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2024-25 regular season

Bruins at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1

Sabres beat Bruins 6–3 at KeyBank Center on April 6, 2025.

BOS – BUF
20–37
Shots on goal
1/1–0/2
Power play
23–13
Hits
17–8
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Tage Thompson
3 G
6 shots · 20:28 TOI
2nd star 🐻 BOS
David Pastrnak
3 A
2 shots · 19:04 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Rasmus Dahlin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 22:31 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Elias Lindholm Go-ahead 1st · 03:37
Assists: David Pastrnak, Henri Jokiharju · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1–0
🐻 Morgan Geekie 1st · 14:27
Assists: David Pastrnak · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Tage Thompson 2nd · 07:35
Assists: Zach Benson, Bowen Byram · beat Joonas Korpisalo
2–1
⚔️ Alex Tuch Tying 2nd · 10:49
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, JJ Peterka · beat Joonas Korpisalo
2–2
🐻 Casey Mittelstadt PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:38
Assists: David Pastrnak, Mason Lohrei · beat Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
3–2
⚔️ Rasmus Dahlin Tying 2nd · 18:31
Assists: Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs · beat Joonas Korpisalo
3–3
3rd period
⚔️ Jason Zucker Go-ahead 3rd · 01:59
Assists: Bowen Byram, Peyton Krebs · beat Joonas Korpisalo
3–4
⚔️ Tage Thompson 3rd · 05:51
Assists: Jiri Kulich, Owen Power · beat Joonas Korpisalo
3–5
⚔️ Tage Thompson Empty net 3rd · 19:14
Unassisted
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Geekie · Mittelstadt · Pastrnak 19:04
L2 Lindholm · Zacha · Lettieri 16:50
L3 Minten · Khusnutdinov · Lysell 13:20
L4 Koepke · Lauko · Beecher 11:44
D1 Lohrei · Zadorov 20:42
D2 Jokiharju · Peeke 19:51
D3 Wotherspoon · Callahan 18:17
⚔️Sabres
L1 Benson · Thompson · Kulich 18:08
L2 McLeod · Tuch · Peterka 15:34
L3 Zucker · Ostlund · Lafferty 13:40
L4 Malenstyn · Krebs · Quinn 12:34
D1 Dahlin · Byram 22:11
D2 Power · Samuelsson 20:07
D3 Clifton · Bernard-Docker 15:46

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS BUF⚔️
20 Shots on goal 37
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
23 Hits 13
17 Blocked shots 8
4 Takeaways 7
13 Giveaways 18
4 Penalty minutes 2
BOS shooting 15.0% (3/20) BUF shooting 16.2% (6/37)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Joonas Korpisalo
31/36
.861 SV% · 5 GA · 57:42 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Elias Lindholm · 1st 03:37 · 1–0 Morgan Geekie · 1st 14:27 · 2–0 Tage Thompson · 2nd 07:35 · 2–1 Alex Tuch · 2nd 10:49 · 2–2 Casey Mittelstadt · 2nd 16:38 · 3–2 Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 18:31 · 3–3 Jason Zucker · 3rd 01:59 · 3–4 Tage Thompson · 3rd 05:51 · 3–5 Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:14 · 3–6
BOS BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-8 (0% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 6-4-2 (50% win rate, 12 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 6-8-3 (35% win rate, 17 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Mar 172025 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–2 OT Jan 282025 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 2–7 Dec 212024 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 1–3 Dec 272023 🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF 4–1 Dec 72023 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 3–1
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BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on April 6, 2025?

Sabres won 6–3. The final score was Bruins 3, Sabres 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Casey Mittelstadt, Elias Lindholm, Morgan Geekie.

Who scored for Sabres?

Tage Thompson (3), Alex Tuch, Jason Zucker, Rasmus Dahlin.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves on 36 shots (.861 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐻BOS 1–5 AfterApr 8 🐻BOS @ 😈NJD 7–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeApr 5 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 2–3 AfterApr 8 🌪️CAR @ ⚔️BUF 0–3
Also on April 6
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