Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Playoffs · Sunday, April 19, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 20–38

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 38-20.

Tage Thompson scored twice. Morgan Geekie, Elias Lindholm, Mattias Samuelsson, Alex Tuch and David Pastrnak also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	1	0	2	3	20
BUF	0	0	4	4	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Morgan Geekie (1)David Pastrnak (1), Nikita Zadorov (1)1–010:52 BOS

3rd period

Elias Lindholm (1)Morgan Geekie (1), David Pastrnak (2)2–001:08 BOS
Tage Thompson (1)Peyton Krebs (1)2–112:02 BUF
Tage Thompson (2)Alex Tuch (1)2–215:44 BUF
Mattias Samuelsson (1)Jack Quinn (1)2–316:36 BUF
Alex Tuch (1)Tage Thompson (1), Owen Power (1)2–418:48 BUF · EN
David Pastrnak (1)Pavel Zacha (1), Morgan Geekie (2)3–419:52 BOS · PPG

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalBOS on iceBUF on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 BOS

1st 10:52 · Geekie

Zucker 0:28

Fresh legsZucker 0:28

2–0 BOS

3rd 1:08 · Lindholm

McLeod 0:32

Fresh legsMcLeod 0:32

2–1 BUF

3rd 12:02 · Thompson

Arvidsson 0:52

NormalArvidsson 0:52

2–2 BUF

3rd 15:44 · Thompson

Lindholm 0:56

NormalLindholm 0:56

2–3 BUF

3rd 16:36 · Samuelsson

McAvoy 0:52

NormalMcAvoy 0:52

2–4 BUF

3rd 18:48 · EN · Tuch

Pastrnak 1:38

Empty netPastrnak 1:38

3–4 BOS

3rd 19:52 · Pastrnak

Timmins 0:30

Fresh legsTimmins 0:30

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

20Shots on goal38

51%Faceoff %49%

1/3Power play0/4

12Penalty minutes10

38Hits53

14Blocked shots11

13Giveaways13

5Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 12:03Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
1st 14:45Nikita Zadorov · cross checking2 min
1st 18:50Jason Zucker · hooking2 min
2nd 00:27Pavel Zacha · holding2 min
2nd 12:42Andrew Peeke · holding2 min
3rd 02:41David Pastrnak · slashing2 min
3rd 16:12Zach Benson · roughing2 min
3rd 16:12Conor Timmins · roughing2 min
3rd 16:12Mark Kastelic · roughing2 min
3rd 16:12Sean Kuraly · roughing2 min
3rd 19:41Tage Thompson · tripping2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

39Morgan GeekieC	1	2	3	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:16
88David PastrnakR	1	2	3	0	4	4	1	2	–	21:15
18Pavel ZachaC	0	1	1	-3	1	1	1	2	50	17:02
28Elias LindholmC	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	50	19:18
91Nikita ZadorovD	0	1	1	0	0	6	1	2	–	20:42
11Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	100	12:19
44James HagensC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:02
47Mark KastelicC	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	50	10:51
52Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	57	13:16
71Viktor ArvidssonL	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0	–	12:45
84Tanner JeannotL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	08:21
92Marat KhusnutdinovC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	50	14:13
93Fraser MintenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	16:07
6Mason LohreiD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	16:08
26Andrew PeekeD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	19:03
27Hampus LindholmD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:06
45Jonathan AspirotD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	16:09
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	24:18

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jeremy SwaymanG	L	37	34	3	.919	58:49
70Joonas KorpisaloG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

72Tage ThompsonC	2	1	3	+3	7	3	0	2	25	20:01
89Alex TuchR	1	1	2	+2	4	10	1	0	100	21:40
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	+3	0	2	0	0	57	16:10
22Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	14:37
23Mattias SamuelssonD	1	0	1	+1	2	9	2	0	–	22:20
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	17:55
6Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	–	15:28
9Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	50	16:32
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	09:38
17Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	–	15:10
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	11:39
44Josh DunneC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	50	08:20
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	55	17:38
91Josh DoanR	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	16:14
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	22:50
21Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	–	13:48
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	2	–	24:05
64Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:51

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	20	17	3	.850	59:53
34Alex LyonG		0	0	0	–	00:00