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Friday, May 1, 2026
7:30 PM ET
TD Garden (ESPN)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
4 – 1
Final
Boston Bruins
 BOS
65% xGF%
35% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.21 goals BOS was expected to score 1.75 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF BOS Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Boston Bruins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 8:21 1.02 0 1:52 0.02 0
Even Strength 49:47 2.19 3 49:47 1.72 1
Penalty Kill 1:52 0.00 0 8:21 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 23:30 0.93 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 33:05 1.87 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 3:25 0.41 1 3:25 0.00 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 33:05 1.24 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 23:30 0.51 1
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 3:25 in the 1st period 0.28 xG (1-0)
  • ► Mattias Samuelsson scores at 12:26 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (2-0)
  • ► David Pastrnak scores at 1:54 in the 2nd period 0.07 xG (2-1)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 5:58 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (3-1)
  • ► Josh Norris scores at 16:40 in the 3rd period (4-1)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.68 0 1 1 25 15:51 5 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.49 1 0 1 26 20:36 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.43 0 2 2 27 21:54 5 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.36 1 0 1 23 16:45 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Elias Lindholm (C) 0.36 0 0 0 27 17:22 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS David Pastrnak (R) 0.32 1 0 1 25 18:35 5 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.25 1 1 2 25 16:47 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
BOS Pavel Zacha (C) 0.25 0 1 1 25 18:21 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.23 0 0 0 21 15:25 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.18 0 1 1 24 16:58 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.18 0 0 0 26 17:24 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Morgan Geekie (C) 0.15 0 0 0 25 18:57 4 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BOS Tanner Jeannot (L) 0.12 0 0 0 14 10:48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Michael Eyssimont (C) 0.10 0 0 0 20 11:04 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Marat Khusnutdinov (C) 0.09 0 0 0 23 15:15 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Mark Kastelic (C) 0.09 0 0 0 13 09:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Alex Steeves (C) 0.04 0 0 0 22 12:46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.02 0 0 0 22 14:38 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Fraser Minten (C) 0.01 0 0 0 25 14:59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 10:36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.00 0 0 0 18 10:58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Sean Kuraly (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 11:01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.00 0 0 0 21 13:52 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.34 0 2 2 32 23:48 5 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.18 0 0 0 30 24:05 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 1 0 1 30 22:36 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Charlie McAvoy (D) 0.02 0 0 0 31 25:09 2 -3 15 0 0 0 0
BOS Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.02 0 0 0 23 14:12 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Conor Timmins (D) 0.01 0 0 0 28 18:39 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.01 0 0 0 27 21:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Andrew Peeke (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 20:04 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Jonathan Aspirot (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 15:00 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.00 0 0 0 5 04:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Hampus Lindholm (D) 0.00 0 1 1 29 23:13 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BOS Nikita Zadorov (D) 0.00 0 0 0 28 21:52 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +2.88% 0.962 0.7 1 25 59:42 26 W 0
BOS Jeremy Swayman (G) +0.83% 0.880 0.2 3 22 58:08 25 L 0