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Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Playoffs · Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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2–1

Final/OT

SOG 29–26

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 29-26.

Goals came from Rasmus Dahlin, Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak.

Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 27 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS0101229
Buffalo SabresBUF1000126

Three stars

  1. ★1st starDavid PastrnakBOS · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex LyonBUF · .931 SV%
  3. ★3rd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:22

2–1 · OT 9:14 · Pastrnak. Krebs was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 3:35 · PP · Dahlin

Jeannot 0:27

1–1 BOS

2nd 9:24 · Lindholm

Byram 0:29

2–1 BOS

OT 9:14 · Pastrnak

Long shift: Krebs 1:22

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
29Shots on goal26
60%Faceoff %40%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
43Hits27
23Blocked shots16
21Giveaways22
7Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 02:11Mark Kastelic · roughing2 min
  • 1st 06:53Noah Ostlund · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 05:25Hampus Lindholm · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:35Ryan McLeod · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 15:36Marat Khusnutdinov · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 04:59Alex Tuch · high sticking2 min

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