Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsOct 11, 2025

FinalSaturday, Oct 11, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	2	13	7	22
BOS	1	1	1	3		BOS	17	9	5	31

: BUF 57BOS 66
: BUF 1.96BOS 4.12
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 32BOS 25
Blocks: BUF 16BOS 17
PIM: BUF 8BOS 8
: BUF 46%BOS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at home. Mark Kastelic (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Zucker–Thompson–Kulich skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mark Kastelic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:42.Kastelic
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Thompson–Kulich skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Thompson Kulich
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–McLeod–Quinn skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch McLeod Quinn
Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 16:28, −6:27 down on his 22:55 season average over 77 games.Samuelsson
New line
New look for BUF: Danforth–Krebs–Doan skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danforth Krebs Doan
Usage
Jason Zucker (BUF) played 19:29, +3:55 up on his 15:34 season average over 61 games.Zucker
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BOS) played 13:35, −4:20 down on his 17:55 season average over 40 games.Jokiharju
Usage
Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) played 10:06, −4:27 down on his 14:33 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

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

BOS
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · BOS 66 · BUF 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 29% of the game, BOS 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

BOS 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	BUF	BOS
	44	49
	0.78	1.89
	0.77	1.82
	4	6
	2	5
	14	17
	−0.037	+0.037
	29%	37%

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

L1Zucker – Thompson – Kulich
8:1943% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Quinn
4:5622% CF
L3Danforth – Krebs – Doan
4:4571% CF
L4Geertsen – Malenstyn – Kozak
3:2033% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
10:0553% CF
D2Timmins – Samuelsson
6:2140% CF
D3Bryson – Power
5:5470% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – McLeod – Dahlin
3:3786% CF
PP2Byram – Quinn – Doan – Power – Kulich
2:0175% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:57
PK2FMalenstyn – Danforth
2:03
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
2:54
PK2DDahlin – Byram
1:52

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
10:1461% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
8:4271% CF
L3Eyssimont – Jeannot – Minten
8:3838% CF
L4Kuraly – Kastelic – Khusnutdinov
6:0046% CF
D1McAvoy – Lohrei
13:3160% CF
D2Peeke – Harris
9:4965% CF
D3Zadorov – Jokiharju
6:4733% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
4:3092% CF
PP2Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju – Khusnutdinov – Lohrei
2:24100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Zacha
2:10
PK2FJeannot – Minten
1:35
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
3:06
PK2DMcAvoy – Harris
2:01

Current BOS 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	8	0.39	6	0	2	21:46	—	—	48	29
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.22	3	1	0	19:29	—	—	43	30
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	2	2	18:54	—	—	44	26
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	35	9
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	47	21
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	44	15
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	68	62
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	0	0	14:11	—	—	65	45
Justin Danforth R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	13:27	—	—	50	10
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:50	—	—	20	7
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:29	—	—	33	64
Mason Geertsen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:48	—	—	40	80
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	27:15	—	—	53	38
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	24:44	—	—	44	29
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:28	—	—	45	12
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	15:36	—	—	27	34
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	1	2	22:07	—	—	56	44
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:27	—	—	69	41

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.59	57:45

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	7	1.03	1	1	2	19:35	—	—	60	79
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	2	18:21	—	—	52	94
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.34	2	2	0	18:11	—	—	60	98
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	59	80
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	50	65
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	0	0	13:42	—	—	65	76
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	14:45	—	—	38	33
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	1	2	12:52	—	—	35	35
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	44	53
Sean Kuraly C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	1.22	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	62	81
Mark Kastelic C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.09	1	1	0	12:42	—	—	60	82
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	47	58
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	2	24:27	—	—	58	88
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	18:52	—	—	54	78
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	20:11	—	—	61	78
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	16:25	—	—	61	81
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	6	3	0	21:32	—	—	42	44
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	2	0	13:35	—	—	42	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.96	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Zacha (BOS) 1st 15:48 · assists Jordan Harris, Andrew Peeke · Forecheck turnover · 64.7 mph shot.

Pavel Zacha · 1st 15:48 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mark Kastelic · 2nd 10:21 · BOS

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 32.7 mph
Distance: 48 ft

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Jason Zucker · 3rd 9:46 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Sean Kuraly · 3rd 19:57 · BOS EN

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.6 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsOct 11, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Pavel Zacha · 1st 15:48 · BOS

Mark Kastelic · 2nd 10:21 · BOS

Jason Zucker · 3rd 9:46 · BUF

Sean Kuraly · 3rd 19:57 · BOS EN