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Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins

Playoffs · Thursday, April 23, 2026 · TD Garden

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3–1

Final

30–25

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at TD Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 30–25.

Goals came from Tanner Jeannot, Bowen Byram, Alex Tuch and Noah Ostlund.

Alex Lyon made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 of 29.

Goals
Buffalo SabresBUF012330
Boston BruinsBOS010125

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 1 goal
  2. ★2nd starAlex LyonBUF · .960 save percentage
  3. ★3rd starJeremy SwaymanBOS · .931 save percentage

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:17

1–1 · 2nd 10:58 · Byram. Zadorov had been on the ice for 1:17 when it went in.

GoalBUF BOS

0–1 BOS

2nd 3:26 · Jeannot

Long shift: Timmins 1:06

1–1 BUF

2nd 10:58 · Byram

Long shift: Zadorov 1:17

2–1 BUF

3rd 4:03 · Tuch

Long shift: Lohrei 1:05

3–1 BUF

3rd 18:36 · · Ostlund

McAvoy 0:49

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

BUFBOS
3025
51%49%
0/50/4
1012
3835
915
918
65

Penalties

  • 7:33 into the first periodHampus Lindholm · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 11:24 into the first periodConor Timmins · holding2 min
  • 13:47 into the first periodPeyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 16:29 into the first periodNikita Zadorov · tripping2 min
  • 6:29 into the second periodMorgan Geekie · cross checking2 min
  • 9:50 into the second periodRasmus Dahlin · ps slash on breakaway0 min
  • 11:12 into the second periodTanner Jeannot · high sticking2 min
  • 11:27 into the third periodRasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
  • 14:13 into the third periodTage Thompson · tripping2 min
  • 19:51 into the third periodMark Kastelic · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodJordan Greenway · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodTanner Jeannot · cross checking2 min

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