Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresApr 21, 2026

FinalPlayoffsTuesday, Apr 21, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	3	1	4		BOS	8	11	8	27
BUF	0	0	2	2		BUF	7	8	20	35

: BOS 58BUF 83
: BOS 3.65BUF 3.81
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 32BUF 30
Blocks: BOS 27BUF 10
PIM: BOS 47BUF 47
: BOS 55%BUF 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at BUF. Viktor Arvidsson (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:28 together.

Points
Viktor Arvidsson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:52.Arvidsson
Points
Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:23.Mittelstadt
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:04.Pastrnak
Points
Jonathan Aspirot had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:22.Aspirot
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:28 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Swayman
Luck
BUF scored 2 goals on 3.81 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Pavel Zacha (BOS) played 14:24, −4:28 down on his 18:52 season average over 5 games.Zacha

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 141 of 141 attempts · BUF 83 · BOS 58

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 36% of the game, BUF 36%.

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
	47	42
	2.21	1.20
	2.17	1.14
	12	6
	5	1
	13	12
	+0.061	−0.061
	36%	36%

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
8:0155% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
6:4153% CF
L3Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
6:1558% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
5:3260% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
10:1170% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
9:1948% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
8:1957% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
4:28100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Minten – Hagens
2:1975% CF
PK1FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
2:49
PK2FKuraly – Kastelic
1:51
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
5:02
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
2:08

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
7:1847% CF
L2Norris – Doan – Benson
6:1858% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
6:1725% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Dunne
5:3944% CF
D1Byram – Power
9:5540% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
8:4438% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
7:2842% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Quinn
5:4191% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Doan – Benson
2:20100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
4:12
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
3:07
PK1DStanley – Timmins
1:50
PK2DSamuelsson – Power
1:25

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:54
BOSViktor Arvidsson (Jonathan Aspirot, Casey Mittelstadt)backhand0.09 xG
BOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, AspirotBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Doan, Benson
BOS 1 – 0 BUF
16:29
BOSMorgan Geekie (David Pastrnak, Sean Kuraly)backhand0.00 xG
BOS: Kuraly, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke, GeekieBUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Thompson, Byram, Power
BOS 2 – 0 BUF
18:10
BOSPavel ZachaPP (David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.12 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieBUF: Tuch, Timmins, McLeod, Samuelsson
BOS 3 – 0 BUF

3rd period

0:16
BOSViktor Arvidsson (Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Aspirot)snap0.15 xG
BOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, AspirotBUF: Norris, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Doan, Benson
BOS 4 – 0 BUF
13:54
BUFBowen Byram (Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power)wrist0.08 xG
BOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Aspirot, LohreiBUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Byram, Dunne, Power
BOS 4 – 1 BUF
15:08
BUFPeyton Krebs (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)backhand0.61 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Lohrei, Minten, HagensBUF: Tuch, Norris, Dahlin, Krebs, Doan, Power
BOS 4 – 2 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	2	20:18	—	—	44	81
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.29	0	2	2	20:04	—	—	45	80
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	2	16:17	—	—	53	65
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	59	70
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.90	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	56	74
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	53	70
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	3	0	0	16:04	—	—	55	72
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	2	2	0	14:50	—	—	50	56
James Hagens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	3	1	2	11:35	—	—	52	69
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	50	32
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	4	2	2	12:23	—	—	50	34
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	1	0	5	10:22	—	—	68	62
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	2	16	15:53	—	—	64	73
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	12	15:41	—	—	72	83
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	4	6	4	27:22	—	—	42	63
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	3	4	0	14:22	—	—	41	51
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	4	0	27:40	—	—	56	61
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:17	—	—	45	63

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.81	59:25

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	2	0	0	20:36	—	—	47	55
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	55	40
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	0	0	18:56	—	—	50	61
Josh Norris C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	2	1	0	16:39	—	—	55	38
Josh Doan R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	2	15:04	—	—	57	34
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	12	11:37	—	—	64	35
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	3	0	2	21:42	—	—	42	9
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.54	2	1	14	16:55	—	—	35	14
Peyton Krebs C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.64	2	1	2	13:13	—	—	26	12
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:12	—	—	42	82
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	9:40	—	—	46	94
Josh Dunne C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:29	—	—	36	64
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	1	0	2	21:58	—	—	48	25
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	44	25
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.20	4	0	2	23:28	—	—	55	36
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	46	27
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	5	2	13:44	—	—	46	60
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	5	12:51	—	—	44	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	2.55	40:16
Alex Lyon	—	7	7	0	.1000	0.27	14:10

Goal anatomy

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

Viktor Arvidsson (BOS) 2nd 4:54 · assists Jonathan Aspirot, Casey Mittelstadt · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 42.1 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 4:54 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.1 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 18:10 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 30.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: deflection

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Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 0:16 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 16:29 · BOS

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 28.3 mph
Distance: 86 ft

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Peyton Krebs · 3rd 15:08 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Bowen Byram · 3rd 13:54 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 2.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 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.