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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Playoffs Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Boston Bruins 3 45-27-10
at Buffalo Sabres 4 50-23-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 1 0 2 3
Buffalo Sabres 0 0 4 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 9 4 7 20
Buffalo Sabres 14 13 11 38

Three stars

  1. T. Thompson, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. M. Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
  3. A. Tuch, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:52 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (1) David Pastrnak (1), Nikita Zadorov (1) Even strength BOS 1, BUF 0
3rd 01:08 Boston Bruins Elias Lindholm (1) Morgan Geekie (1), David Pastrnak (2) Even strength BOS 2, BUF 0
3rd 12:02 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (1) Peyton Krebs (1) Even strength BOS 2, BUF 1
3rd 15:44 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Alex Tuch (1) Even strength BOS 2, BUF 2
3rd 16:36 Buffalo Sabres Mattias Samuelsson (1) Jack Quinn (1) Even strength BOS 2, BUF 3
3rd 18:48 Buffalo Sabres Alex Tuch (1) Tage Thompson (1), Owen Power (1) Even strength, Empty net BOS 2, BUF 4
3rd 19:52 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak (1) Pavel Zacha (1), Morgan Geekie (2) Power play BOS 3, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 20 38
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 12 10
Hits 38 53
Blocked shots 14 11
Giveaways 13 13
Takeaways 5 5
Faceoffs won 32/63 (50.8%) 31/63 (49.2%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 100% 12:19
18 P. Zacha C 0 1 1 -3 2 1 1 1 0 50% 17:02
28 E. Lindholm C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 4 0 0 50% 19:18
39 M. Geekie C 1 2 3 +1 0 2 1 0 0 19:16
44 J. Hagens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11:02
47 M. Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 50% 10:51
52 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 57.1% 13:16
71 V. Arvidsson L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 2 0 12:45
84 T. Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 08:21
88 D. Pastrnak R 1 2 3 0 2 4 4 1 1 21:15
92 M. Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 50% 14:13
93 F. Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 16:07
6 M. Lohrei D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 16:08
26 A. Peeke D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 3 1 0 19:03
27 H. Lindholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 21:06
45 J. Aspirot D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 3 0 16:09
73 C. McAvoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 0 24:18
91 N. Zadorov D 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 0 20:42
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Swayman 37 34 3 .919 58:49 Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
6 Z. Benson L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 15:28
9 J. Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 50% 16:32
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 100% 09:38
17 J. Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 0 0 15:10
19 P. Krebs C 0 1 1 +3 0 0 2 0 0 57.1% 16:10
22 J. Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 14:37
29 B. Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 11:39
44 J. Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 50% 08:20
71 R. McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 55% 17:38
72 T. Thompson C 2 1 3 +3 2 7 3 0 0 25% 20:01
89 A. Tuch R 1 1 2 +2 0 4 10 1 0 100% 21:40
91 J. Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 16:14
4 B. Byram D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 0 22:50
21 C. Timmins D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 13:48
23 M. Samuelsson D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 9 2 0 22:20
25 O. Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 17:55
26 R. Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 1 0 24:05
64 L. Stanley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:51
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1 U. Luukkonen 20 17 3 .850 59:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:03 Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
1st 14:45 Boston Bruins Nikita Zadorov Cross checking 2
1st 18:50 Buffalo Sabres Jason Zucker Hooking 2
2nd 00:27 Boston Bruins Pavel Zacha Holding 2
2nd 12:42 Boston Bruins Andrew Peeke Holding 2
3rd 02:41 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak Slashing 2
3rd 16:12 Buffalo Sabres Zach Benson Roughing 2
3rd 16:12 Buffalo Sabres Conor Timmins Roughing 2
3rd 16:12 Boston Bruins Mark Kastelic Roughing 2
3rd 16:12 Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly Roughing 2
3rd 19:41 Buffalo Sabres Tage Thompson Tripping 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Marco Sturm
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Jon McIsaac, Francis Charron
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Jesse Marquis
Boston Bruins scratches
Michael Eyssimont, Henri Jokiharju, Jordan Harris, Lukas Reichel, Alex Steeves
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Luke Schenn, Sam Carrick, Tanner Pearson, Michael Kesselring, Colten Ellis, Tyson Kozak, Noah Ostlund, Zach Metsa

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 4 Final/OT Game page
Boston Bruins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/OT Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins 4 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Buffalo Sabres 6 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Playoffs Game page
Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres Postponed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 19

Matchup Status Details
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Utah Mammoth 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Playoffs Game page

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