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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 27, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 1 23
Buffalo Sabres 4 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:56 BOS David Pastrnak (15) Morgan Geekie (15) 1 - 0
2nd Period
01:39 BUF Ryan McLeod (7) Jack Quinn (13), Mattias Samuelsson (11) 1 - 1
03:12 BUF Peyton Krebs (2) Tage Thompson (15), Mattias Samuelsson (12) 1 - 2
07:54 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (6) Jack Quinn (14), Bowen Byram (10) 1 - 3
3rd Period
19:46 BUF Josh Norris (5) Peyton Krebs (11), Tage Thompson (16) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
18:27 BOS Viktor Arvidsson High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
07:01 BOS Sean Kuraly Hooking 2
13:40 BUF Michael Kesselring Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 58 43 23 1 2.3 46.0
Buffalo Sabres 57 44 34 4 3.2 54.0

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins ahead

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.3 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 11:56 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 1:39 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 3:12 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 7:54 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 19:46 of 3rd, a 47% chanceBUF 3.2BOS 2.3

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

Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie12:4134.833.41-1
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt11:1360.045.60-0
Sean Kuraly · Marat Khusnutdinov · Alex Steeves6:3366.772.40-1
Michael Eyssimont · Mark Kastelic · Fraser Minten5:5030.830.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Hampus Lindholm · Andrew Peeke15:3968.053.51-2
Nikita Zadorov · Charlie McAvoy14:1530.819.70-1
Vladislav Kolyachonok · Mason Lohrei11:4636.458.90-0

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
88 David Pastrnak R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 20:33 0.25 13-18 0.51-0.65
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:28 0.14 13-16 0.51-0.59
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:25 0.00 12-18 0.42-0.38
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:42 0.14 13-11 0.22-0.37
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:32 0.24 12-9 0.23-0.55
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:43 17-10 0.56-0.51
21 Alex Steeves C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 10:02 0.04 9-6 0.45-0.45
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:15 0.10 23-9 0.69-0.51
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:27 0.32 8-16 0.29-0.67
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 15:50 0.21 13-9 0.22-0.25
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:50 0.05 4-16 0.05-0.37
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 11:59 0.26 10-8 0.47-0.29
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 24:22 0.31 9-20 0.25-0.88
74 Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:36 0.05 9-15 0.48-0.28
81 Michael Eyssimont C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:58 0.07 5-14 0.12-0.38
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:02 10-22 0.21-0.95
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:36 0.18 11-8 0.52-0.51
93 Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12:45 9-10 0.33-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Joonas Korpisalo L 33 30 3 56:55 2.13 -0.87

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan11:0650.056.91-0
Alex Tuch · Josh Norris · Noah Ostlund10:1047.668.50-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne10:0261.544.70-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson8:5957.147.42-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Bowen Byram18:1145.538.92-1
Michael Kesselring · Owen Power13:4073.177.20-0
Jacob Bryson · Zach Metsa6:2636.416.30-0

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
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 2 3 3 0 2 6 24:56 0.03 18-20 0.62-0.59
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 16:28 0.16 14-14 0.47-0.34
22 Jack Quinn R 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 15:13 0.12 15-7 0.40-0.36
72 Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 17:55 0.14 16-16 0.55-0.34
9 Josh Norris C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:21 0.14 11-12 0.70-0.38
71 Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:24 0.05 10-6 0.32-0.29
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 27:52 0.06 18-23 0.76-0.83
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:28 0.06 11-7 0.35-0.36
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 15:46 0.04 20-13 0.88-0.43
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:49 0.01 8-5 0.19-0.23
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 25:29 0.39 26-9 1.06-0.24
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13:10 9-6 0.21-0.23
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:06 0.15 10-6 0.19-0.30
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:41 6-8 0.09-0.24
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14 4-8 0.04-0.28
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:01 0.16 13-13 0.76-0.38
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:31 0.52 13-13 0.76-0.32
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:36 0.17 13-14 0.44-0.40
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 23 22 1 60:00 2.25 +1.25