Game

Bruins at Sabres

Bruins 4, Sabres 3 in overtime · first star David Pastrnak (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 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3

Bruins BOS

4 FINAL/OT 3

Sabres BUF

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV TNT · truTV · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Bruins	1	1	1	1	4	31
Sabres	1	0	2	0	3	25

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. Boxscore shots on goal: BOS 31, BUF 25.

BOS in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Bruins 31 shots on goal (4 goals, 14 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 25 shots on goal (3 goals, 13 missed, 20 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	11	1	18	7	1	19
2nd	13	1	25	12	0	25
3rd	6	1	15	6	2	14
OT	1	1	1	0	0	0
Total	31	4	59	25	3	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	31	4	20	1
Power play	0	0	4	2
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Bruins took 50.4% of the shot attempts, and 55.7% of the 97 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	51.4	37.5
2nd	50.0	53.9
3rd	48.3	42.1
OT	0.0	0.0
Game	49.6	45.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

11:07 David Pastrnak (29) Fraser Minten (16), Marat Khusnutdinov (17) · snap 1–0
15:18 Jason Zucker (21) PP Tage Thompson (37), Jack Quinn (29) · snap 1–1

2nd period

09:45 Viktor Arvidsson (20) David Pastrnak (60), Nikita Zadorov (18) · backhand 2–1

3rd period

05:21 Zach Benson (10) Unassisted · wrist 2–2
05:54 Jason Zucker (22) PP Tage Thompson (38) · wrist 2–3
14:00 Casey Mittelstadt (14) Jonathan Aspirot (9), Pavel Zacha (30) · wrist 3–3

Overtime

00:38 Pavel Zacha (24) David Pastrnak (61), Charlie McAvoy (45) · wrist 4–3

Three stars

David Pastrnak BOS · R #88 · 1 G, 2 A
Jason Zucker BUF · L #17 · 2 G, 0 A
Pavel Zacha BOS · C #18 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	00:21	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	cross checking	2	Viktor Arvidsson
1st	13:46	BOS	Elias Lindholm	tripping	2	Ryan McLeod
2nd	07:18	BOS	Joonas Korpisalo	roughing	2	Beck Malenstyn
2nd	07:18	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	slashing	2	Joonas Korpisalo
2nd	08:58	BUF	Josh Norris	interference	2	Charlie McAvoy
2nd	08:58	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	holding	2	Josh Norris
2nd	10:51	BOS	Fraser Minten	tripping	2	Logan Stanley
3rd	03:19	BUF	Logan Stanley	tripping	2	Tanner Jeannot
3rd	05:21	BOS	Mason Lohrei	cross checking	2	Zach Benson

Boxscore

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	1	2	3	+3	3	0	0	0	100.0	21:56
Pavel Zacha #18	C	1	1	2	+2	1	3	0	0	55.6	14:33
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:28
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	0.0	13:32
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	2	46.7	20:14
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	100.0	18:00
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	2	0.0	24:45
Jonathan Aspirot #45	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:41
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	1	1	+2	3	6	2	0	0.0	19:58
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	60.0	16:41
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50.0	09:58
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:53
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	60.0	10:45
Lukas Reichel #75	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:59
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	07:32
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	+1	4	2	1	0	0.0	17:15
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	20:10
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	0.0	17:29

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joonas Korpisalo #70	W	25	22	3	.880	19/20	2/4	60:38

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jason Zucker #17	L	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0	0	50.0	15:58
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	2	2	-1	3	1	0	0	33.3	18:44
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	11:35
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	16:23
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	50.0	16:49
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:31
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	50.0	13:32
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:12
Sam Carrick #10	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	42.9	10:26
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.0	12:01
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	0	0	-2	3	3	1	0	0.0	17:49
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	14:06
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:15
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0.0	15:30
Logan Stanley #64	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	14:44
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0.0	21:16
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	21:30
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	2	0.0	23:45

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	O	31	27	4	.871	27/31	0/0	60:26

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.