Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 2025 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · NESN
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 34-23.
Goals came from David Pastrnak, Ryan McLeod, Peyton Krebs, Mattias Samuelsson and Josh Norris.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Pastrnak (15)Morgan Geekie (15)1–011:56 BOS
2nd period
Ryan McLeod (7)Jack Quinn (13), Mattias Samuelsson (11)1–101:39 BUF
Peyton Krebs (2)Tage Thompson (15), Mattias Samuelsson (12)McAvoy 1:05 into shift1–203:12 BUF
Mattias Samuelsson (6)Jack Quinn (14), Bowen Byram (10)Kuraly 1:31 into shift1–307:54 BUF
3rd period
Josh Norris (5)Peyton Krebs (11), Tage Thompson (16)1–419:46 BUF · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–3 · 2nd 7:54 · Samuelsson. BOS stayed on through an icing. Kuraly was 1:31 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 BOS
1st 11:56 · Pastrnak
McLeod 0:43
1–1 BUF
2nd 1:39 · McLeod
Lindholm 0:48
1–2 BUF
2nd 3:12 · Krebs
Long shift: McAvoy 1:05
1–3 BUF
2nd 7:54 · Samuelsson
Stuck out there: Kuraly 1:31
1–4 BUF
3rd 19:46 · EN · Norris
Lindholm 0:13
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 18:27
Viktor Arvidsson · high sticking double minor4 min - 3rd 07:01Sean Kuraly · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:40
Michael Kesselring · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 39Morgan GeekieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 11Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:42 |
| 18Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 21Alex SteevesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 28Elias LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 47Mark KastelicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 52Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 11:59 |
| 71Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 81Michael EyssimontC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 92Marat KhusnutdinovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 93Fraser MintenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 6Mason LohreiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 26Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:43 |
| 27Hampus LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:15 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:22 |
| 74Vladislav KolyachonokD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 91Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 56:55 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 24:56 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 27:52 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 44Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 8Michael KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:46 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 25:29 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 |
| 34Alex LyonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |