Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres, East 1st Round Game 5

NHL

Bruins

45-27-10, 100 PTS

2-1

Final/OT

Sabres

50-23-9, 109 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

BOS shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BOS	9	7	9	4	29
BUF	5	8	9	4	26

In net

Jeremy Swayman25/26 SV, .962

Alex Lyon27/29 SV, .931

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

Who won: Bruins 2-1

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 5 on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Bruins win the series 3-1. Elias Lindholm led the Bruins in goals (1). Rasmus Dahlin led the Sabres in goals (1).

Play by play

End of the overtime
GOALOT 9:14
Goal! Wrist shot
D. Pastrnak · 1 G
David Pastrnak Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Hampus Lindholm (1)
BOS 2 - 1 BUF
OT 8:55
Shot blocked by M. Geekie
Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Morgan Geekie
R. Dahlin · 1 G
OT 8:52
TO
Takeaway
Takeaway by Alex Tuch
A. Tuch
OT 8:47
Shot
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
OT 8:45
Shot blocked by H. Jokiharju
Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Henri Jokiharju
R. Dahlin · 1 G
OT 8:36
Big hit on P. Krebs
Hampus Lindholm hit Peyton Krebs
H. Lindholm · 1 A
OT 8:33
Shot blocked by H. Lindholm
Peyton Krebs shot blocked by Hampus Lindholm
P. Krebs
OT 8:21
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Morgan Geekie
OT 8:02
Wrist shot wide right
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
T. Thompson · 1 A
OT 7:57
Wrist shot wide right
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
A. Tuch
OT 7:33
Deflected wide left
Jordan Greenway Deflected Wide Left
J. Greenway
OT 7:08
Wrist shot wide left
Logan Stanley Wrist Shot Wide Left
L. Stanley
OT 7:05
Faceoff win vs F. Minten
Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Fraser Minten
T. Kozak
OT 7:02
Backhand shot on goal
Ryan McLeod Backhand saved by Jeremy Swayman
R. McLeod
OT 6:50
Faceoff win vs R. McLeod
Elias Lindholm faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
E. Lindholm · 1 G
OT 6:40
Wrist shot on goal
Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Jeremy Swayman
M. Samuelsson
OT 6:33
Big hit on T. Thompson
Sean Kuraly hit Tage Thompson
S. Kuraly
OT 6:31
Big hit on M. Kastelic
Mattias Samuelsson hit Mark Kastelic
M. Samuelsson
OT 6:27
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
R. Dahlin · 1 G
OT 5:58
Slap shot on goal
Tanner Jeannot Slap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
T. Jeannot
OT 5:56
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Bowen Byram
OT 5:08
Faceoff win vs P. Zacha
Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Pavel Zacha
T. Kozak
OT 4:51
Faceoff win vs T. Kozak
Fraser Minten faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
F. Minten
OT 4:49
Shot blocked by F. Minten
Conor Timmins shot blocked by Fraser Minten
C. Timmins