Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Bruins

40-24-8, 88 PTS

4-3

Final/OT

Sabres

44-20-8, 96 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BOS shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BOS	11	13	6	1	31
BUF	7	12	6	0	25

In net

Joonas Korpisalo22/25 SV, .880

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen27/31 SV, .871

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

Who won: Bruins 4-3

The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at KeyBank Center. David Pastrnak led the Bruins in goals (1). Jason Zucker led the Sabres in goals (2).

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0

Team stats

BOSBUF

19Blocked Shots13

28Hits21

3Takeaways4

31Shots25

0Power Play Goals2

2Power Play Opportunities3

0.0Power Play Percentage66.7

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

33Faceoffs Won29

53.2Faceoff Win Percent46.8

15Giveaways11

5Total Penalties4

10Penalty Minutes8

Player of the game

David Pastrnak

BOS · 1 G, 2 A, 3 SOG

8.5

Deserved to win

42%

BOS · 2.41 xG

58%

BUF · 2.84 xG

Sabres deserved better: 58% on chances, lost 3-4

Play by play

End of the overtime
GOALOT 0:38
Goal! Wrist shot
P. Zacha · 1 G, 1 A
Pavel Zacha Goal (24) Wrist Shot, assists: David Pastrnak (61), Charlie McAvoy (45)
BOS 4 - 3 BUF
OT 0:00
Faceoff win vs P. Krebs
Pavel Zacha faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
P. Zacha · 1 G, 1 A
Start of the overtime
End of the 3rd period
P3 1:46
Tip-in wide right
Jason Zucker Tip-In Wide Right
J. Zucker · 2 G
P3 2:00
Shot blocked by C. McAvoy
Jason Zucker shot blocked by Charlie McAvoy
J. Zucker · 2 G
P3 2:18
Big hit on C. McAvoy
Jack Quinn hit Charlie McAvoy
J. Quinn · 1 A
P3 2:28
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Bowen Byram
B. Byram
P3 3:01
Slap shot on goal
Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Joonas Korpisalo
A. Tuch
P3 3:08
Big hit on A. Peeke
Josh Norris hit Andrew Peeke
J. Norris
P3 3:17
Face off
Fraser Minten faceoff won against Josh Norris
P3 3:40
Big hit on F. Minten
Mattias Samuelsson hit Fraser Minten
M. Samuelsson
P3 3:59
TO
Takeaway
Takeaway by Mason Lohrei
M. Lohrei
P3 4:28
Big hit on O. Power
Pavel Zacha hit Owen Power
P. Zacha · 1 G, 1 A
P3 4:50
Faceoff win vs E. Lindholm
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Lindholm
R. McLeod
P3 5:10
Big hit on M. Khusnutdinov
Beck Malenstyn hit Marat Khusnutdinov
B. Malenstyn
P3 5:20
Shot blocked by A. Tuch
Logan Stanley shot blocked by Alex Tuch
L. Stanley
GOALP3 6:00
Goal! Wrist shot
C. Mittelstadt · 1 G
Casey Mittelstadt Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Aspirot (9), Pavel Zacha (30)
BOS 3 - 3 BUF
P3 6:04
Slap shot wide left
Jonathan Aspirot Slap Shot Wide Left
J. Aspirot · 1 A
P3 6:08
Big hit on J. Doan
Casey Mittelstadt hit Josh Doan
C. Mittelstadt · 1 G
P3 6:10
Big hit on V. Arvidsson
Rasmus Dahlin hit Viktor Arvidsson
R. Dahlin
P3 6:32
Shot blocked by A. Peeke
Jason Zucker shot blocked by Andrew Peeke
J. Zucker · 2 G
P3 6:43
Shot blocked by E. Lindholm
Jack Quinn shot blocked by Elias Lindholm
J. Quinn · 1 A
P3 6:58
Faceoff win vs E. Lindholm
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Elias Lindholm
R. McLeod