Bruins battle back, best Sabres, 3-1

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BOSTON -- The Bruins got a pair of late third-period goals on Thursday night at the TD Garden to give them their first set of back-to-back wins since Jan. 12, defeating the Buffalo Sabres 3-1.

Those two third-period goals came from a Johnny Boychuk slap-shot snipe with 7:04 left in the game and a David Krejci roof-top wrister with 4:06 remaining.

Before that, both teams went into the third period tied at 1-1.

Greg Campbell tied the game at 1-1 with 1:51 left in the second period, after he re-directed a Shawn Thornton slap shot while cutting across the slot.

Jason Pominville had originally given the Sabres a 1-0 lead with 3:21 left in the first period, after the took the puck down the right wing and sniped the top-right corner over Tim Thomas' glove on a slap shot from the right circle.

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