Skip to content
daily.hockey

Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, April 1, 2027 · KeyBank Center

Boston BruinsBostonBruinsAway

vs

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

SN · MSG-B · NESN

Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Thursday, April 1, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on SN, MSG-B and NESN.

This is the third of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Bruins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 222027-03-22: no game
  2. 232027-03-23: vs BUF
  3. 242027-03-24: no game
  4. 252027-03-25: vs OTT
  5. 262027-03-26: at WSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  6. 272027-03-27: no game
  7. 282027-03-28: no game
  8. 292027-03-29: no game
  9. 302027-03-30: vs MTL
  10. 312027-03-31: no game
  11. 12027-04-01: at BUF
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~399 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~399 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Sabres

First home game after a 2-game road trip (St. Louis and Nashville).

  1. 222027-03-22: no game
  2. 232027-03-23: at BOS
  3. 242027-03-24: no game
  4. 252027-03-25: vs TOR
  5. 262027-03-26: no game
  6. 272027-03-27: no game
  7. 282027-03-28: at STL
  8. 292027-03-29: no game
  9. 302027-03-30: at NSH
  10. 312027-03-31: no game
  11. 12027-04-01: vs BOS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~626 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,540 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Boston BruinsBruinsTue, Oct 13 at SJS
  1. L1Zacha#18Geekie#39Pastrnak#88
    13:47 together at 5v5
  2. L2Khusnutdinov#92Minten#93Peterka#10
    9:52 together at 5v5
  3. L3Lindholm#28Mittelstadt#11Hagens#44
    8:06 together at 5v5
  4. L4Jeannot#84Kastelic#47Poitras#51
    7:56 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewLindholm#27McAvoy#73
    16:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewZadorov#91Borgen#17
    14:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3Lohrei#6Brunet#42
    9:46 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Mittelstadt CMinten CHagens CPeterka RBrunet D1:27
  2. 2Lindholm CZacha CGeekie CPastrnak RMcAvoy D1:26

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lindholm CKhusnutdinov CLindholm DMcAvoy D1:10
  2. 2Zacha CKastelic CLindholm DMcAvoy D0:36
Buffalo SabresSabresTue, Oct 13 at MTL
  1. L1Benson#6Ostlund#86Quinn#22
    10:23 together at 5v5
  2. L2McLeod#71Kulich#20Helenius#94
    7:12 together at 5v5
  3. L3Thompson#72Krebs#19Doan#91
    6:57 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewMalenstyn#29Norris#9Danforth#15
    6:26 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewSamuelsson#23Zellweger#8
    14:05 together at 5v5
  2. D2Power#25Metsa#73
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewGilbert#44Crevier#46
    6:02 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Benson LThompson COstlund CQuinn RPower D3:35

Penalty kill

  1. 1Malenstyn LDanforth RSamuelsson DCrevier D0:55
  2. 2Malenstyn LSamuelsson DPower D0:49

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSBUF

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

BOS 72% (9th most settled)BUF 64% (12th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26 · under 10 pulls is a small sample

BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)BUF 1:54 left (13th earliest · 9 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)BUF 46.8s (7th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

BOS 33% (12th most often)BUF 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series