Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Oct 11, 2025 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	22
Boston Bruins	3	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:48	BOS	Pavel Zacha (1)	Jordan Harris (1), Andrew Peeke (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
10:21	BOS	Mark Kastelic (1)	Charlie McAvoy (1)	0 - 2
3rd Period
09:46	BUF	Jason Zucker (1)	Mattias Samuelsson (1)	1 - 2
19:57	BOS	Sean Kuraly (1)	Elias Lindholm (2), Mark Kastelic (1)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:41	BUF	Conor Timmins	Hooking	2
16:22	BUF	Jiri Kulich	Tripping	2
2nd Period
00:43	BOS	Morgan Geekie	Hooking	2
05:38	BOS	Fraser Minten	Tripping	2
07:39	BUF	Owen Power	Hooking	2
17:50	BUF	Tage Thompson	Interference	2
18:46	BOS	David Pastrnak	Interference	2
3rd Period
10:07	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	56	39	22	1	2.0	46.2
Boston Bruins	67	50	31	3	4.4	53.8

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 4.4 expected, 3 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Tage Thompson · Jiri Kulich	8:19	38.1	33.0	0-1
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	4:56	22.2	7.2	0-1
Justin Danforth · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan	4:45	71.4	84.8	0-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod	3:22	100.0	100.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	9:44	50.0	33.0	0-1
Conor Timmins · Mattias Samuelsson	6:20	30.0	6.2	0-1
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power	5:52	66.7	73.3	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	3	19:29	0.24	12-18	0.21-0.40
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	16:28	0.01	8-12	0.06-0.34
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:27	0.07	7-7	0.10-0.18
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	14:11	0.14	13-7	0.22-0.23
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	18:54	0.05	13-19	0.19-0.43
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	15:36		5-17	0.17-0.40
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:44	0.11	8-10	0.13-0.74
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	24:44	0.02	16-20	0.39-0.84
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	22:07	0.16	15-12	0.29-0.40
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	27:15	0.12	20-18	0.42-0.70
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	07:50		2-8	0.02-0.15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:29		4-8	0.12-0.09
55	Mason Geertsen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	04:48		4-6	0.13-0.07
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:08	0.10	7-8	0.17-0.68
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	2	8	6	21:46	0.40	14-17	0.22-0.39
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:27	0.01	11-5	0.24-0.17
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:52	0.13	6-11	0.09-0.75
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:00	0.48	15-7	0.32-0.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	L	30	28	2	57:45	3.04	+1.04

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie	10:14	66.7	96.0	0-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt	8:42	71.4	84.1	1-0
Michael Eyssimont · Tanner Jeannot · Fraser Minten	8:38	37.5	38.6	0-1
Sean Kuraly · Mark Kastelic · Marat Khusnutdinov	6:00	46.2	72.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Charlie McAvoy · Mason Lohrei	13:29	65.0	92.7	0-0
Andrew Peeke · Jordan Harris	9:49	64.7	73.2	1-0
Nikita Zadorov · Henri Jokiharju	6:44	33.3	41.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
47	Mark Kastelic	C	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	12:42	0.08	12-8	0.26-0.08
18	Pavel Zacha	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	17:25	0.20	10-7	0.46-0.13
52	Sean Kuraly	C	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	13:30	0.19	13-8	0.29-0.11
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	20:11	0.08	17-11	0.55-0.21
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	18:11	0.56	13-7	0.51-0.01
43	Jordan Harris	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	16:25	0.02	14-9	0.55-0.20
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	24:27	0.00	16-10	0.54-0.11
6	Mason Lohrei	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:52	0.08	14-10	0.49-0.13
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:38	0.19	10-10	0.46-0.21
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:35	0.07	10-14	0.40-0.38
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	13:42	0.24	11-6	0.68-0.17
39	Morgan Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	18:21	0.22	13-10	0.51-0.05
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:11	0.01	10-13	0.21-0.29
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:45	0.18	8-13	0.17-0.39
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	19:35	0.68	13-7	0.32-0.11
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	21:32		13-18	0.33-0.38
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:06	0.25	7-8	0.25-0.17
93	Fraser Minten	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	12:52	0.12	6-11	0.17-0.36

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	22	21	1	60:00	1.96	+0.96