Buffalo Sabres @ Boston Bruins

East 1st Round - Game 3 • BUF leads series 2-1

50-23-9, 24-13-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	1	2	3
Bruins BOS	0	1	0	1

Boston BruinsBruinsBOS

45-27-10, 29-11-1 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Logan StanleyL. Stanley#64
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20	16:31	1:51	0:56	13:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	20	14:49	1:28	0:00	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	18	9:13	0:16	2:55	6:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	8:35	0:14	0:40	7:41	4	2	66.7
0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	17	12:47	0:00	0:00	12:47	5	2	71.4
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	18	9:27	0:16	2:58	6:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	28	18:49	2:52	4:03	11:54	12	10	54.5
1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:18	1:39	0:18	12:21	2	4	33.3
0	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	16:52	5:02	0:00	11:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	25	19:16	6:04	0:12	13:00	0	4	0.0
1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	26	21:26	6:24	3:54	11:08	2	3	40.0
0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	17:21	5:56	0:00	11:25	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	23	21:59	1:19	1:59	18:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	25	23:29	6:41	0:29	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	23	19:59	0:25	3:08	16:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	22	18:33	0:00	4:53	13:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	17	13:25	0:09	2:23	10:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	22	15:16	0:09	3:12	11:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	1	24	.960	15	8	1	0	0	59:55	0

Boston Bruins


forwards
Viktor ArvidssonV. Arvidsson#71
Morgan GeekieM. Geekie#39
James HagensJ. Hagens#44
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Mark KastelicM. Kastelic#47
Marat KhusnutdinovM. Khusnutdinov#92
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#52
Elias LindholmE. Lindholm#28
Fraser MintenF. Minten#93
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#11
David PastrnakD. Pastrnak#88
Pavel ZachaP. Zacha#18
defensemen
Jonathan AspirotJ. Aspirot#45
Hampus LindholmH. Lindholm#27
Mason LohreiM. Lohrei#6
Charlie McAvoyC. McAvoy#73
Andrew PeekeA. Peeke#26
Nikita ZadorovN. Zadorov#91

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	15:33	4:11	0:00	11:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	19	19:32	5:32	0:00	14:00	4	3	57.1
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:53	1:12	0:00	8:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	5	0	1	19	9:10	0:12	1:13	7:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	8	1	1	20	11:15	0:15	2:29	8:31	5	1	83.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	14:15	0:00	3:36	10:39	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10:41	0:12	2:39	7:50	3	3	50.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	23	18:34	3:34	2:37	12:23	4	8	33.3
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	23	16:23	2:24	2:56	11:03	4	6	40.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	14:44	2:16	0:01	12:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	21:21	6:00	0:02	15:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	21	19:54	5:17	0:35	14:02	5	4	55.6
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	19	13:27	0:00	2:08	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	26	21:37	2:20	3:07	16:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	19	15:18	0:43	0:00	14:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	2	1	1	29	27:07	5:40	5:08	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	26	18:21	0:00	3:09	15:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	22	16:32	0:12	2:56	13:24	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jeremy SwaymanJ. Swayman#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	2	25	.926	16	7	2	0	0	58:14	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

TNT/truTV/HBO Max		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	1	2	3
	Bruins	0	1	0	1

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			BUF	BOS
3:26		Tanner Jeannot (1) Assists: Charlie McAvoy (2)	0	1
10:58		Bowen Byram (2) Assists: Noah Ostlund (1), Owen Power (3)	1	1

3rd Period			BUF	BOS
4:03		Alex Tuch (2) Assists: Peyton Krebs (2), Bowen Byram (1)	2	1
18:36		Noah Ostlund (1) (Empty Net) Assists: Jack Quinn (2)	3	1

Noah Ostlund ices the game off the empty net making the score 3-1

0:28

Alex Tuch nets the puck giving Sabres the lead

0:33

Alex Lyon makes big-time save vs. Bruins

0:15

Bruins
3
Sabres
4

Game 1

4/19

Bruins
4
Sabres
2

Game 2

4/21

Sabres
3
Bruins
1

Game 3

4/23

Sabres
Bruins

Game 4

4/26

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Bruins
Sabres

Game 5

4/28

TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Sabres
Bruins

Game 6

5/1

Bruins
Sabres

Game 7

5/3

TD Garden

7:00 PM, April 23, 2026Coverage: TNT/truTV/HBO Max

Boston, MA

Attendance: 17,850

Referees:
Kyle Rehman
Garrett Rank
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Ryan Daisy
Kyle Flemington

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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