finally got on the board at the 13:54 mark of the third on a goal by Bowen Byram. Less than a minute later Buffalo struck again with a goal by Peyton Krebs. But there would be no second scoring miracle for the Sabres as the Bruins held Buffalo scoreless for the final five minutes of the third period.