The Boston Bruins suffered their second consecutive loss in their series to the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 in Game 4 on Sunday afternoon at TD Garden to fall behind in the series 3-1. Throughout the series, Buffalo has not been able to get on the board in the first period. That was the opposite in Game 4.

Sabres Coach Lindy Ruff shut down any talk of putting forwards Tyson Kozak and Jason Zucker back in after injuries sent them to the locker room late in Game 4 of Buffalo's NHL Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins.

Forget the wagon. The Buffalo Sabres are a freight train. The Sabres delivered a commanding 6-1 victory over the Boston […]

Prior to the first game in Boston, each team picked up one win in Buffalo. The Sabres took Game 1 4-3 after a late comeback that saw them score four consecutive goals in the final eight minutes of regulation while Boston responded and won Game 2 4-2 on Tuesday night. The team held off a late Sabres surge to record the victory.

Before we give the Sabres their due flowers, let's not get it twisted: The Bruins deserved all the "boo" that rained down at TD Garden Sunday when they left the ice after the first period.

Josh Doan had a goal and an assist during Buffalo’s four-goal first-period, and Alex Lyon stopped 21 shots to lead the Sabres to a 6-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

The reality is that the Boston Bruins, and specifically Nikita Zadorov, were fed up. And so Zadorov delivered a cross check and subsequent punch to Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin after a play for no reason. It earned Zadorov a ticket out of the game, and it led to some serious feuding before everything settled down.