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Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 25, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 31–25

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 31-25.

Jason Zucker scored twice. David Pastrnak, Viktor Arvidsson, Zach Benson, Casey Mittelstadt and Pavel Zacha also scored.

Joonas Korpisalo made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 27 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS1111431
Buffalo SabresBUF1020325

Three stars

  1. ★1st starDavid PastrnakBOS · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJason ZuckerBUF · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starPavel ZachaBOS · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:32

1–1 · 1st 15:18 · Zucker. Lindholm was 1:32 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceBUF on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 11:07 · Pastrnak

Zucker 0:35

1–1 BUF

1st 15:18 · PP · Zucker

Stuck out there: Lindholm 1:32

2–1 BOS

2nd 9:45 · Arvidsson

Long shift: Byram 1:11

2–2 BUF

3rd 5:21 · Benson

Long shift: Arvidsson 1:03

2–3 BUF

3rd 5:54 · PP · Zucker

Kuraly 0:33

3–3 BOS

3rd 14:00 · Mittelstadt

Samuelsson 0:58

4–3 BOS

OT 0:38 · Zacha

Tuch 0:38

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

BOSBUF
31Shots on goal25
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play2/3
10Penalty minutes8
28Hits21
19Blocked shots13
15Giveaways11
3Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 00:21Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 13:46Elias Lindholm · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:18Joonas Korpisalo · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 07:18Beck Malenstyn · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 08:58Josh Norris · interference2 min
  • 2nd 08:58Charlie McAvoy · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:51Fraser Minten · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 03:19Logan Stanley · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 05:21Mason Lohrei · cross checking2 min

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