Game

Sabres at Bruins

Sabres 4, Bruins 1 · first star Alex Lyon (0 GA, .962 SV%).

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

Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 1

Sabres BUF

4 FINAL 1

Bruins BOS

Playoffs Friday, May 1, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · TD Garden, Boston · TV ESPN · SN360 · TVAS2

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	0	2	4	26
Bruins	0	1	0	1	26

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 8 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 26, BOS 26.

BUF in red BOS in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 26 shots on goal (4 goals, 15 missed, 10 blocked) attacking left; Bruins 26 shots on goal (1 goal, 13 missed, 20 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	12	2	24	6	0	18
2nd	7	0	14	8	1	16
3rd	7	2	13	12	0	25
Total	26	4	51	26	1	59

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	20	4	24	1
Power play	6	0	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	2	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Bruins took 53.6% of the shot attempts, and 58.6% 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 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	42.9	36.7
2nd	53.3	45.5
3rd	65.8	64.3
Game	53.6	48.8

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

Scoring summary

1st period

03:25 Alex Tuch (4) Rasmus Dahlin (2), Tage Thompson (4) · snap 1–0
12:26 Mattias Samuelsson (2) Peyton Krebs (4), Tage Thompson (5) · snap 2–0

2nd period

01:54 David Pastrnak (3) Pavel Zacha (2), Hampus Lindholm (2) · slap 2–1

3rd period

05:58 Zach Benson (2) Josh Doan (2) · snap 3–1
16:40 Josh Norris (1) EN Rasmus Dahlin (3), Zach Benson (1) · snap 4–1

Three stars

Alex Lyon BUF · G #34 · 0 GA, .962 SV%
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 0 G, 2 A
Jeremy Swayman BOS · G #1 · 0 GA, .880 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:29	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	cross checking	2	Zach Benson
1st	13:31	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot	tripping	2	Zach Benson
2nd	07:04	BOS	Morgan Geekie	interference	2	Zach Benson
3rd	18:29	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2	Charlie McAvoy
3rd	18:29	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	slashing (major)	5	Zach Benson
3rd	18:29	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	game misconduct	10	—

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Zach Benson #6	L	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	2	0.0	16:47
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	2	2	+2	5	2	1	0	29.4	21:54
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	2	2	+2	5	1	2	0	0.0	23:48
Josh Norris #9	C	1	0	1	+2	2	5	0	0	50.0	16:45
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	0	100.0	20:36
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	0	0.0	22:36
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	0	100.0	16:58
Josh Doan #91	R	0	1	1	+2	5	3	0	0	0.0	15:51
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	41.7	14:38
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	45.5	11:01
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.0	10:36
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	15:25
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	10:58
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:52
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0.0	24:05
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	18:39
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	04:25
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:24

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	26	25	1	.962	23/24	0/0	59:42

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	1	0	1	-3	5	1	0	0	0.0	18:35
Pavel Zacha #18	C	0	1	1	-3	1	0	0	0	60.9	18:21
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	0.0	23:13
Alex Steeves #21	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	12:46
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	0.0	17:24
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	53.8	17:22
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	54.5	14:59
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	-2	1	5	0	0	0.0	15:15
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	09:40
Michael Eyssimont #81	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	11:04
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	0	0	-1	4	6	1	2	0.0	18:57
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	09:40
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100.0	10:48
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:04
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	0	0	-3	2	6	0	15	0.0	25:09
Henri Jokiharju #20	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:12
Jonathan Aspirot #45	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	0.0	15:00
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	21:52

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jeremy Swayman #1	L	25	22	3	.880	16/19	6/6	58:08

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.