Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman has been named the team's starter for Tuesday's action against the Buffalo Sabres. He will enter the matchup with a 16-16-4 record. Swayman is coming off one of his best performances of the season,

NHL analyst Craig Button has criticized Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman's performance following his eight-year, $66 million extension with the club in October.

Facing Sabres

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each had a hat trick and an assist to lead the Sabres to a 7-2 win against the Bruins.

The Boston Bruins saw their impressive two-game winning streak snapped with a disappointing 7-2 defeat to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka both had hat tricks in the win. Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka turned in one of the most productive performances by a set of teammates in Buffalo Sabres history, both scoring hat tricks to fuel a 7-2 win over the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.

The lead lasted all of 55 seconds. The B’s top line got hemmed in its own end for much of the shift and, after it finally pushed it out of the zone, the players got caught in a change. On a Sabre 4-on-3, Matt Poitras got lost out high and Dylan Cozens connected with the wide-open trailer Thompson, who ripped a slapper past Swayman.

Thompson and JJ Peterka had hat tricks against the Bruins on Tuesday night — a good sign for Lindy Ruff's lineup tweaks.

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each recorded a hat trick and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win over the visiting Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each had a hat trick and an assist to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Thompson and Peterka became the first pair to score a hat trick in the same game for the Sabres since 2008.

The Bruins took a short-lived 1-0 lead on Mason Lohrei’s goal in the first period, but the Sabres rattled off the next four goals to ice it.

BUFFALO -- Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each scored a hat trick and had an assist for the Buffalo Sabres in a 7-2 win against the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center on Tuesday. Thompson got his 7th NHL hat trick, Peterka his first.