Game

Bruins at Sabres

Sabres 4, Bruins 1 · first star Mattias Samuelsson (1 G, 2 A).

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

Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4

Bruins BOS

1 FINAL 4

Sabres BUF

Saturday, December 27, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Bruins	1	0	0	1	23
Sabres	0	3	1	4	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Bruins attack left, Sabres 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: BOS 23, BUF 34.

BOS in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Bruins 23 shots on goal (1 goal, 20 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 34 shots on goal (4 goals, 10 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	9	1	18	13	0	22
2nd	3	0	10	13	3	21
3rd	11	0	29	8	1	15
Total	23	1	57	34	4	58

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BOS SOG	BOS G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	21	1	32	4
Power play	1	0	2	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 50.4% of the shot attempts, and 55.2% of the 87 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 Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Bruins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Bruins at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	55.0	51.6
2nd	67.7	70.8
3rd	34.1	34.4
Game	50.4	50.6

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

Scoring summary

1st period

11:56 David Pastrnak (15) Morgan Geekie (15) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

01:39 Ryan McLeod (7) Jack Quinn (13), Mattias Samuelsson (11) · snap 1–1
03:12 Peyton Krebs (2) Tage Thompson (15), Mattias Samuelsson (12) · wrist 1–2
07:54 Mattias Samuelsson (6) Jack Quinn (14), Bowen Byram (10) · wrist 1–3

3rd period

19:46 Josh Norris (5) EN Peyton Krebs (11), Tage Thompson (16) · wrist 1–4

Three stars

Mattias Samuelsson BUF · D #23 · 1 G, 2 A
Ryan McLeod BUF · C #71 · 1 G, 0 A
Peyton Krebs BUF · C #19 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	18:27	BOS	Viktor Arvidsson	high sticking double minor	4	Mattias Samuelsson
3rd	07:01	BOS	Sean Kuraly	hooking	2	Josh Doan
3rd	13:40	BUF	Michael Kesselring	holding	2	Pavel Zacha

Boxscore

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:33
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:28
Alex Steeves #21	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:02
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	16:42
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	66.7	18:27
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	42.9	12:45
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:36
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	80.0	12:50
Michael Eyssimont #81	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	08:58
Pavel Zacha #18	C	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	57.9	19:32
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	2	33.3	11:59
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0.0	15:50
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	19:43
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	0	0	-2	1	2	5	0	0.0	24:22
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	0.0	23:15
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:25
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	20:02
Vladislav Kolyachonok #74	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:36

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joonas Korpisalo #70	L	33	30	3	.909	28/31	2/2	56:55

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	1	2	3	+3	2	6	2	0	0.0	24:56
Peyton Krebs #19	C	1	1	2	+2	1	4	0	0	100.0	16:28
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	2	2	+2	4	0	2	0	33.3	17:55
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:13
Josh Norris #9	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50.0	16:21
Ryan McLeod #71	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50.0	16:24
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	27:52
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	40.0	12:06
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	16:01
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0.0	13:10
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:49
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:28
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	18:31
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:36
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:14
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	0.0	15:46
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0.0	25:29
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	09:41

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	23	22	1	.957	20/21	1/1	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.