Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresApr 6, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 6, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	1	0	3		BOS	8	7	5	20
BUF	0	3	3	6		BUF	11	13	13	37

: BOS 38BUF 74
: BOS 2.37BUF 5.09
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 23BUF 13
Blocks: BOS 17BUF 8
PIM: BOS 4BUF 2
: BOS 49%BUF 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 6–3 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +10 against a season average of 25.7; the loss.

Points
Tage Thompson had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:28.Thompson
Points
David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:04.Pastrnak
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:42.Tuch
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:31.Dahlin
Points
Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:51.Byram
Points
Peyton Krebs had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:57.Krebs
Goalie
Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +10 against a season average of 25.7; the loss.Korpisalo
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–McLeod–Peterka skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch McLeod Peterka

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · BUF 74 · BOS 38

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
BOS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 17% of the game, BUF 57%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	BUF
	38	78
	1.86	3.59
	1.80	3.21
	7	16
	4	8
	23	24
	+0.019	−0.019
	17%	57%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
10:2552% CF
L2Lauko – Koepke – Beecher
6:1515% CF
L3Lettieri – Khusnutdinov – Minten
5:4144% CF
L4Zacha – Mittelstadt – Lysell
4:190% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
17:5029% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
15:0319% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Callahan
14:5352% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
0:50100% CF
PK1FKoepke – Minten
1:59
PK2FLindholm – Zacha
0:46
PK1DWotherspoon – Peeke
1:30
PK2DJokiharju – Callahan
0:26

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Thompson – Kulich – Benson
13:1879% CF
L2Lafferty – Malenstyn – Ostlund
10:0977% CF
L3Tuch – McLeod – Peterka
8:0663% CF
L4Zucker – Krebs – Quinn
6:2338% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:3673% CF
D2Bernard-Docker – Power
12:2892% CF
D3Clifton – Byram
12:2352% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
2:47100% CF
PP2McLeod – Quinn – Power – Kulich – Ostlund
1:01100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
0:30
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
0:50

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	20:35	—	—	49	52
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	3	3	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	53	56
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	52	59
Jakub Lauko C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	11:48	—	—	11	4
Cole Koepke L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	21	19
John Beecher C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	2	10:05	—	—	10	4
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	38	42
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	23	24
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:20	—	—	17	6
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.63	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	43	46
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.26	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	39	42
Fabian Lysell R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	10	17
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	3	2	20:38	—	—	32	64
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:03	—	—	31	55
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	20	8
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	3	0	19:39	—	—	22	12
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	50	57
Michael Callahan D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	50	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	3.66	57:42

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	3	0	3	+2	6	1.59	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	82	81
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.72	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	79	79
Zach Benson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.34	3	0	0	16:56	—	—	80	79
Noah Ostlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	73	43
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:17	—	—	81	44
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:10	—	—	81	51
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	67	61
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	2	15:34	—	—	56	44
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	0	1	0	15:32	—	—	52	36
Jason Zucker L	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.47	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	50	61
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	57	71
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	35	44
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.33	1	0	0	22:31	—	—	68	71
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	61	47
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	89	98
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	72	78
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	60	53
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	53	53

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	2.37	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Elias Lindholm (BOS) 1st 3:37 · assists David Pastrnak, Henri Jokiharju · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 10.7 mph shot · 7.5 s from entry to goal.

Elias Lindholm · 1st 3:37 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 10.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Morgan Geekie · 1st 14:27 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 7:35 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 10:49 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Casey Mittelstadt · 2nd 16:38 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 7.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 18:31 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Jason Zucker · 3rd 1:59 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 13.7 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 5:51 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 10.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:14 · BUF EN

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 5-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s
Type: deflection

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresApr 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Elias Lindholm · 1st 3:37 · BOS

Morgan Geekie · 1st 14:27 · BOS

Tage Thompson · 2nd 7:35 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 2nd 10:49 · BUF

Casey Mittelstadt · 2nd 16:38 · BOS PP

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 18:31 · BUF

Jason Zucker · 3rd 1:59 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 5:51 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:14 · BUF EN