Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

1st Round, Game 5 · Apr 28, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	29
Buffalo Sabres	1	26

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:35	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin (1) PP	Jason Zucker (1), Tage Thompson (3)	0 - 1
2nd Period
09:24	BOS	Elias Lindholm (2)	Unassisted	1 - 1
Overtime
09:14	BOS	David Pastrnak (2)	Hampus Lindholm (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:11	BOS	Mark Kastelic	Roughing	2
06:53	BUF	Noah Ostlund	Tripping	2
2nd Period
05:25	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	Tripping	2
13:35	BUF	Ryan McLeod	Tripping	2
15:36	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov	High sticking	2
3rd Period
04:59	BUF	Alex Tuch	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	64	46	29	2	3.4	44.4
Buffalo Sabres	81	53	26	1	3.1	55.6

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

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.4 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Marat Khusnutdinov	16:12	67.7	75.9	1-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic	7:30	26.1	25.4	0-0
Elias Lindholm · Morgan Geekie · Casey Mittelstadt	7:17	38.9	50.0	1-0
Michael Eyssimont · Alex Steeves · Fraser Minten	5:25	10.0	2.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke	18:01	27.8	46.7	0-0
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot	15:12	58.1	68.0	1-0
Hampus Lindholm · Henri Jokiharju	13:56	43.8	36.8	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
28	Elias Lindholm	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	4	21:01	0.18	11-18	0.40-0.41
88	David Pastrnak	R	1	0	1	1	0	7	2	25:15	0.55	24-10	1.38-0.39
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	21:54	0.08	21-20	1.09-1.18
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	17:25	0.16	17-16	0.67-0.53
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	24:19	0.41	22-13	1.36-0.40
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22:52		12-28	0.73-0.49
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:27	0.05	15-21	0.70-1.06
21	Alex Steeves	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	13:23	0.05	7-15	0.30-0.59
39	Morgan Geekie	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	18:46	0.65	16-13	0.51-0.28
45	Jonathan Aspirot	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	20:51	0.04	21-18	0.74-0.54
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	11:50		8-23	0.19-0.74
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:30		8-20	0.20-0.64
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	26:24	0.15	22-13	0.79-0.25
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:53	0.13	3-17	0.14-0.67
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:25	0.31	8-21	0.33-0.58
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:11	0.15	12-30	0.59-0.66
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	21:30	0.28	22-15	1.33-0.40
93	Fraser Minten	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:50	0.19	11-14	0.41-0.64

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	26	25	1	69:14	2.83	+1.83

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	15:18	46.2	43.7	0-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	12:46	46.7	35.1	0-1
Josh Doan · Tyson Kozak · Zach Benson	9:08	81.8	71.2	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak	4:59	58.3	48.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	18:28	65.7	68.0	0-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	14:44	51.7	25.0	0-1
Logan Stanley · Conor Timmins	9:35	38.9	36.7	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
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	29:01	0.38	35-17	1.28-0.67
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	20:40	0.55	17-19	0.43-0.93
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	24:30	0.16	28-23	0.64-0.72
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:30	0.31	13-3	0.70-0.18
8	Logan Stanley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:51	0.01	11-12	0.40-0.48
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:29	0.10	8-6	0.34-0.40
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	24:28	0.11	30-24	0.70-0.91
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:08		12-16	0.37-0.66
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	17:29	0.28	16-20	0.43-1.09
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	26:13	0.03	26-18	0.91-0.79
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	23:23	0.07	27-26	0.80-1.34
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	23:21	0.12	19-15	0.43-0.80
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:25		11-6	0.34-0.28
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	16:55	0.36	18-8	0.70-0.45
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	21:18	0.00	15-19	0.61-1.06
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	02:55	0.12	1-2	0.06-0.10
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	23:54	0.38	18-22	0.46-0.69
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:40	0.11	20-4	0.87-0.32

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	L	29	27	2	69:14	3.08	+1.08