Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres, East 1st Round Game 1

NHL

Bruins

45-27-10, 100 PTS

3-4

Final

Sabres

50-23-9, 109 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

BOS shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BOS	9	4	7	20
BUF	14	13	11	38

In net

Jeremy Swayman34/37 SV, .919

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen17/20 SV, .850

Team	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	2	3
BUF	0	0	4	4

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).

BOS

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	3	0	0	15:28	2:59	0:00	12:29	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Josh DoanRW	0	3	2	0	16:14	3:02	0:00	13:12	24	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh DunneC	2	2	0	0	8:20	0:04	0:00	8:16	13	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	50.0	1	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	0	2	1	0	9:38	0:04	1:42	7:52	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	2	0	3	16:10	0:12	0:02	15:56	25	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	57.1	1	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	1	4	0	0	11:39	0:04	2:12	9:23	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	17:38	3:36	1:44	12:18	27	0	0	0	2	0	11	9	55.0	3	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	4	0	0	16:32	3:53	0:00	12:39	23	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	50.0	1	0	0
Jack QuinnRW	0	3	0	0	14:37	4:17	0:00	10:20	21	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	3	0	3	20:01	4:21	0:03	15:37	28	2	2	1	7	3	3	9	25.0	2	1	2
Alex TuchRW	1	10	0	2	21:40	3:15	1:53	16:32	33	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	0	3	0	-1	15:10	4:22	0:00	10:48	21	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	1	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	1	1	0	1	22:50	3:02	0:00	19:48	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	1	2	0	1	24:05	4:48	0:00	19:17	30	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2
Owen PowerD	1	0	0	1	17:55	0:02	1:37	16:16	24	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	9	0	1	22:20	0:04	2:10	20:06	29	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0
Logan StanleyD	0	1	1	0	11:51	0:00	1:39	10:12	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Conor TimminsD	2	1	1	0	13:48	0:00	2:10	11:38	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2

Goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	3	20	0	0	17	.850	11	4	2	59:53	0	0