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Sabres vs Bruins

Final · Fri May 1 · 7:30 PM ET · TD Garden

Buffalo SabresSabres50-23-9
4
FinalMay 1, 2026
Boston BruinsBruins45-27-10
1
TVESPNMSGBNESN

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
BUF−130
BOS+110
Puck line
BUF −1.5+205
BOS +1.5−250
Total O/U
Over 5.5−122
Under 5.5+102
  • Puck line: Sabres −1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: under 5.5 (5 goals).

Recap

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 at TD Garden in Boston on May 1, 2026 to move to 50-23-9.

Buffalo won the series 4-2.

Score by period

Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins, score by period
Team123T
BUF2024
BOS0101

W: Lyon · L: Swayman

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. BUFGoal · 3:25Alex Tuch Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (2), Tage Thompson (4)1-0
  2. BUFGoal · 12:26Mattias Samuelsson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Peyton Krebs (4), Tage Thompson (5)2-0

Second Period

  1. BOSGoal · 1:54David Pastrnak Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Pavel Zacha (2), Hampus Lindholm (2)2-1

Third Period

  1. BUFGoal · 5:58Zach Benson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Doan (2)3-1
  2. BUFGoal · 16:40Josh Norris Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (3), Zach Benson (1)4-1

Team stats

BUFBOS
Shots
26
26
Power Play Goals
0
0
Faceoff Win Percent
44.1
55.9
Hits
27
43
Blocked Shots
19
9
Penalty Minutes
2
21

Top performers

Buffalo SabresBoston Bruins

Goals

Zach Benson1
David Pastrnak1

Assists

Tage Thompson2
Hampus Lindholm1

Points

Zach Benson2
David Pastrnak1

Player stats

Sabres · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Zach Benson LW110216:4711100.02
Josh Doan RW032215:5101500.00
Jordan Greenway LW020010:5800000.00
Tyson Kozak C210011:01000045.50
Peyton Krebs C310216:580100100.00
Beck Malenstyn LW050010:3600100.00
Ryan McLeod C000-114:38001041.70
Josh Norris C050216:45102050.00
Jack Quinn RW000-113:5200000.00
Tage Thompson C120221:54025029.40
Alex Tuch RW220220:361020100.00
Jason Zucker LW210-115:2500100.00

Sabres · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Bowen Byram D300124:0500100.00
Rasmus Dahlin D211223:4802500.00
Michael Kesselring D00004:2500000.00
Owen Power D000021:2400000.00
Mattias Samuelsson D220222:3610200.00
Conor Timmins D110118:3900000.00

Sabres · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Alex Lyon G12625.96259:420

Bruins · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Michael Eyssimont C040011:0400200.00
Morgan Geekie C161-118:5700400.02
Tanner Jeannot LW020010:480010100.00
Mark Kastelic C01109:40000050.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C050-215:1500100.00
Sean Kuraly C00009:40000066.70
Elias Lindholm C040-117:22002053.80
Fraser Minten C040014:59001054.50
Casey Mittelstadt C130-117:2400100.00
David Pastrnak RW010-318:3510500.00
Alex Steeves C030012:4600200.00
Pavel Zacha C001-318:21011060.90

Bruins · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Jonathan Aspirot D000-115:0000100.02
Henri Jokiharju D110114:1200200.00
Hampus Lindholm D220023:1301000.02
Charlie McAvoy D060-325:0900200.015
Andrew Peeke D300-120:0400100.00
Nikita Zadorov D110-121:5200000.00

Bruins · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Jeremy Swayman G32522.88058:080

Three stars

  1. Alex Lyon (BUF)
  2. Tage Thompson (BUF)
  3. Jeremy Swayman (BOS)

Game info

VenueTD Garden, Boston, MA
Attendance17,850
OfficialsReferee: Gord Dwyer · Linesman: Tommy Hughes · Linesman: Trent Knorr · Referee: Jake Brenk
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