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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

1st Round, Game 1 · Apr 19, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 20
Buffalo Sabres 4 38

Scoring

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

Penalties

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

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 43 32 20 3 2.5 36.0
Buffalo Sabres 72 56 38 4 3.9 64.0

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 10:52 of 1st, a 14% chanceBOS goal, 1:08 of 3rd, a 24% chanceBOS goal, 19:52 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 12:02 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 15:44 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 16:36 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 18:48 of 3rd, a 68% chanceBUF 3.9BOS 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
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie12:4430.840.72-1
Marat Khusnutdinov · Fraser Minten · James Hagens9:2740.028.90-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt9:0933.346.60-2
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic6:3830.07.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke14:2045.958.32-1
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot13:0237.511.90-1
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei12:3015.029.50-0

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
39 Morgan Geekie C 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 19:16 0.32 10-18 0.62-0.79
88 David Pastrnak R 1 2 3 0 2 4 4 21:15 0.29 11-20 0.71-0.84
28 Elias Lindholm C 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 19:18 0.64 9-19 0.59-0.82
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 -3 2 1 1 17:02 0.26 9-18 0.62-0.61
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 20:42 0.03 19-21 1.32-0.92
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:08 5-18 0.22-0.35
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:19 0.00 9-15 0.62-0.58
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 19:03 0.01 17-24 1.24-1.11
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:06 0.03 5-18 0.19-0.42
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 12:45 0.45 7-17 0.46-0.55
44 James Hagens C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:02 0.07 10-13 0.27-0.30
45 Jonathan Aspirot D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:09 0.01 9-18 0.07-0.72
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10:51 3-7 0.02-0.30
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:16 0.07 5-10 0.13-0.32
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 24:18 0.06 10-16 0.07-0.56
84 Tanner Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:21 3-7 0.02-0.30
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:13 0.15 10-13 0.30-0.35
93 Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:07 0.08 9-13 0.19-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman L 37 34 3 58:49 2.60 -0.40

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs13:2564.553.81-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson10:2068.857.80-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn9:0552.032.71-2
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne6:5577.892.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin14:2361.953.71-1
Bowen Byram · Owen Power11:4748.140.20-1
Logan Stanley · Conor Timmins8:4685.792.80-0

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
72 Tage Thompson C 2 1 3 3 2 7 3 20:01 0.64 22-11 0.64-0.49
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 2 0 4 10 21:40 0.17 22-12 0.60-0.49
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 22:20 0.11 20-14 0.61-0.36
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 16:10 23-12 0.82-0.49
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 14:37 0.15 15-12 0.72-0.77
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:55 0.10 22-16 1.09-1.19
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 15:28 0.14 13-6 0.39-0.26
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:51 0.07 12-4 0.25-0.03
9 Josh Norris C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:32 0.14 12-5 0.50-0.26
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:38 0.02 7-2 0.18-0.01
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 15:10 0.34 14-12 0.64-0.77
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 13:48 0.09 13-5 0.28-0.02
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:50 0.08 23-16 1.10-1.15
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 24:05 0.22 24-9 0.73-0.32
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:39 0.05 8-3 0.21-0.01
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:20 0.06 9-4 0.48-0.01
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:38 0.22 14-12 0.41-0.77
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:14 0.24 12-5 0.50-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 20 17 3 59:53 2.27 -0.73