Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresMar 25, 2026

Final / OTWednesday, Mar 25, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	1	1	1	4		BOS	11	13	6	1	31
BUF	1	0	2	0	3		BUF	7	12	6	0	25

: BOS 59BUF 58
: BOS 2.56BUF 2.57
PP goals: BOS 0BUF 2
Hits: BOS 28BUF 21
Blocks: BOS 19BUF 13
PIM: BOS 10BUF 8
: BOS 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime at BUF. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:53 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:56.Pastrnak
Points
Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:58.Zucker
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:33.Zacha
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:44.Thompson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin and Quinn) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:53 together.Zucker Thompson Norris Dahlin Quinn
Usage
Fraser Minten (BOS) played 20:14, +4:44 up on his 15:30 season average over 81 games.Minten
Usage
Zach Benson (BUF) played 11:35, −4:22 down on his 15:57 season average over 64 games.Benson
Usage
Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) played 18:00, +3:33 up on his 14:27 season average over 76 games.Khusnutdinov

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 117 of 117 attempts · BUF 58 · BOS 59

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 25% of the game, BUF 29%.

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

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

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
Stat	BOS	BUF
	65	52
	2.88	2.20
	2.81	2.08
	10	11
	8	7
	14	18
	−0.039	+0.039
	25%	29%

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

L1Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten
14:3944% CF
L2Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel
11:4650% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
10:0976% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:3045% CF
D1McAvoy – Aspirot
13:1752% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
12:3858% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
11:4745% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
1:49100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:3733% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:19
PK2FKhusnutdinov – Minten
0:54
PK1DZadorov – McAvoy
0:58
PK2DLindholm – Peeke
0:47

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
9:5648% CF
L2Carrick – Malenstyn – Benson
9:2746% CF
L3Norris – Doan – Ostlund
6:4332% CF
L4Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
5:5747% CF
D1Byram – Power
16:1650% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
14:0148% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
10:3729% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Quinn
3:53100% CF
PP2Norris – Byram – Quinn – Power – Ostlund
0:07100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:55
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
1:31
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
1:44
PK2DStanley – Power
0:44

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
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.49	0	0	0	21:56	—	—	46	46
Fraser Minten C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	2	20:14	—	—	43	36
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:00	—	—	42	42
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	1	2	16:41	—	—	52	54
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	53	56
Lukas Reichel L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	53	46
Pavel Zacha C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	3	0	0	14:33	—	—	73	84
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	14:28	—	—	74	73
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	3	0	0	13:32	—	—	71	70
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	1	0	10:45	—	—	59	67
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	9:58	—	—	53	63
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	7:32	—	—	54	80
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	3	2	24:45	—	—	53	55
Jonathan Aspirot D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	57	64
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.07	6	2	0	19:58	—	—	58	49
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	2	1	0	17:15	—	—	59	60
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:10	—	—	54	60
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	57	60

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.57	60:38

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	46	20
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	50	44
Jason Zucker L	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.50	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	48	23
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	3	1	2	12:01	—	—	47	58
Zach Benson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	11:35	—	—	47	58
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	10:26	—	—	44	44
Josh Norris C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	2	16:49	—	—	45	55
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	45	55
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	0	14:06	—	—	28	19
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	2	2	-1	3	0.22	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	41	39
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	3	1	0	17:49	—	—	56	61
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	41	39
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	21:30	—	—	52	54
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	49	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.15	2	0	2	23:45	—	—	49	40
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	3	0	21:16	—	—	46	48
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	0	15:30	—	—	33	21
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:44	—	—	38	37

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	31	27	4	.871	2.56	60:26

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS) 1st 11:07 · assists Fraser Minten, Marat Khusnutdinov · Rush · loose puck · 55.7 mph shot · 5.1 s from entry to goal.

David Pastrnak · 1st 11:07 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.7 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Jason Zucker · 1st 15:18 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.7 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 9:45 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Jason Zucker · 3rd 5:54 · BUF PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Zach Benson · 3rd 5:21 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.9 mph
Distance: 127 ft
Type: deflection

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Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 14:00 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.0 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Zacha · OT 0:38 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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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 SabresMar 25, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

David Pastrnak · 1st 11:07 · BOS

Jason Zucker · 1st 15:18 · BUF PP

Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 9:45 · BOS

Jason Zucker · 3rd 5:54 · BUF PP

Zach Benson · 3rd 5:21 · BUF

Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 14:00 · BOS

Pavel Zacha · OT 0:38 · BOS