Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsApr 23, 2026

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Apr 23, 2026· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	2	3		BUF	15	8	7	30
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	9	6	10	25

: BUF 59BOS 45
: BUF 3.42BOS 2.54
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 38BOS 35
Blocks: BUF 9BOS 15
PIM: BUF 10BOS 12
: BUF 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at BOS. Bowen Byram (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Doan–Ostlund–Benson skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:59.Byram
Points
Noah Ostlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:18.Ostlund
New line
New look for BUF: Doan–Ostlund–Benson skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Doan Ostlund Benson
New line
New look for BUF: Greenway–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Malenstyn Kozak
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 2.54 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 18:33, −4:08 down on his 22:41 season average over 12 games.Samuelsson
Usage
Jonathan Aspirot (BOS) played 13:27, −3:27 down on his 16:54 season average over 5 games.Aspirot
Usage
Nikita Zadorov (BOS) played 16:32, −3:40 down on his 20:12 season average over 5 games.Zadorov

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 104 of 104 attempts · BOS 45 · BUF 59

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 45% of the game, BOS 18%.

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	30
	1.78	0.97
	1.74	0.94
	4	2
	2	1
	26	12
	−0.003	+0.003
	45%	18%

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

L1Doan – Ostlund – Benson
9:2567% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
9:1573% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
9:1358% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
5:2250% CF
D1Byram – Power
12:4364% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
11:2960% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
8:0460% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn
5:5391% CF
PP2McLeod – Byram – Doan – Ostlund – Benson
1:24100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
3:43
PK2FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:44
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
2:19
PK2DStanley – Power
2:05

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
9:2836% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
8:1244% CF
L3Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
6:5933% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
5:4855% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
10:5052% CF
D2Lindholm – Lohrei
9:2930% CF
D3McAvoy – Aspirot
7:5240% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
5:1357% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Minten – Hagens
1:5850% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:18
PK2FKhusnutdinov – Minten
2:10
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
2:44
PK2DPeeke – Aspirot
1:31

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:26
BOSTanner Jeannot (Charlie McAvoy)snap0.02 xG
BUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Stanley, Timmins, McLeodBOS: Kuraly, McAvoy, Jeannot, Kastelic, Aspirot
BUF 0 – 1 BOS
10:58
BUFBowen Byram (Noah Ostlund, Owen Power)wrist0.06 xG
BUF: Byram, Doan, Power, Ostlund, BensonBOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke, Hagens
BUF 1 – 1 BOS

3rd period

4:03
BUFAlex Tuch (Peyton Krebs, Bowen Byram)snap0.08 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Krebs, Byram, PowerBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Lohrei
BUF 2 – 1 BOS
18:36
BUFNoah OstlundEN (Jack Quinn)wrist0.77 xG
BUF: Zucker, Timmins, Byram, Quinn, OstlundBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
BUF 3 – 1 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	69	84
Josh Doan R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	14:49	—	—	82	96
Noah Ostlund C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.80	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	50	73
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	72	79
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.51	3	0	0	17:21	—	—	68	76
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.51	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	68	76
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	3	0	0	21:26	—	—	58	56
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	2	0	2	19:16	—	—	52	44
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	4	0	2	12:47	—	—	50	45
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	9:27	—	—	43	43
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	0	2	9:13	—	—	43	43
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	8:35	—	—	56	73
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.12	1	2	0	21:59	—	—	60	70
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:59	—	—	68	75
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	2	23:29	—	—	73	81
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	18:33	—	—	53	48
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	15:16	—	—	36	47
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:25	—	—	33	29

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.54	59:55

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.42	3	0	0	21:21	—	—	29	22
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	1	0	2	19:32	—	—	33	29
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	31	21
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.47	3	1	0	19:54	—	—	43	42
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.61	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	48	57
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	48	51
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:23	—	—	42	34
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	29	6
James Hagens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	25	5
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	8	0	2	11:15	—	—	46	39
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	50	79
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	5	0	4	9:10	—	—	50	39
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	54	47
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:32	—	—	55	38
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	2	21:37	—	—	33	27
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	15:18	—	—	21	6
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	2	7	0	27:07	—	—	32	33
Jonathan Aspirot D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:27	—	—	38	75

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	2.66	58:14

Goal anatomy

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

Tanner Jeannot (BOS) 2nd 3:26 · assists Charlie McAvoy · Rush · carried in · 77.1 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Tanner Jeannot · 2nd 3:26 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 77.1 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Bowen Byram · 2nd 10:58 · BUF

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 4:03 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Noah Ostlund · 3rd 18:36 · BUF EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 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.