Tage Thompson scored his 8th career hat trick in the win. Tage Thompson scored his eighth career hat trick to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center on Sunday. The win was Buffalo’s sixth straight at home and fourth straight overall.

There was once a time when the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins would be vying for the top of the division. But here we are and both teams are at low points, fighting one another off in an effort to get out of the Eastern Conference basement.

The Buffalo Sabres picked up a hard-fought 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins on April 6. With this, the Sabres have improved to a 34-36-6 record on the season.