Game

Sabres at Bruins

Bruins 3, Sabres 1 · first star Jeremy Swayman (0 GA, .955 SV%).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3

Sabres BUF

1 FINAL 3

Bruins BOS

Saturday, October 11, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · TD Garden, Boston

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	0	0	1	1	22
Bruins	1	1	1	3	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Bruins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 22, BOS 31.

BUF in red BOS in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 22 shots on goal (1 goal, 17 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Bruins 31 shots on goal (3 goals, 19 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT
1st	2	0	11	17	1	36
2nd	13	0	23	9	1	14
3rd	7	1	23	5	1	16
Total	22	1	57	31	3	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	BOS SOG	BOS G
Even strength	16	1	21	3
Power play	5	0	8	0
Short-handed	1	0	2	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Bruins took 53.7% of the shot attempts, and 52.6% of the 78 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Bruins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Bruins
Period	BOS CF%	BOS FF%
1st	76.6	81.8
2nd	37.8	34.5
3rd	41.0	48.1
Game	53.7	56.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

15:48 Pavel Zacha (1) Jordan Harris (1), Andrew Peeke (1) · snap 0–1

2nd period

10:21 Mark Kastelic (1) Charlie McAvoy (1) · slap 0–2

3rd period

09:46 Jason Zucker (1) Mattias Samuelsson (1) · snap 1–2
19:57 Sean Kuraly (1) EN Elias Lindholm (2), Mark Kastelic (1) · tip-in 1–3

Three stars

Jeremy Swayman BOS · G #1 · 0 GA, .955 SV%
Pavel Zacha BOS · C #18 · 1 G, 0 A
Mark Kastelic BOS · C #47 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	10:41	BUF	Conor Timmins	hooking	2	David Pastrnak
1st	16:22	BUF	Jiri Kulich	tripping	2	Charlie McAvoy
2nd	00:43	BOS	Morgan Geekie	hooking	2	Rasmus Dahlin
2nd	05:38	BOS	Fraser Minten	tripping	2	Tage Thompson
2nd	07:39	BUF	Owen Power	hooking	2	Mark Kastelic
2nd	17:50	BUF	Tage Thompson	interference	2	Henri Jokiharju
2nd	18:46	BOS	David Pastrnak	interference	2	Alex Tuch
3rd	10:07	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	tripping	2	Josh Doan

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	-1	3	3	1	0	0.0	19:29
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	16:28
Jiri Kulich #20	C	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	2	47.4	18:54
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	28.6	14:11
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	19:08
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	-2	8	6	0	2	100.0	21:46
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	57.1	07:29
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	07:50
Mason Geertsen #55	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	04:48
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:52
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:44
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:00
Justin Danforth #15	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	71.4	13:27
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	24:44
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	0.0	15:36
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	09:27
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	0.0	22:07
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	27:15

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	30	28	2	.933	18/20	8/8	57:45

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mark Kastelic #47	C	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	25.0	12:42
Pavel Zacha #18	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:25
Sean Kuraly #52	C	1	0	1	+2	3	1	0	0	53.8	13:30
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0	75.0	18:11
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	20:11
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	2	0.0	24:27
Jordan Harris #43	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	16:25
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	60.0	14:38
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	2	41.7	12:52
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:06
Michael Eyssimont #81	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:11
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	18:21
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	14:45
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	100.0	13:42
David Pastrnak #88	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	2	0.0	19:35
Henri Jokiharju #20	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0.0	13:35
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	18:52
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	+2	0	6	3	0	0.0	21:32

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jeremy Swayman #1	W	22	21	1	.955	15/16	5/5	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.