Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres — March 25, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Boston Bruins defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime on March 25, 2026. The Boston Bruins controlled play with 55.1% Corsi and generated 2.58 expected goals compared to 2.33 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Buffalo Sabres created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Boston Bruins at 5-on-5. Jason Zucker scored 2 goals. David Pastrnak was the most dangerous skater with 0.46 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Boston Bruins outshot the Buffalo Sabres 31-25 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Mar 25, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BOS4 - 3BUF (OT)

Mar 25, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	19	18	51.4	9	15	37.5	7	11	38.9	14	10	58.3	4	0	100.0	0.70	0.86	44.9	1	1	50.0
	P2	25	25	50.0	21	18	53.8	12	13	48.0	20	17	54.1	4	6	40.0	1.74	1.15	60.1	0	1	0.0
	P3	14	15	48.3	8	11	42.1	6	6	50.0	13	7	65.0	4	1	80.0	0.78	0.71	52.6	2	1	66.7
	OT	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	—	0.00	0.08	0.0	0	1	0.0
	Total	58	59	49.6	38	45	45.8	25	31	44.6	47	35	57.3	12	7	63.2	3.23	2.80	53.5	3	4	42.9
BOS	P1	18	19	48.6	15	9	62.5	11	7	61.1	10	14	41.7	0	4	0.0	0.86	0.70	55.1	1	1	50.0
	P2	25	25	50.0	18	21	46.2	13	12	52.0	17	20	45.9	6	4	60.0	1.15	1.74	39.9	1	0	100.0
	P3	15	14	51.7	11	8	57.9	6	6	50.0	7	13	35.0	1	4	20.0	0.71	0.78	47.4	1	2	33.3
	OT	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0	0	0	—	0.08	0.00	100.0	1	0	100.0
	Total	59	58	50.4	45	38	54.2	31	25	55.4	35	47	42.7	7	12	36.8	2.80	3.23	46.5	4	3	57.1

Win Probability

BUF Favored

BOS Favored

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Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BOS Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

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Shot on Net

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Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (BOS) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = BOS players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / BOS →	Zacha	Mittelstadt	Lindholm	Minten	Geekie	Kuraly	Khusnutdinov	Kastelic	Arvidsson	Reichel	Jeannot	Pastrnak	McAvoy	Aspirot	Lindholm	Zadorov	Lohrei	Peeke
Thompson	56	55	60	59	50	46	63	46	56	50	29	46	62	44	63	44	54	45
Norris	45	45	30	100	33	75	100	67	45	36	100	100	62	42	88	57	100	47
McLeod	33	33	63	44	71	50	33	50	25	57	50	40	67	29	56	33	60	0
Krebs	57	50	50	42	33	25	45	25	43	33	29	42	43	43	46	22	45	33
Ostlund	30	22	30	100	33	67	100	57	33	31	100	100	45	42	67	44	100	44
Carrick	25	25	50	100	33	33	100	100	25	50	33	100	57	50	60	100	50	33
Zucker	33	50	57	60	67	75	60	75	50	57	67	29	73	29	75	58	63	40
Malenstyn	43	43	57	71	50	67	100	67	29	60	50	57	78	67	63	50	44	33
Benson	33	43	50	86	38	50	100	100	43	67	33	67	60	50	67	100	56	33
Doan	30	22	30	60	27	22	75	25	20	31	17	60	31	25	25	40	20	36
Quinn	33	50	44	64	57	82	60	75	50	44	75	29	77	25	71	56	67	33
Tuch	75	63	75	57	67	20	55	20	57	50	25	60	67	56	70	30	67	46
Dahlin	44	50	78	63	86	55	58	50	44	64	50	50	75	38	61	59	56	57
Samuelsson	38	38	63	55	71	40	43	40	38	50	43	50	44	14	60	33	64	38
Power	63	60	33	67	27	67	71	67	50	30	50	59	71	59	71	40	57	36
Byram	43	43	25	71	27	50	77	50	40	20	25	60	63	58	50	37	0	41
Stanley	27	25	43	43	33	50	40	67	31	56	43	20	30	25	54	38	47	30
Timmins	38	27	56	75	50	25	67	33	33	56	25	75	22	13	56	44	60	33