Buffalo Sabres - Boston Bruins Game Preview - Sabres Lead Series 3-2 5/1/26 - 7:30 pm at TD Garden, Boston, MA Buffalo – 50-23-9 | - 109 points – 1st place in the Atlantic Division Boston – 45-27-10 | - 100 points – 4th place in the Atlantic Division Special Teams Buffalo Power Play(Reg) – 19.5% (21st) Power Play(Playoffs) - 1 for 20 - 5% (15th) Penalty Kill(Reg) – 81.9% (4th) Penalty Kill(Playoffs) - 14 for 16 - 87.5% (6th) Boston Power Play(Reg) – 23.4% (9th) Power Play(Playoffs) - 2 for 16 - 12.5% (11th) Penalty Kill(Reg) - 77.0% (24th) Penalty Kill(Playoffs) - 100% - 19 for 20 (2nd) Top Scorers Buffalo Alex Tuch: 5 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS Bowen Byram: 5 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 5 PTS Peyton Krebs: 5 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 5 PTS Boston David Pastrnak: 5 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 PTS Morgan Geekie: 5 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 PTS Viktor Arvidsson: 4 GP, 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Alex Lyon (2-1, 1.18 GAA, .953 Sv %) Boston – Jeremy Swayman (2-3, 2.87 GAA, .910 Sv %) Other Sabres Stories Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Can the Bruins extend the series to a seventh and deciding game? Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected) Forwards Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Zach Benson - Josh Norris - Josh Doan Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Jordan Greenway - Tyson Kozak - Beck Malenstyn Ex., Tanner Pearson,, Josh Dunne Defense Mattias Samuelsson - Rasmus Dahlin Owen Power - Bowen Byram Logan Stanley - Conor Timmins Ex. Luke Schenn, Michael Kesselring, Zach Metsa Goaltenders Alex Lyon Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Colten Ellis Injuries Justin Danforth (lower body, Oct. 18; injured reserve) Jiri Kulich (blood clot, Nov. 4; injured reserve - out for the season) Sam Carrick (upper body, Mar. 31; injured reserve) Noah Ostlund (lower body, Apr 28; unspecified) Notes A win tonight would mark Buffalo’s first playoff series win since they defeated the New York Rangers four games to two in the 2007 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Buffalo is 5-2 in playoff series all-time when leading 3-2 and 2-1 on the road when leading 3-2 entering Game 6. The Sabres’ four goals allowed over the last three games are the fewest the team has allowed in any three-game span in the playoffs since May 9 to 14, 1999 (3). Alex Lyon has posted a .953 save percentage in his first four appearances in the playoffs, the best mark by a Sabres goaltender in any four-game span in the playoffs since Dominik Hasek from April 21 to 27, 1999 (.963). It is the best save percentage by a Sabres goaltender in their first four playoff appearances with Buffalo all-time. Bowen Byram has recorded five points (3+2) in his last four games, the most by a Sabres defenseman in a four-game span in the playoffs since Tyler Myers from April 20 to 26, 2011 (1+5). Byram is one goal away from moving into a tie for the most goals by a Sabres defenseman in a single playoff year. Peyton Krebs (2+3) has registered five points (2+3) in five playoff games thus far and he is the first Sabres forward to tally five or more points in the first five playoff games of their career since Tim Connolly from April 22 to 30, 2006 (3+4). Krebs’ plus-6 rating through the first five games of the series is tied with Alex Tuch for the team lead. Tuch has posted six points (3+3) through the first five games of the series, the most by a Buffalo forward in a five-game span in the playoffs since Thomas Vanek from April 16 to 27, 2007 (5+1). With a point today, Tuch would become the first Sabres skater to register seven or more points in their first six playoff games with Buffalo since Daniel Briere from April 22 to May 2, 2006 (3+6). Tage Thompson has registered five points (2+3) through the first five games of the series, including an assist in back-to-back games. Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.com/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/decdbf71-77fe-4fbd-a4ee-e7b94a75c455.jpeg] THN.com/Free
