Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7:00 PM ET KeyBank Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at home.

Final score, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Boston Bruins	1	47-20-15
at Buffalo Sabres	4	39-37-6

Goals by period

Goals by period, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	0	0	1	1
Buffalo Sabres	1	1	2	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Boston Bruins	13	6	19	38
Buffalo Sabres	12	14	9	35

Three stars

B. Biro, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)
Z. Benson, Buffalo Sabres (1 assist)
J. Skinner, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	03:22	Buffalo Sabres	Jeff Skinner (1)	Zach Benson (1), Tage Thompson (1)	Power play	BOS 0, BUF 1
2nd	00:43	Buffalo Sabres	Riley Stillman (1)	Brandon Biro (2), Casey Mittelstadt (1)	Even strength	BOS 0, BUF 2
3rd	12:17	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Biro (1)	Casey Mittelstadt (2), Mats Lindgren (1)	Even strength	BOS 0, BUF 3
3rd	17:59	Boston Bruins	Oskar Steen (1)	Mason Lohrei (1), Georgii Merkulov (1)	Even strength	BOS 1, BUF 3
3rd	19:58	Buffalo Sabres	Filip Cederqvist (1)	Tyson Kozak (1), Brett Murray (1)	Even strength, Empty net	BOS 1, BUF 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	38	35
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	6
Hits	9	16
Blocked shots	9	19
Giveaways	6	10
Takeaways	4	4
Faceoffs won	32/57 (56.1%)	25/57 (43.9%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 17 M. Lucic	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		17:20
Number 19 J. Beecher	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50%	15:21
Number 20 J. Megna	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5%	15:43
Number 26 M. McLaughlin	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	57.1%	12:45
Number 42 G. Merkulov	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	43.8%	15:26
Number 43 D. Heinen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	100%	13:56
Number 49 A. Chiasson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	66.7%	15:20
Number 52 T. Kuntar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		14:06
Number 62 O. Steen	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0		16:24
Number 70 J. Boqvist	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	2	0	60%	18:03
Number 83 L. Toporowski	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		15:11
Number 94 J. Lauko	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	100%	14:17
Number 6 M. Lohrei	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2		29:01
Number 14 I. Mitchell	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:38
Number 25 B. Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		19:03
Number 48 M. Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		15:45
Number 59 F. Brunet	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:28
Number 87 R. Mast	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2		14:30

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 80 M. DiPietro	12	11	1	.917	26:00
Number 85 K. Keyser	22	20	2	.909	30:24	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 Z. Benson	L	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		16:36
Number 15 B. Biro	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	0	0		16:30
Number 20 J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	+1	4	5	1	1	0		15:02
Number 37 C. Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	1	0	45.5%	18:42
Number 48 T. Kozak	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	0	18.2%	13:13
Number 49 F. Cederqvist	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	2	0		12:15
Number 53 J. Skinner	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		16:35
Number 54 O. Nadeau	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		10:27
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	0		17:06
Number 72 T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	57.1%	16:40
Number 81 B. Murray	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	0	100%	18:16
Number 85 M. Jobst	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	0	56.3%	09:13
Number 3 J. Cecconi	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	1	0		24:03
Number 23 M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:30
Number 26 R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		18:03
Number 38 K. Clague	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0		20:31
Number 61 R. Stillman	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	3	2	0		22:11
Number 83 M. Lindgren	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0		13:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 27 D. Levi	19	19	0	1.000	40:00	Win
Number 62 D. Cooley	19	18	1	.947	20:00

Penalties

Penalties, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:03	Boston Bruins	Ryan Mast	Holding	2
1st	03:26	Buffalo Sabres	Jiri Kulich	High sticking	2
1st	10:15	Buffalo Sabres	Jiri Kulich	Hooking	2
2nd	04:58	Boston Bruins	Jakub Lauko	Slashing	2
2nd	07:04	Boston Bruins	Jakub Lauko	Interference	2
3rd	03:27	Boston Bruins	Marc McLaughlin	Tripping	2
3rd	03:55	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	Hooking	2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach: Jim Montgomery
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Referees: Wes McCauley, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen: James Tobias, Jesse Marquis
Boston Bruins scratches: Brad Marchand, Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk, Charlie Coyle, Derek Forbort, Maxim Chudinov, Hampus Lindholm, Linus Ullmark, Patrick Brown, David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha, Anthony Richard, Jakub Zboril, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, A.J. Greer, Parker Wotherspoon, Jake DeBrusk, Dan Renouf, Charlie McAvoy, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie, Reilly Walsh, Andrei Svetlakov, Jeremy Swayman, Michael Callahan, Alec Regula, Curtis Hall, John Farinacci, Roman Bychkov, Jake Schmaltz, Quinn Olson, Riley Duran, Mason Langenbrunner, Ty Gallagher, Brett Harrison, Fabian Lysell, Andre Gasseau, Philip Svedeback, Jonathan Myrenberg, Oskar Jellvik, Ethan Ritchie, Jackson Edward, Matthew Poitras, Brandon Bussi, Cole Spicer, Dans Locmelis, Reid Dyck, Owen Pederson, Adam Mechura, Beckett Hendrickson, Christopher Pelosi, Ryan Walsh, Casper Nassen, Kristian Kostadinski
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Erik Johnson, Kyle Okposo, Dustin Tokarski, Michael Houser, Michael Mersch, Zemgus Girgensons, Connor Clifton, Connor Hurley, Eric Comrie, Alex Tuch, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Jordan Greenway, Brendan Warren, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Tyson Jost, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Jeremy Davies, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Jacob Bryson, Linus Weissbach, Brandon Fortunato, Peyton Krebs, Dylan Cozens, Ryan Johnson, Aaron Huglen, Lukas Rousek, Jack Quinn, JJ Peterka, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Stiven Sardarian, Nikita Novikov, Nicolas Savoie, Lawson Sherk, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Topias Leinonen, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Dominick Mersch, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Josh Fleming

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