Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

1st Round, Game 3 · Apr 23, 2026 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	30
Boston Bruins	1	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
03:26	BOS	Tanner Jeannot (1)	Charlie McAvoy (2)	0 - 1
10:58	BUF	Bowen Byram (2)	Noah Ostlund (1), Owen Power (3)	1 - 1
3rd Period
04:03	BUF	Alex Tuch (2)	Peyton Krebs (2), Bowen Byram (1)	2 - 1
18:36	BUF	Noah Ostlund (1)	Jack Quinn (2)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:33	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	Delaying game puck over glass	2
11:24	BUF	Conor Timmins	Holding	2
13:47	BUF	Peyton Krebs	Roughing	2
16:29	BOS	Nikita Zadorov	Tripping	2
2nd Period
06:29	BOS	Morgan Geekie	Cross checking	2
09:50	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Ps slash on breakaway	0
11:12	BOS	Tanner Jeannot	High sticking	2
3rd Period
11:27	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
14:13	BUF	Tage Thompson	Tripping	2
19:51	BOS	Mark Kastelic	Roughing	2
20:00	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Roughing	2
20:00	BOS	Tanner Jeannot	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	59	44	30	3	3.4	59.7
Boston Bruins	45	36	25	1	2.6	40.3

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: 3.4 expected, 3 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 1 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
Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson	9:25	66.7	93.3	1-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	9:15	73.3	69.2	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	9:13	57.9	59.1	1-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak	5:22	50.0	53.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	12:42	63.6	70.3	2-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:22	60.0	63.9	0-0
Logan Stanley · Conor Timmins	8:04	60.0	79.3	0-1

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
24	Bowen Byram	D	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	21:59	0.13	21-14	1.12-0.52
86	Noah Ostlund	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	14:18	0.06	6-6	0.45-0.11
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	21:26	0.22	11-8	0.47-0.33
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	12:47	0.14	12-12	0.49-0.48
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	16:52	0.47	13-6	0.58-0.23
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	19:59		17-8	0.58-0.24
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	16:31	0.20	9-4	0.45-0.09
8	Logan Stanley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	13:25		3-6	0.12-0.31
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	09:13	0.06	3-4	0.06-0.07
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	17:21	0.45	13-6	0.58-0.23
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:16	0.01	4-7	0.15-0.12
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	18:33	0.06	10-9	0.29-0.25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	23:29	0.06	19-7	0.89-0.16
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	09:27	0.04	3-4	0.06-0.07
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	08:35	0.18	5-4	0.23-0.05
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:49	0.19	13-5	0.38-0.15
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	19:16	0.34	14-13	0.58-0.58
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	14:49	0.21	9-2	0.41-0.02

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W	25	24	1	59:55	2.41	+1.41

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie	9:28	35.7	38.8	0-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt	8:12	44.4	46.0	0-0
Marat Khusnutdinov · Fraser Minten · James Hagens	6:59	33.3	6.0	0-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic	5:48	54.5	79.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke	10:47	52.4	40.6	0-1
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei	9:20	30.0	4.6	0-1
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot	7:51	40.0	56.9	1-0

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
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	1	0	1	1	4	2	5	09:10	0.02	6-6	0.13-0.24
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	27:07	0.15	8-17	0.21-0.44
6	Mason Lohrei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:18	0.02	3-11	0.02-0.60
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	14:44	0.05	11-12	0.42-0.53
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-2	0	5	3	19:54	0.64	9-12	0.33-0.53
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:21		14-12	0.57-0.68
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	21:37	0.00	7-14	0.19-0.69
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:34	0.04	5-11	0.23-0.61
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	15:33	0.47	11-12	0.42-0.45
39	Morgan Geekie	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	19:32	0.33	6-12	0.23-0.43
44	James Hagens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	09:53	0.15	2-6	0.02-0.37
45	Jonathan Aspirot	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13:27		6-10	0.21-0.16
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	1	2	3	8	11:15	0.30	6-7	0.13-0.24
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:41		6-6	0.13-0.03
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	-3	0	5	3	21:21	0.45	6-15	0.23-0.63
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	16:32		12-10	0.41-0.59
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:15		2-5	0.02-0.33
93	Fraser Minten	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16:23		5-7	0.11-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	L	29	27	2	58:14	2.56	+0.56