Bruins Shut Out Sabres, 4-0

By ESPN

The way Tuukka Rask is playing, the Boston Bruins just need a little bit of scoring from their top offensive players on the power play to be in good shape.

They got both on Monday night.

Rask rebounded from his first loss with 32 saves for his second shutout, Brad Marchand and David Krejci scored power-play goals in the second period, and the Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-0.

David Pastrnak had a power-play goal and Riley Nash scored for the Bruins, who won for the fourth time in five games. Rask recorded his 32nd career shutout after losing 5-2 against the New York Rangers on Saturday. He improved to 7-1 this season.

"If you just look at the stats probably it's got to be one of the best starts because I think usually the starts are the worst part of my season," Rask said.

The Bruins allowed two short-handed goals on Saturday.

"We've just got to keep taking it easy. I thought we did a better job of finding the seams at the net and jumping on those loose pucks and rebounds," said coach Claude Julien, who collected his 400th career victory with the Bruins.

Robin Lehner made 38 saves for Buffalo, but he fell to 3-7-3 lifetime against Boston. It was just the Sabres' second loss in six games.

Following a scoreless opening period that lacked many quality scoring chances, the Bruins moved ahead on Marchand's goal 5:44 into the second. Matt Beleskey got the rebound from the edge of the crease and passed it to Marchand, who fired a wrister that hit off Lehner's mask and top of his stick before going into the net.

Skating with a two-man, power-play advantage midway into the period, Boston increased its lead when Krejci one-timed a shot from the top of the left circle that slipped inside the left post for his first goal of the season.

Monday, November 7 Scoreboard

Boston 4, Buffalo 0

New York Islanders 4, Vancouver 2

Florida 3, Tampa  Bay 1

Tuesday, November 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Carolina at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at New York Rangers, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Washington, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8 p.m.