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Article: Rask watches, learns.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 8, 2009
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Byline: RICH THOMPSON
Tuukka Rask did his homework on the scoring tendencies of the Buffalo Sabres.
Rask made 28 saves in last night's 4-2 win at the Garden. He benefited from exceptional work by the Bruins defensemen, who muscled the Sabres out of the crease and prevented second-chance opportunities.
The Sabres thrive on creating traffic and crashing all three forwards toward the net. Rask, who improved to 3-1-1 with a 2.33 goals-against average, was expecting Buffalo to stick with the formula.
"We saw some video footage of them before the game and they do that," Rask said of the Sabres knack for creating a traffic jam. "That's what ...