Buffalo Sabres - Boston Bruins Game Preview - Sabres Lead Series 3-1 4/28/26 - 7:30 pm at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY 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) - 0 for 17 - 0% (16th) Penalty Kill(Reg) – 81.9% (4th) Penalty Kill(Playoffs) - 11 for 13 - 84.6% (6th) Boston Power Play(Reg) – 23.4% (9th) Power Play(Playoffs) - 2 for 13 - 15.4% (11th) Penalty Kill(Reg) - 77.0% (24th) Penalty Kill(Playoffs) - 100% - 17 for 17 (1st) Top Scorers Buffalo Alex Tuch: 4 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS Bowen Byram: 4 GP, 3 G, 2 A, 5 PTS Peyton Krebs: 4 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 5 PTS Boston David Pastrnak: 4 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 PTS Morgan Geekie: 4 GP, 2 G, 2 A, 4 PTS Viktor Arvidsson: 4 GP, 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS Starting Goalies Buffalo – Alex Lyon (2-0, 0.89 GAA, .964 Sv %) Boston – Jeremy Swayman (1-3, 3.50 GAA, .900 Sv %) Other Sabres Stories Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/buffalo-sabres/latest-news/six-former-sabres-who-signed-elsewhere] Jeremy Swayman upset after being pulled in Game 4 Sabres Line Combinations and Pairings (projected) Forwards Peyton Krebs - Tage Thompson - Alex Tuch Zach Benson - Noah Ostlund - Josh Doan Jason Zucker - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn Jordan Greenway - Tyson Kozak - Beck Malenstyn Ex., Tanner Pearson,, Josh Dunne, Josh Norris 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) Notes Tonight’s game will be Buffalo’s first opportunity to clinch a playoff series at home since the team beat the New York Islanders on April 12, 2007 to take the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series four games to one. A win today would give Buffalo three consecutive playoff wins for the first time since the team won five straight from April 16 to 27, 2007. Buffalo is 7-0 in playoff series all-time when leading 3-1 and 2-0 at home when leading 3-1 entering Game 5. Bowen Byram would match the longest playoff goal streak by a Sabres defenseman (Mike Ramsey; four games; April 9 to17, 1983; 4+0) and the most goals by a Buffalo defenseman in a single playoff year (Ramsey, four in 1983; Jason Woolley, four in 1999; Alexei Zhitnik, four in 1999) all-time with a goal tonight. Byram would be the first Sabres skater since Alexander Mogilny from April 18 to 24, 1993 (four games; 6+1) to register a goal streak of four or more games against the Bruins in the playoffs. With an assist tonight, Owen Power would match the NHL record for the longest playoff assist streak by a defenseman to begin a career (Ron Stackhouse; five games; April 8 to 17, 1975; 2+6). With any point tonight, Power would extend his playoff career-opening point streak to five games, two shy of Buffalo’s all-time record (Danny Gare; seven games; April 13 to 29, 1975; 5+3). Peyton Krebs (2+3) has recorded one point in every game of the series and can also climb within two games of Gare’s streak with a point tonight. Alex Tuch has posted at least one point in all four games of the series (3+3) and a point today would give him the first five-game point streak by a Sabres skater in the playoffs since Thomas Vanek from April 14 to 27, 2007 (six games; 5+2). With a point today, Tuch would become the first Sabres skater to register seven or more points in their first five playoff games with Buffalo since Daniel Briere from April 22 to 30, 2006 (3+5). A win tonight would make Alex Lyon the first Sabres goaltender to earn at least three straight playoff victories since Ryan Miller from April 16 to 27, 2007 (five consecutive wins). Follow Michael on X, Instagram @MikeInBuffalo [https://twitter.com/MikeInBuffalo] THN.com/Free [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/87024e77-0db8-432a-8e67-44c73e8ec001.jpeg] THN.com/Free
