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Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsMar 17, 2025

Final / OT· TD Garden
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BUF
3
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BOS
2
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
BUF11013BUF798630
BOS20002BOS945220
BUF 65BOS 43
BUF 2.40BOS 2.41
PP goals
BUF 2BOS 0
Hits
BUF 27BOS 31
Blocks
BUF 10BOS 23
PIM
BUF 9BOS 13
BUF 38%BOS 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at BOS. Owen Power (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 23:57, +7:13 up on his 16:44 season average over 78 games.

  1. Points
    Owen Power had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:41.Power
  2. Points
    Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:33.Geekie
  3. Points
    Jack Quinn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:48.Quinn
  4. Usage
    Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 23:57, +7:13 up on his 16:44 season average over 78 games.McLeod
  5. New line
    New look for BUF: Murray–Krebs–Quinn skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MurrayKrebsQuinn
  6. Usage
    Morgan Geekie (BOS) played 20:33, +3:41 up on his 16:52 season average over 76 games.Geekie
  7. Usage
    Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 17:26, +3:33 up on his 13:53 season average over 80 games.Krebs
  8. Usage
    Alex Tuch (BUF) played 22:20, +3:07 up on his 19:13 season average over 81 games.Tuch

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, BUF at BOS: 108 attempts, 50 on goal, 5 goals, 4.81 expected goals; best chance Jason Zucker at 0.26 xG.

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

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · BOS 43 · BUF 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at BOS: expected goals 2.41 to 2.40 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 43 to 65, 5 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTBOSBUFKZGPTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:49
  • BOS
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSBUFcontrol2nd3rdOTKrebs · 1st 4:19Zacha · 1st 13:00Geekie · 1st 15:13Power · 2nd 12:48Tuch · OT 4:49
  • BOS pressure
  • BUF pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 39% of the game, BOS 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at BOS: 38 players over 64:49; most ice Joonas Korpisalo (64:49) for BOS and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (64:49) for BUF, 5 goals.

BOS
BUF
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
StatBUFBOS
5236
1.121.90
1.121.85
56
64
3012
−0.053+0.053
39%30%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:19
    BUFPeyton KrebsPP (Jack Quinn, Owen Power)snap0.13 xG
    BUF: Krebs, Byram, Quinn, Power, BensonBOS: Brown, Wotherspoon, Jokiharju, Lauko
    BUF 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 13:00
    BOSPavel Zacha (Morgan Geekie, David Pastrnak)snap0.20 xG
    BUF: Murray, Bryson, Krebs, Byram, QuinnBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie, Lohrei
    BUF 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 15:13
    BOSMorgan Geekie (Parker Wotherspoon)wrist0.14 xG
    BUF: Zucker, Bryson, McLeod, Samuelsson, BensonBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Wotherspoon, Geekie, Jokiharju
    BUF 1 – 2 BOS

2nd period

  1. 12:48
    BUFOwen Power (Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram)wrist0.06 xG
    BUF: Zucker, McLeod, Byram, Power, BensonBOS: Lindholm, Wotherspoon, Mitchell, Lauko, Khusnutdinov
    BUF 2 – 2 BOS

OT period

  1. 4:49
    BUFAlex TuchPP (Owen Power, Jack Quinn)tip-in0.18 xG
    BUF: Tuch, Krebs, Quinn, PowerBOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Wotherspoon, Jokiharju
    BUF 3 – 2 BOS

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan McLeod CL1011010.1700023:57——4755
Jason Zucker LL1000020.3440020:12——5659
Zach Benson LL1000010.0711017:03——6161
Alex Tuch RL2101050.3700022:20——6945
Tage Thompson CL2000060.5640021:15——7167
Jordan Greenway LL2000000.0020512:14——7166
Peyton Krebs CL3101-140.3811017:26——6416
Jack Quinn RL3022-110.0100014:48——5614
Brett Murray LL3000-100.0010011:20——508
Beck Malenstyn LL4000000.0431011:48——5522
Tyson Kozak CL4000010.0121010:07——5820
Sam Lafferty CL4000020.051028:36——6028
Rasmus Dahlin DD1000040.2840024:33——5247
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000-100.0001019:06——5039
Bowen Byram DD2011000.0010024:01——6329
Owen Power DD2123+120.0902022:41——5430
Jacob Bryson DD3000-200.0301016:38——6121
Connor Clifton DD3000010.0132214:20——7178
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W20182.9002.4164:49

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Pastrnak RL1011+240.6402220:51——5075
Morgan Geekie CL1112+220.1810020:33——5071
Pavel Zacha CL1101+210.2910019:47——6778
Casey Mittelstadt CL2000000.0001018:23——1836
Cole Koepke LL2000000.0030015:14——2047
Vinni Lettieri CL2000010.1651013:58——2745
John Beecher CL3000000.0513011:08——3619
Mark Kastelic CL3000000.0042210:20——3318
Patrick Brown CL3000000.0020010:05——337
Elias Lindholm CL4000-120.5420018:54——3774
Marat Khusnutdinov CL4000-110.0702212:43——4469
Jakub Lauko CL4000-110.0640011:39——5069
Henri Jokiharju DD1000+120.0341022:41——6271
Nikita Zadorov DD1000020.2223522:27——5774
Andrew Peeke DD2000+120.0715022:36——3559
Mason Lohrei DD2000+120.0301021:11——3464
Parker Wotherspoon DD3011000.0010019:55——3058
Ian Mitchell DD3000-100.0702216:18——2642
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)O30273.9002.4064:49

Goal anatomy

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

Peyton Krebs (BUF PP) 1st 4:19 · assists Jack Quinn, Owen Power · Cycle · 60.6 mph shot.

Morgan Geekie · 1st 15:13 · BOS

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
34.8 mph
Distance
3 ft
Entry to goal
2.5 s

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Owen Power · 2nd 12:48 · BUF

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
66.2 mph
Distance
30 ft

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