Boston Bruins 4 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2026-04-21 · KeyBank Center · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BOS | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | 20 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 16 | 20 | 4 | 14/17 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 40:16 |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 14:10 | |
| Jeremy Swayman start | BOS | W | 33 | 35 | 2 | 22/24 | 10/10 | 1/1 | 59:25 |
BOS skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| Jonathan Aspirot | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14:22 |
| David Pastrnak | R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 27:22 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| Tanner Jeannot | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12:23 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:22 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:04 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:53 |
| James Hagens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11:35 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27:40 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:50 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:17 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:28 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:58 |
| Owen Power | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:42 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:40 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:36 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 |
| Josh Norris | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13:44 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:12 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:56 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:29 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 2025-26 | BUF | 4 | BOS | 1 | |
| 2026-04-28 | 2025-26 | BOS | 2 | BUF | 1 | OT |
| 2026-04-26 | 2025-26 | BUF | 6 | BOS | 1 | |
| 2026-04-23 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | BOS | 1 | |
| 2026-04-21 | 2025-26 | BOS | 4 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2026-04-19 | 2025-26 | BOS | 3 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2026-03-25 | 2025-26 | BOS | 4 | BUF | 3 | OT |
| 2025-12-27 | 2025-26 | BOS | 1 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2025-10-30 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | BOS | 4 | OT |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025-26 | BUF | 1 | BOS | 3 |