Buffalo Sabres 4 — 1 Boston Bruins
2026-05-01 · TD Garden · Playoff
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | BOS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman start | BOS | L | 22 | 25 | 3 | 16/19 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 58:08 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 25 | 26 | 1 | 23/24 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 59:42 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23:48 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:54 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Josh Doan | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:51 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:36 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:45 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:36 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16:58 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24:05 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:25 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:36 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:58 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:25 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11:01 |
BOS skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Pastrnak | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Pavel Zacha | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23:13 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18:57 |
| Michael Eyssimont | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:04 |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25:09 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:22 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| Alex Steeves | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:46 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:15 |
| Jonathan Aspirot | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 |
| Andrew Peeke | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Tanner Jeannot | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:48 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:24 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:59 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:52 |
| Sean Kuraly | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:40 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
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 |