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The Austin Bruins had been on the good side of seven shutouts this season. Saturday, for the first time, they ended up on the wrong side of one, and at an inopportune stage of the season. Aberdeen Wings goalie Willum Braun stopped all 30 shots he faced and helped his team escape Austin with a 2-0 victory in Game 2 of the North American Hockey League Central Division Finals,
Marco Sturm didn’t like the end result or the last 10 minutes of the Bruins’ 4-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres in Game 1 on Sunday. But he did like his team’s play for most of the game and thought there was plenty to build off of for Game 2 on Tuesday.
There was no way the Buffalo Sabres were going to be denied in Game 1. Playing in front of a sellout crowd that had endured an NHL-record 15-year drought between playoff appearances, the Sabres stormed back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period to win the curtain-raiser against the Boston Bruins.