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Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, April 6, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–6

Final

SOG 20–37

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 37-20.

Tage Thompson scored a hat trick. Elias Lindholm, Morgan Geekie, Alex Tuch, Casey Mittelstadt, Rasmus Dahlin and Jason Zucker also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 31 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS210320
Buffalo SabresBUF033637

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:28

3–2 · 2nd 16:38 · Mittelstadt. BUF stayed on through an icing. Clifton was 1:28 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceBUF on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 3:37 · Lindholm

Kulich 0:30

2–0 BOS

1st 14:27 · Geekie

Byram 0:59

2–1 BUF

2nd 7:35 · Thompson

Peeke 0:31

2–2 BUF

2nd 10:49 · Tuch

Lohrei 0:23

3–2 BOS

2nd 16:38 · PP · Mittelstadt

Long shift: Clifton 1:28

3–3 BUF

2nd 18:31 · Dahlin

Long shift: Minten 1:10

3–4 BUF

3rd 1:59 · Zucker

Wotherspoon 0:35

3–5 BUF

3rd 5:51 · Thompson

Zadorov 0:52

3–6 BUF

3rd 19:14 · EN · Thompson

Geekie 2:36

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BOSBUF
20Shots on goal37
49%Faceoff %51%
1/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits13
17Blocked shots8
13Giveaways18
4Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 06:03John Beecher · hooking2 min
  • 1st 15:12Nikita Zadorov · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 15:48JJ Peterka · holding2 min

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