Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres

East 1st Round - Game 5 • BUF leads series 3-2

45-27-10, 16-16-9 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Bruins BOS	0	1	0	1	2
Sabres BUF	1	0	0	0	1

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

50-23-9, 26-10-5 Home

Boston Bruins


forwards
Michael EyssimontM. Eyssimont#81
Morgan GeekieM. Geekie#39
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Mark KastelicM. Kastelic#47
Marat KhusnutdinovM. Khusnutdinov#92
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#52
Elias LindholmE. Lindholm#28
Fraser MintenF. Minten#93
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#11
David PastrnakD. Pastrnak#88
Alex SteevesA. Steeves#21
Pavel ZachaP. Zacha#18
defensemen
Jonathan AspirotJ. Aspirot#45
Henri JokiharjuH. Jokiharju#20
Hampus LindholmH. Lindholm#27
Charlie McAvoyC. McAvoy#73
Andrew PeekeA. Peeke#26
Nikita ZadorovN. Zadorov#91

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	22	12:53	0:00	0:00	12:53	0	2	0.0
0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	22	18:46	4:46	0:00	14:00	0	3	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:25	0:00	0:45	10:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	1	18	11:50	0:00	1:55	9:55	4	1	80.0
0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	5	1	3	26	21:30	1:45	0:32	19:13	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	13:30	0:00	2:46	10:44	3	0	100.0
1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	27	21:01	4:14	1:59	14:48	8	2	80.0
0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	4	24	16:50	1:16	2:37	12:57	6	4	60.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	20	17:25	1:14	0:00	16:11	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	7	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	26	25:15	5:28	0:00	19:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	13:23	0:32	0:00	12:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	24:19	4:45	0:11	19:23	12	11	52.2
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	24	20:51	0:00	0:56	19:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	22	17:27	0:00	0:00	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	25	21:54	1:16	2:19	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	28	26:24	4:44	3:20	18:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	27	22:52	0:00	3:00	19:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	27	23:11	0:00	1:16	21:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jeremy SwaymanJ. Swayman#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	1	24	.960	19	5	0	0	0	69:14	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#17
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Logan StanleyL. Stanley#64
Conor TimminsC. Timmins#21

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:30	0:54	0:00	13:36	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	21	15:40	0:54	0:00	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	11:29	0:00	3:15	8:14	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	1	26	16:55	0:00	0:00	16:55	6	6	50.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	31	24:28	0:54	1:36	21:58	1	7	12.5
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	12:25	0:00	3:16	9:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	34	21:18	2:23	2:08	16:47	10	10	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	2:55	1:12	0:00	1:43	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	24	17:29	0:54	0:00	16:35	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	27	24:30	4:30	0:00	20:00	4	3	57.1
0	0	0	3	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	29	23:54	4:30	1:44	17:40	0	3	0.0
0	1	-1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	20:40	4:30	0:00	16:10	0	2	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	30	23:23	0:54	0:00	22:29	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	4	31	29:01	4:30	0:00	24:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	28	23:21	0:55	2:58	19:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	32	26:13	0:00	3:03	23:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	14:51	0:00	2:59	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	21	17:08	0:00	3:01	14:07	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alex LyonA. Lyon#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	2	27	.931	20	7	0	0	0	69:14	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Bruins	0	1	0	1	2
	Sabres	1	0	0	0	1

1st Period			BOS	BUF
3:35		Rasmus Dahlin (1) (Power Play) Assists: Jason Zucker (1), Tage Thompson (3)	0	1

2nd Period			BOS	BUF
9:24		Elias Lindholm (2) Unassisted	1	1

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			BOS	BUF
9:14		David Pastrnak (2) Assists: Hampus Lindholm (1)	2	1

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

1:09

Jeremy Swayman robs Tage Thompson with spectacular save

0:22

Elias Lindholm pulls a goal back for Bruins

0:20

Bruins
3
Sabres
4

Game 1

20/4

Bruins
4
Sabres
2

Game 2

22/4

Sabres
3
Bruins
1

Game 3

24/4

Sabres
6
Bruins
1

Game 4

27/4

Bruins
2
Sabres
1

Game 5

29/4

Sabres
Bruins

Game 6

2/5

Bruins
Sabres

Game 7

3/5

KeyBank Center

9:30 AM, 29 April 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland
Brandon Blandina
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
James Tobias
Julien Fournier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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