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Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 27, 2025

Final· KeyBank Center
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Goals123TShots123T
BOS1001BOS931123
BUF0314BUF1313834
BOS 57BUF 58
BOS 1.94BUF 3.63
PP goals
BOS 0BUF 0
Hits
BOS 27BUF 18
Blocks
BOS 12BUF 13
PIM
BOS 6BUF 2
BOS 58%BUF 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Bowen Byram (BUF) played 27:52, +5:36 up on his 22:16 season average over 81 games.

  1. Points
    Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:56.Samuelsson
  2. Points
    Peyton Krebs had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:28.Krebs
  3. Points
    Jack Quinn had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:13.Quinn
  4. Points
    Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:55.Thompson
  5. Usage
    Bowen Byram (BUF) played 27:52, +5:36 up on his 22:16 season average over 81 games.Byram
  6. New line
    New look for BOS: Eyssimont–Kastelic–Minten skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.EyssimontKastelicMinten
  7. Usage
    Morgan Geekie (BOS) played 20:28, +3:06 up on his 17:22 season average over 80 games.Geekie
  8. Usage
    Owen Power (BUF) played 25:29, +3:53 up on his 21:36 season average over 80 games.Power

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.

Shot map, BOS at BUF: 115 attempts, 57 on goal, 5 goals, 5.58 expected goals; best chance Josh Norris at 0.71 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · BUF 58 · BOS 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BOS at BUF: expected goals 3.63 to 1.94 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 57, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdBUFBOSPMKSNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFBOScontrol2nd3rdPastrnak · 1st 11:56McLeod · 2nd 1:39Krebs · 2nd 3:12Samuelsson · 2nd 7:54Norris · 3rd 19:46
  • 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 27% of the game, BUF 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BOS at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (60:00) for BUF and Joonas Korpisalo (56:55) for BOS, 5 goals.

BUF
BOS
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against BOS skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus BOS columns: 250 matchups; most common Samuelsson vs Lindholm, 12:20 at 34% xGF.

BUF ↓ · BOS →PastrnakGeekieLindholmZachaMittelstadtArvidssonKhusnutdinovKuralySteevesKastelicMintenEyssimontLindholmPeekeMcAvoyZadorovLohreiKolyachonokL1 ThompsonL1 KrebsL1 DoanL2 TuchL2 NorrisL2 OstlundL3 MalenstynL3 DunneL3 GreenwayL4 McLeodL4 QuinnL4 BensonD1 ByramD1 SamuelssonD2 PowerD2 KesselringD3 BrysonD3 Metsa
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatBOSBUF
4758
1.432.27
1.402.20
610
68
2328
+0.070−0.070
27%45%

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

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 11:56
    BOSDavid Pastrnak (Morgan Geekie)wrist0.04 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Peeke, GeekieBUF: McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram, Quinn, Benson
    BOS 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

  1. 1:39
    BUFRyan McLeod (Jack Quinn, Mattias Samuelsson)snap0.11 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Peeke, GeekieBUF: McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram, Quinn, Benson
    BOS 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 3:12
    BUFPeyton Krebs (Tage Thompson, Mattias Samuelsson)wrist0.16 xG
    BOS: Kuraly, Zadorov, McAvoy, Khusnutdinov, SteevesBUF: Thompson, Samuelsson, Krebs, Doan, Power
    BOS 1 – 2 BUF
  3. 7:54
    BUFMattias Samuelsson (Jack Quinn, Bowen Byram)wrist0.06 xG
    BOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Peeke, Mittelstadt, KhusnutdinovBUF: McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram, Quinn, Benson
    BOS 1 – 3 BUF

3rd period

  1. 19:46
    BUFJosh NorrisEN (Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson)wrist0.71 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie, MittelstadtBUF: Thompson, Norris, Samuelsson, Krebs, Byram
    BOS 1 – 4 BUF

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Pastrnak RL1101-110.2100020:33——4235
Morgan Geekie CL1011-110.1010020:28——4537
Elias Lindholm CL1000-120.2310018:27——3322
Pavel Zacha CL2000-130.1220019:32——5230
Casey Mittelstadt CL2000-200.1110016:42——5032
Viktor Arvidsson LL2000010.2410415:50——5545
Marat Khusnutdinov CL3000-220.2101012:36——5851
Sean Kuraly CL3000-230.1921211:59——5657
Alex Steeves CL3000-110.0440010:02——6054
Mark Kastelic CL4000020.0340012:50——2015
Fraser Minten CL4000000.0060012:45——4766
Michael Eyssimont CL4000010.060108:58——2624
Hampus Lindholm DD1000-130.1202023:15——6955
Andrew Peeke DD1000-100.0010019:43——5950
Charlie McAvoy DD2000-210.2325024:22——2818
Nikita Zadorov DD2000-100.0011020:02——3115
Mason Lohrei DD3000010.0011015:25——4349
Vladislav Kolyachonok DD3000010.0600013:36——3856
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)L33303.9092.2556:55

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tage Thompson CL1022+240.1102017:55——5367
Peyton Krebs CL1112+210.8340016:28——5464
Josh Doan RL1000+120.2200015:36——5259
Alex Tuch RL2000020.4211018:31——5471
Josh Norris CL2101+120.8501016:21——5265
Noah Ostlund CL2000030.1400016:01——5467
Beck Malenstyn LL3000000.0052013:10——5350
Josh Dunne CL3000020.2010012:06——5645
Jordan Greenway LL3000010.0100011:49——5448
Ryan McLeod CL4101+120.1100016:24——6362
Jack Quinn RL4022+120.1500015:13——6862
Zach Benson LL4000+100.0410014:28——6160
Bowen Byram DD1011+210.0902027:52——4655
Mattias Samuelsson DD1123+320.0762024:56——5060
Owen Power DD2000+150.3400025:29——7483
Michael Kesselring DD2000050.0502215:46——6169
Jacob Bryson DD3000000.0000010:14——335
Zach Metsa DD3000000.000109:41——4327
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W23221.9571.9460:00

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS) 1st 11:56 · assists Morgan Geekie · Dump and chase · dumped in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 56.8 mph shot · 6.9 s from entry to goal.

David Pastrnak · 1st 11:56 · BOS

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
56.8 mph
Distance
32 ft
Entry to goal
6.9 s

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Ryan McLeod · 2nd 1:39 · BUF

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
3
Shot
64.2 mph
Distance
35 ft
Entry to goal
3.0 s

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Josh Norris · 3rd 19:46 · BUF EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
72.8 mph
Distance
30 ft
Entry to goal
2.0 s

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