Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsOct 30, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Oct 30, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	1	2	0	3		BUF	13	16	11	0	40
BOS	2	1	0	1	4		BOS	5	9	5	3	22

: BUF 69BOS 59
: BUF 4.29BOS 2.72
PP goals: BUF 1BOS 1
Hits: BUF 25BOS 12
Blocks: BUF 19BOS 7
PIM: BUF 13BOS 13
: BUF 43%BOS 57%

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 home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Doan and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:20 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:19.Tuch
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:17.Pastrnak
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:49.Dahlin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Doan and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:20 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Doan Benson
Goalie
Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +13 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Korpisalo
Usage
Elias Lindholm (BOS) played 9:37, −8:23 down on his 18:00 season average over 68 games.Lindholm
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Greenway–Quinn skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Greenway Quinn
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 18:02, −3:40 down on his 21:42 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.

Strength

Period

Team

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

BOS
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · BOS 59 · BUF 69

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 41% of the game, BOS 22%.

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
	62	50
	3.63	1.89
	3.50	1.85
	14	6
	7	10
	29	23
	−0.065	+0.065
	41%	22%

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

L1Thompson – Kulich – Benson
9:1942% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Doan
8:2157% CF
L3Zucker – Greenway – Quinn
4:4955% CF
L4Malenstyn – Krebs – Dunne
3:2943% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
15:4250% CF
D2Kesselring – Byram
11:2455% CF
D3Timmins – Power
8:4354% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Benson
5:2093% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Quinn – Power – Kulich
2:52100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:29
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:40
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
3:36
PK2DKesselring – Byram
0:59

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:1863% CF
L2Jeannot – Geekie – Minten
7:4550% CF
L3Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
5:5482% CF
L4Kuraly – Eyssimont – Kastelic
5:110% CF
D1Zadorov – McAvoy
15:0360% CF
D2Jokiharju – Aspirot
13:3345% CF
D3Lindholm – Peeke
12:2033% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
3:31100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Eyssimont – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju
1:47100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
4:57
PK2FJeannot – Minten
3:44
PK1DZadorov – McAvoy
5:26
PK2DLindholm – Peeke
3:16

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	1	1	-1	7	0.29	1	0	0	19:51	—	—	65	68
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	62	71
Zach Benson L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	46	69
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.51	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	61	82
Josh Doan R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.85	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	52	79
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	59	82
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.87	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	54	46
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	3	0	2	15:22	—	—	69	55
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	1	0	14:36	—	—	50	48
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	5	11:33	—	—	35	55
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	6	2	0	11:31	—	—	42	57
Josh Dunne C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	9:01	—	—	57	77
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	0	4	0.32	1	3	2	25:49	—	—	55	72
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	1	3	0	23:49	—	—	48	67
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	4	0	19:50	—	—	61	76
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	2	2	14:50	—	—	55	64
Owen Power D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	18:02	—	—	62	61
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	50	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	O	22	18	4	.818	2.72	61:33

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.29	0	0	4	17:22	—	—	59	27
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	52	18
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	59	17
Morgan Geekie C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.28	1	1	0	18:32	—	—	44	27
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	47	54
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	37	22
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.31	1	1	2	20:17	—	—	46	36
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.36	0	0	2	15:20	—	—	42	34
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	64	57
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	35	59
Mark Kastelic C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.62	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	23	58
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	5	12:27	—	—	29	11
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	26:31	—	—	54	60
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	22:54	—	—	59	63
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	43	35
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	45	39
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	35	10
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	32	10

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	4.29	62:07

Goal anatomy

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

Mark Kastelic (BOS) 2nd 19:39 · assists Tanner Jeannot, Sean Kuraly · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 7.4 mph shot · 4.6 s from entry to goal.

Mark Kastelic · 2nd 19:39 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Josh Doan · 3rd 7:00 · BUF

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Morgan Geekie · 1st 13:07 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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David Pastrnak · 1st 15:07 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.2 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 16:01 · BUF PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 81.7 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 14:25 · BUF

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Marat Khusnutdinov · OT 2:07 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 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 30, 2025

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

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Mark Kastelic · 2nd 19:39 · BOS

Josh Doan · 3rd 7:00 · BUF

Morgan Geekie · 1st 13:07 · BOS PP

David Pastrnak · 1st 15:07 · BOS

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 16:01 · BUF PP

Alex Tuch · 3rd 14:25 · BUF

Marat Khusnutdinov · OT 2:07 · BOS