Boston Bruins superstar puts officiating on blast after loss to Buffalo Sabres
In the overall big picture, there was not much on the line Monday night at the TD Garden when the Boston Bruins hosted the Buffalo Sabres. Sure, the Bruins entered the game only four points out of the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot, but to get there, the Black and Gold would need to jump over five teams. With 14 games left, it’s doubtful to see that happen. Stranger things have happened, but with the way the 2024-25 season is playing out, it’s highly unlikely.
Tied 2-2 through regulation, the game went to overtime and Buffalo scored with 10.7 seconds left in the extra session and on the power play for a 3-2 victory. Following the game, Bruins superstar David Pastrnak was upset with the officiating and who could blame him? It’s not that there was a minor penalty called on Marat Khusnutdinov, but it was what happened before that that caught the ire of Boston’s forward.
Before Husnutdinov was called for his tripping penalty, Mason Lohrei was in front of the Bruins net, and Tuch skated by and dropped him, which would be an interference penalty. Nothing. Going back shortly before that in overtime, Boston broke out of the defensive zone, 2-on-1, and Buffalo had a very early change that led them to have four players on the ice. Nothing.
“I felt like if anybody should get power plays in overtime, it should have been us,’’ said Pastrnak. “I think they’d been having power plays all game long so that’s just my opinion and that’s why I was mad. Frustrating that they got the power play opportunity in overtime, but at the same time we made the mistakes on the puck to make it happen.”
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