Sabres 6, Bruins 0
Captain Jason Pominville tallied twice to snap a six-game goalless drought and Ryan Miller turned aside all 36 shots he faced as the Buffalo Sabres breezed to a 6-0 home victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday.
Tyler Ennis, Patrick Kaleta, Drew Stafford and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff also tallied for Buffalo, which improved to 4-0-1 in its last five games overall and 5-0-4 in its last nine home contests.
With Lindy Ruff watching from the coach's box while nursing three broken ribs, the Sabres wasted little time taking the battle to the Bruins.
After Ehrhoff's shot from the point deflected off Gregory Campbell's stick to open the scoring, Pominville doubled the advantage nearly 8 1/2 minutes later. Ville Leino skated down the left wing, spun and backhanded a centering feed to Pominville, who finished the play with a backhander off the right post and into the net.
The fast start was more than enough for Miller, who preserved his third shutout of the season and 25th career by stopping 17 shots in the third period.
Ennis then ended Tuukka Rask's night 1:52 into the second period by slipping a backhander past the netminder. Rask stopped seven of 10 shots before being pulled for the third time in his career.