Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres, East 1st Round Game 1 NHL
KeyBank Center
TV: Sportsnet
BUF shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T BOS 9 4 7 20 BUF 14 13 11 38
Jeremy Swayman 34/37 SV, .919 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 17/20 SV, .850 Who won: Sabres 4-3 The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in East 1st Round Game 1 on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins win the series 3-1. The Sabres outscored the Bruins 4-2 in the 3rd period. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (2). Morgan Geekie led the Bruins in goals (1).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Viktor Arvidsson LW 2 0 1 -3 12:45 0:34 0:03 12:08 20 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Morgan Geekie C 0 1 0 1 19:16 3:25 0:00 15:51 23 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 James Hagens C 0 1 0 0 11:02 0:00 0:00 11:02 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Tanner Jeannot LW 0 4 0 0 8:21 0:00 1:05 7:16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mark Kastelic C 1 5 1 0 10:51 0:00 3:09 7:42 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 50.0 0 1 2 Marat Khusnutdinov C 1 3 1 0 14:13 0:00 2:27 11:46 20 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 50.0 2 0 0 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 0 0 13:16 0:00 3:52 9:24 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 57.1 1 1 2 Elias Lindholm C 0 4 0 1 19:18 3:25 1:20 14:33 26 1 1 0 2 1 0 9 9 50.0 0 0 0 Fraser Minten C 0 1 1 0 16:07 0:56 2:28 12:43 22 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 7 50.0 0 0 0 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -3 12:19 0:23 0:00 11:56 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 David Pastrnak RW 1 4 0 0 21:15 3:25 0:03 17:47 23 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Pavel Zacha C 1 1 0 -3 17:02 2:52 0:42 13:28 24 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 6 50.0 0 1 2
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Jonathan Aspirot D 3 1 0 -1 16:09 0:00 1:33 14:36 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Hampus Lindholm D 1 0 0 -1 21:06 0:23 4:14 16:29 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Mason Lohrei D 2 2 0 -1 16:08 0:23 0:07 15:38 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 -2 24:18 3:25 4:07 16:46 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Andrew Peeke D 1 3 0 1 19:03 0:00 2:24 16:39 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 Nikita Zadorov D 1 6 0 0 20:42 0:00 2:54 17:48 24 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Jeremy Swayman G 3 37 0 0 34 .919 24 8 2 58:49 0 0
BOS shoots leftBUF shoots right 
