Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres — April 28, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres pushed the Boston Bruins to the limit before falling 2-1 in overtime on April 28, 2026. BOS held a slight 11-10 edge in high-danger chances. The expected goals were nearly even at 5-on-5 — BUF 2.71, BOS 2.93. Pastrnak was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.51 individual expected goals on 6 shots. BOS outshot BUF 29-27.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Apr 28, 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

BOS2 - 1BUF (OT)

Apr 28, 2026 · Playoffs

Strength:

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	12	28	30.0	8	15	34.8	5	9	35.7	8	21	27.6	1	7	12.5	0.56	1.24	31.2	1	0	100.0
	P2	27	16	62.8	18	15	54.5	8	7	53.3	21	9	70.0	5	3	62.5	1.22	1.42	46.2	0	1	0.0
	P3	22	17	56.4	18	11	62.1	9	9	50.0	12	10	54.5	6	5	54.5	1.34	0.79	63.0	0	0	—
	OT	17	6	73.9	9	5	64.3	4	4	50.0	11	3	78.6	2	1	66.7	0.45	0.43	50.7	0	1	0.0
	Total	78	67	53.8	53	46	53.5	26	29	47.3	52	43	54.7	14	16	46.7	3.56	3.87	47.9	1	2	33.3
BOS	P1	28	12	70.0	15	8	65.2	9	5	64.3	21	8	72.4	7	1	87.5	1.24	0.56	68.8	0	1	0.0
	P2	16	27	37.2	15	18	45.5	7	8	46.7	9	21	30.0	3	5	37.5	1.42	1.22	53.8	1	0	100.0
	P3	17	22	43.6	11	18	37.9	9	9	50.0	10	12	45.5	5	6	45.5	0.79	1.34	37.0	0	0	—
	OT	6	17	26.1	5	9	35.7	4	4	50.0	3	11	21.4	1	2	33.3	0.43	0.45	49.3	1	0	100.0
	Total	67	78	46.2	46	53	46.5	29	26	52.7	43	52	45.3	16	14	53.3	3.87	3.56	52.1	2	1	66.7

Win Probability

BUF Favored

BOS Favored

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BOS Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Goal Against

Missed Shot Against

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	Lindholm	Khusnutdinov	Geekie	Minten	Mittelstadt	Steeves	Eyssimont	Kuraly	Kastelic	Jeannot	Pastrnak	McAvoy	Lindholm	Zadorov	Aspirot	Peeke	Jokiharju
McLeod	47	38	41	25	40	21	17	33	100	100	100	41	56	32	54	60	69	17
Thompson	42	85	46	22	55	20	43	67	60	58	59	30	41	42	79	46	83	0
Krebs	24	18	45	6	9	18	33	60	56	56	56	19	13	0	82	25	73	14
Kozak	50	40	50	50	100	83	80	88	100	100	100	25	33	73	100	60	100	90
Ostlund	—	50	50	—	50	0	33	—	100	50	100	—	100	75	0	0	0	100
Zucker	55	63	57	33	91	33	0	50	100	100	100	50	73	50	56	75	77	0
Benson	0	50	50	100	100	100	67	80	100	86	100	0	0	78	80	67	75	89
Malenstyn	43	20	50	33	67	50	100	100	100	—	100	25	29	60	100	50	100	100
Greenway	25	14	67	22	80	60	100	100	100	—	100	25	22	100	100	40	67	100
Tuch	21	61	31	8	45	15	0	50	47	43	50	21	33	33	70	39	82	0
Quinn	53	27	53	30	0	33	0	50	100	100	100	44	50	20	53	60	64	0
Doan	0	50	50	50	83	67	75	80	100	92	100	0	0	78	90	67	75	89
Dahlin	63	75	67	18	70	31	100	100	100	100	100	63	67	60	86	64	88	38
Samuelsson	40	0	44	11	27	18	40	100	100	100	100	35	24	18	70	50	71	44
Power	38	61	56	38	82	60	63	75	40	50	50	20	29	71	86	54	100	83
Byram	50	50	53	42	40	54	50	60	75	77	75	33	30	38	84	43	82	60
Timmins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	60	69	0	0	21	46	0	46	38
Stanley	0	0	0	0	60	0	38	60	44	40	50	0	0	50	17	0	17	50