Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsApr 26, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	4	0	2	6		BUF	19	4	12	35
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	5	10	9	24

: BUF 67BOS 60
: BUF 3.98BOS 2.08
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 23BOS 42
Blocks: BUF 17BOS 12
PIM: BUF 18BOS 23
: BUF 33%BOS 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Boston Bruins 6–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 6–1 at BOS. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:35.Tuch
Points
Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:59.Byram
Points
Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:51.Doan
Points
Peyton Krebs had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:32.Krebs
New line
New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pastrnak Zacha Geekie
Luck
BUF scored 6 goals on 3.98 expected goals (67 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Mittelstadt–Reichel skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Mittelstadt Reichel
Usage
Josh Doan (BUF) played 12:51, −3:45 down on his 16:36 season average over 12 games.Doan

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 127 of 127 attempts · BOS 60 · BUF 67

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 50% of the game, BOS 24%.

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
	67	58
	3.87	1.64
	3.70	1.47
	17	7
	4	6
	22	16
	−0.097	+0.097
	50%	24%

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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
10:0875% CF
L2Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
9:0727% CF
L3Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
8:3575% CF
L4Doan – Ostlund – Benson
8:2279% CF
D1Byram – Power
14:2066% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:5341% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
11:4051% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Ostlund
3:50100% CF
PP2McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Doan – Power
1:5825% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:10
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
0:45
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
1:10
PK2DStanley – Power
0:45

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:0135% CF
L2Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
5:5483% CF
L3Lindholm – Mittelstadt – Reichel
5:0864% CF
L4Arvidsson – Khusnutdinov – Minten
0:00
D1Zadorov – Peeke
15:3653% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
8:5636% CF
D3Lindholm – Harris
6:1029% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:20100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov – Minten
0:38100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
3:09
PK2FLindholm – Jeannot
0:44
PK1DLindholm – Peeke
1:59
PK2DHarris – Aspirot
1:05

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:17
BUFPeyton Krebs (Alex Tuch)wrist0.14 xG
BUF: Tuch, Stanley, Thompson, Timmins, KrebsBOS: McAvoy, Aspirot, Reichel, Khusnutdinov, Minten
BUF 1 – 0 BOS
7:10
BUFJosh Doan (Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram)tip-in0.21 xG
BUF: McLeod, Byram, Quinn, Doan, BensonBOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Lindholm, Arvidsson, McAvoy
BUF 2 – 0 BOS
9:15
BUFZach Benson (Josh Doan)deflected0.20 xG
BUF: Byram, Doan, Power, Ostlund, BensonBOS: Kuraly, Jeannot, Kastelic, Harris, Aspirot
BUF 3 – 0 BOS
14:24
BUFBowen Byram (Owen Power, Jack Quinn)wrist0.05 xG
BUF: Zucker, McLeod, Byram, Quinn, PowerBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Geekie, Aspirot
BUF 4 – 0 BOS

3rd period

5:08
BUFBeck Malenstyn (Jordan Greenway, Tyson Kozak)tip-in0.07 xG
BUF: Greenway, Malenstyn, Samuelsson, Dahlin, KozakBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie, Aspirot
BUF 5 – 0 BOS
6:32
BUFAlex Tuch (Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs)wrist0.28 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Krebs, Byram, PowerBOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Mittelstadt, Harris, Reichel
BUF 6 – 0 BOS
19:20
BOSSean KuralySH (Mark Kastelic, Andrew Peeke)wrist0.26 xG
BUF: McLeod, Byram, Quinn, Doan, PowerBOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Peeke, Kastelic
BUF 6 – 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
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.41	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	67	87
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.95	0	3	0	18:35	—	—	63	74
Peyton Krebs C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.32	2	1	4	14:32	—	—	63	84
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	13:26	—	—	24	49
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	4	4	0	13:24	—	—	23	45
Tyson Kozak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	1	2	0	10:59	—	—	28	63
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	57	67
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	59	64
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	3	0	0	13:26	—	—	71	80
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	73	62
Zach Benson L	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.47	2	0	12	13:25	—	—	65	64
Josh Doan R	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.33	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	81	90
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.11	1	0	0	22:59	—	—	63	76
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:14	—	—	64	76
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	50	78
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:55	—	—	32	56
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	3	0	16:21	—	—	53	59
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	1	1	0	15:58	—	—	50	50

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.08	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:21	—	—	33	17
Sean Kuraly C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	4	2	0	15:59	—	—	26	7
Mark Kastelic C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	14:34	—	—	38	11
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	1	4	19:15	—	—	52	37
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.30	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	47	32
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	3	0	0	14:42	—	—	73	83
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	3	0	0	15:41	—	—	38	20
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	58	46
Lukas Reichel L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	50	37
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	50	40
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	0	0	12:46	—	—	48	52
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	3:13	—	—	29	6
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	2	2	0	22:32	—	—	46	35
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	4	1	17	19:20	—	—	51	41
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.19	3	0	0	23:23	—	—	56	38
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	21	3
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	0	1	2	21:38	—	—	60	40
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	13:37	—	—	17	13

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	29	23	6	.793	3.26	46:41
Joonas Korpisalo	—	6	6	0	.1000	0.72	13:19

Goal anatomy

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

Peyton Krebs (BUF) 1st 4:17 · assists Alex Tuch · Rush · loose puck · 62.0 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Peyton Krebs · 1st 4:17 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Josh Doan · 1st 7:10 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Zach Benson · 1st 9:15 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Bowen Byram · 1st 14:24 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Beck Malenstyn · 3rd 5:08 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 6:32 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 32.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sean Kuraly · 3rd 19:20 · BOS SH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 18.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s
Type: rebound

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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.