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. Thompson scored in each period en route to his seventh career hat trick and first of the season,

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each record a hat-trick on Tuesday night to help power the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center. A complete game recap from WGR:

Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka both scored hat tricks as Buffalo ... Thompson blasted a 102 mph one-timer fed by Dylan Cozens within a minute of Boston taking the lead in the first period.

January 29 - Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each recorded a hat trick ... Zach Benson added a last-minute goal, Dylan Cozens had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's 25 saves helped Buffalo ...

JJ Peterka scored three goals and assist on ... only 57 seconds later with a one-timer from the slot off a pass from Dylan Cozens. The shot was recorded at 102 mph, according to NHL Edge, and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) 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 ...

January 29 - Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each recorded a hat trick ... Zach Benson added a last-minute goal, Dylan Cozens had two assists, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen's 25 saves helped Buffalo ...

Nashville – Justus Annunen (6-2-0, 2.65 GAA, .914 save %)

On Tuesday, Thompson and Peterka became the first Sabres teammates with hat tricks in the same game since Derek Roy and Drew Stafford on Jan. 18, 2008. They finished the night with plus-six ratings, a feat no Sabres skater had accomplished since Richard Smehlik on Feb. 2, 1998.

‘There’s a lot that goes into that I don’t really think about,” Kozak said after Thursday’s practice at KeyBank Center, reflecting on his recent back-and-forth between rosters. “I just think about playing the best I can, trying to get better every day. Just trying to make those decisions a little tougher.”

The Buffalo Sabres 7-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday was a positive moment in an otherwise dreary and disappointing season. Tage Thompson and JJ Peterka each registered a hat trick; the first time that a pair of Sabres have scored hat tricks in 17 years (Drew Stafford and Derek Roy did it in January 2008 against Atlanta),