Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

1st Round, Game 6 · May 1, 2026 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	26
Boston Bruins	1	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:25	BUF	Alex Tuch (4)	Rasmus Dahlin (2), Tage Thompson (4)	1 - 0
12:26	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson (2)	Peyton Krebs (4), Tage Thompson (5)	2 - 0
2nd Period
01:54	BOS	David Pastrnak (3)	Pavel Zacha (2), Hampus Lindholm (2)	2 - 1
3rd Period
05:58	BUF	Zach Benson (2)	Josh Doan (2)	3 - 1
16:40	BUF	Josh Norris (1)	Rasmus Dahlin (3), Zach Benson (1)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:29	BOS	Hampus Lindholm	Cross checking	2
13:31	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot	Tripping	2
2nd Period
07:04	BOS	Morgan Geekie	Interference	2
3rd Period
18:29	BUF	Zach Benson	Tripping	2
18:29	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	Slashing	5
18:29	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	Game misconduct	10

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	51	41	26	4	4.4	41.4
Boston Bruins	59	39	26	1	1.9	58.6

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

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.4 expected, 4 scored · Boston Bruins: 1.9 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
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs	12:51	43.5	70.5	2-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Zach Benson	10:10	37.5	37.6	1-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn	8:46	36.8	31.6	0-1
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak	8:28	23.1	16.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	7:28	64.7	71.3	1-0
Conor Timmins · Bowen Byram	7:02	18.2	43.1	1-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	6:57	20.0	26.5	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
6	Zach Benson	L	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	16:47	0.32	11-15	0.59-0.52
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	2	0	5	1	23:48	0.36	19-12	1.25-0.44
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	2	2	2	0	5	2	21:54	0.38	12-15	1.05-0.42
9	Josh Norris	C	1	0	1	2	0	2	5	16:45	0.36	11-14	0.79-0.51
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	22:36	0.03	22-20	0.96-0.59
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	20:36	0.70	15-16	1.41-0.46
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	16:58	0.11	12-13	1.17-0.41
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	2	0	5	3	15:51	0.64	9-13	0.42-0.48
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:25		1-5	0.01-0.19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:58		5-11	0.21-0.29
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:25	0.24	8-12	0.32-0.55
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18:39	0.00	11-21	1.40-0.68
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:52		7-12	0.25-0.55
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24:05	0.17	12-21	0.70-0.87
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:24	0.01	7-23	0.25-0.78
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10:36	0.00	5-10	0.21-0.29
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:01		3-10	0.06-0.29
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:38	0.01	10-12	0.39-0.55

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	W	26	25	1	59:42	1.70	+0.70

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Elias Lindholm · Morgan Geekie · Casey Mittelstadt	10:27	80.0	95.0	0-0
David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Marat Khusnutdinov	9:07	70.8	36.9	1-3
Michael Eyssimont · Alex Steeves · Fraser Minten	8:52	50.0	35.4	0-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic	5:15	14.3	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke	13:03	44.4	56.4	0-1
Hampus Lindholm · Henri Jokiharju	11:54	52.0	37.9	1-0
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot	10:23	71.4	39.0	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
88	David Pastrnak	R	1	0	1	-3	0	5	1	18:35	0.34	25-9	0.83-0.92
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	-3	0	1	0	18:21	0.17	22-11	0.59-1.08
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	23:13		22-18	0.63-1.06
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	17:24	0.17	13-11	0.44-0.26
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:04	0.00	12-11	0.46-0.29
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	14:12	0.02	18-12	0.57-0.53
21	Alex Steeves	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	12:46	0.03	9-12	0.29-0.58
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	17:22	0.31	18-5	0.85-0.07
39	Morgan Geekie	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	6	18:57	0.18	22-6	0.92-0.12
45	Jonathan Aspirot	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	15:00	0.02	11-7	0.36-0.72
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:40	0.05	2-6	0.05-0.44
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:40		2-6	0.05-0.44
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	-3	15	2	6	25:09	0.04	22-12	0.74-1.43
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	11:04	0.24	8-10	0.28-0.66
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:48	0.17	3-9	0.17-0.60
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	21:52		17-13	0.78-0.66
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	5	15:15	0.11	20-8	0.57-0.91
93	Fraser Minten	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	14:59	0.01	9-14	0.29-0.71

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	L	25	22	3	58:08	3.00	0.00