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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 25, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 31
Buffalo Sabres 3 25

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:07 BOS David Pastrnak (29) Fraser Minten (16), Marat Khusnutdinov (17) 1 - 0
15:18 BUF Jason Zucker (21) PP Tage Thompson (37), Jack Quinn (29) 1 - 1
2nd Period
09:45 BOS Viktor Arvidsson (20) David Pastrnak (60), Nikita Zadorov (18) 2 - 1
3rd Period
05:21 BUF Zach Benson (10) Unassisted 2 - 2
05:54 BUF Jason Zucker (22) PP Tage Thompson (38) 2 - 3
14:00 BOS Casey Mittelstadt (14) Jonathan Aspirot (9), Pavel Zacha (30) 3 - 3
Overtime
00:38 BOS Pavel Zacha (24) David Pastrnak (61), Charlie McAvoy (45) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:21 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
13:46 BOS Elias Lindholm Tripping 2
2nd Period
07:18 BOS Joonas Korpisalo Roughing 2
07:18 BUF Beck Malenstyn Slashing 2
08:58 BUF Josh Norris Interference 2
08:58 BOS Charlie McAvoy Holding 2
10:51 BOS Fraser Minten Tripping 2
3rd Period
03:19 BUF Logan Stanley Tripping 2
05:21 BOS Mason Lohrei Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 59 45 31 4 2.5 55.7
Buffalo Sabres 58 38 25 3 2.9 44.3

How the game went

64202Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.5 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 11:07 of 1st, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 9:45 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 14:00 of 3rd, a 22% chanceBOS goal, 0:38 of overtime, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 15:18 of 1st, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 5:21 of 3rd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 5:54 of 3rd, a 21% chanceBUF 2.9BOS 2.5

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
David Pastrnak · Marat Khusnutdinov · Fraser Minten14:3940.041.11-0
Elias Lindholm · Morgan Geekie · Lukas Reichel11:4650.044.40-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt10:0976.285.81-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic6:3045.566.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot13:0952.045.60-0
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke12:3058.351.71-0
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei11:4645.048.70-0

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 2 3 3 0 3 0 21:56 0.47 13-15 0.65-0.77
18 Pavel Zacha C 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 14:33 0.19 16-6 0.61-0.10
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:28 0.22 17-6 0.80-0.31
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:32 0.28 17-7 0.71-0.31
45 Jonathan Aspirot D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:41 0.14 21-16 0.86-0.56
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 24:45 0.07 19-17 0.66-0.73
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 2 0 3 6 19:58 0.10 19-14 0.67-0.70
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:00 11-15 0.54-0.77
93 Fraser Minten C 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 20:14 0.07 11-17 0.64-1.19
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:29 0.05 16-12 0.90-0.62
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 17:15 0.05 19-13 0.78-0.52
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:10 15-13 0.67-0.48
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 16:41 0.21 17-14 0.43-0.49
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:53 0.01 16-14 0.52-0.49
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:58 0.19 8-7 0.44-0.33
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:45 0.29 10-7 0.57-0.33
75 Lukas Reichel L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:59 0.15 18-16 0.44-0.70
84 Tanner Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:32 0.01 7-6 0.38-0.13
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Joonas Korpisalo W 25 22 3 60:38 2.78 -0.22

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn9:5652.429.30-1
Sam Carrick · Beck Malenstyn · Zach Benson9:2746.261.70-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund6:4331.623.20-0
Alex Tuch · Josh Norris · Noah Ostlund6:1475.084.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power16:0353.653.60-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:5848.137.70-2
Logan Stanley · Conor Timmins10:3425.011.40-0

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
17 Jason Zucker L 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 15:58 0.65 11-10 0.14-0.34
72 Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 -1 0 3 1 18:44 0.22 12-17 0.65-1.03
6 Zach Benson L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:35 0.23 7-10 0.53-0.33
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:23 13-11 0.42-0.34
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:44 12-22 0.46-0.71
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:49 0.28 13-16 0.59-0.45
10 Sam Carrick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:26 0.02 6-10 0.32-0.33
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:32 0.22 12-17 0.65-1.03
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:30 0.06 8-19 0.19-0.64
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:16 0.07 16-19 0.75-0.79
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:15 0.14 17-16 0.96-0.76
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:30 0.01 18-15 1.08-0.78
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 2 3 2 23:45 0.19 16-17 0.58-0.84
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:01 0.24 7-8 0.53-0.30
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:12 11-11 0.14-0.44
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:31 0.21 13-16 0.59-0.45
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 17:49 0.21 14-13 0.68-0.52
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:06 0.13 9-23 0.28-1.20
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen OTL 31 27 4 60:26 2.39 -1.61