Buffalo Sabres 3 — 1 Boston Bruins
2026-04-23 · TD Garden · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | BOS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman start | BOS | L | 27 | 29 | 2 | 16/18 | 9/9 | 2/2 | 58:14 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 24 | 25 | 1 | 15/16 | 8/8 | 1/1 | 59:55 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:59 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:47 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:26 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:59 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| Josh Doan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:49 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23:29 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:35 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09:27 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:25 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:13 |
BOS skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McAvoy | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 27:07 |
| Tanner Jeannot | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 09:10 |
| David Pastrnak | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:21 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:33 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11:15 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| James Hagens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:23 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:18 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| Jonathan Aspirot | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13:27 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:41 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:34 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:32 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:21 |
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 |