Sat, Dec 27, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Boston Bruins 1, Buffalo Sabres 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 69% of the time.
61%
9%
22%
BUF winsBOS wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BOS's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Lindholm–Pastrnak–Geekie | Arvidsson–Zacha–Mittelstadt | Kuraly–Khusnutdinov–Steeves | Eyssimont–Kastelic–Minten | Pastrnak–Geekie–Minten | Kuraly–Mittelstadt–Khusnutdinov | Lindholm–Peeke | Zadorov–McAvoy | Kolyachonok–Lohrei | Lindholm–McAvoy | Zadorov–Lohrei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson–Krebs–Doan | 2:110.07–0.00 | 3:300.04–0.07 | 2:350.16–0.23 | 0:520.08–0.01 | 1:530.00–0.00 | 6:550.43–0.09 | 1:070.00–0.23 | ||||
| Tuch–Norris–Ostlund | 1:530.23–0.16 | 4:190.14–0.11 | 1:140.00–0.00 | 1:130.01–0.04 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 4:500.25–0.12 | 2:570.27–0.13 | 1:130.01–0.07 | |||
| Greenway–Malenstyn–Dunne | 4:340.10–0.05 | 0:540.06–0.00 | 1:470.01–0.28 | 0:440.01–0.00 | 2:040.00–0.16 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 4:510.18–0.12 | 0:560.00–0.05 | 0:430.00–0.00 | ||
| McLeod–Quinn–Benson | 2:110.04–0.05 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 2:410.00–0.03 | 0:540.00–0.14 | 0:460.07–0.00 | 4:310.12–0.26 | 1:130.00–0.03 | 2:190.16–0.00 | |||
| Tuch–Thompson–Krebs | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Samuelsson–Byram | 6:500.21–0.09 | 6:040.09–0.16 | 1:120.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.14 | 0:390.07–0.00 | 8:440.12–0.36 | 2:520.06–0.07 | 2:540.16–0.00 | 1:300.00–0.05 | 0:420.00–0.00 | |
| Kesselring–Power | 3:560.24–0.16 | 3:190.14–0.01 | 1:100.00–0.00 | 1:390.04–0.04 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 2:580.10–0.00 | 4:450.30–0.13 | 3:580.18–0.07 | |||
| Bryson–Metsa | 2:480.01–0.29 | 2:090.03–0.01 | 1:120.00–0.18 | 3:040.03–0.02 | 1:530.01–0.12 | ||||||
| Bryson–Power | 0:470.00–0.07 | 0:560.00–0.07 | 0:370.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Kesselring–Byram | 0:580.00–0.23 | 1:160.00–0.23 | |||||||||
| Samuelsson–Power | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:140.27–0.00 | |||||||||
| Byram–Metsa | 0:560.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Power–Metsa | 0:370.04–0.00 | 0:330.04–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFBOSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Bowen ByramBUF | 29 | 27:52 | 0:58 | 2:36 | 3 | 4 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 25 | 25:29 | 1:01 | 2:13 | 1 | 6 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 26 | 24:56 | 0:58 | 2:39 | 3 | 3 |
 Charlie McAvoyBOS | 27 | 24:22 | 0:54 | 1:57 | 6 | 4 |
 Hampus LindholmBOS | 25 | 23:15 | 0:56 | 1:38 | 2 | 2 |
 David PastrnakBOS | 19 | 20:33 | 1:05 | 2:15 | 7 | 1 |
 Morgan GeekieBOS | 19 | 20:28 | 1:05 | 2:16 | 7 | 1 |
 Nikita ZadorovBOS | 26 | 20:02 | 0:46 | 1:18 | 1 | 4 |
 Andrew PeekeBOS | 24 | 19:43 | 0:49 | 1:32 | 1 | 2 |
 Pavel ZachaBOS | 18 | 19:32 | 1:05 | 2:24 | 4 | 2 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 21 | 18:31 | 0:53 | 1:33 | 5 | 4 |
 Elias LindholmBOS | 22 | 18:27 | 0:50 | 1:47 | 7 | 4 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 24 | 17:55 | 0:45 | 1:34 | 6 | 2 |
 Casey MittelstadtBOS | 16 | 16:42 | 1:03 | 2:31 | 3 | 1 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 22 | 16:28 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 6 | 2 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 20 | 16:24 | 0:49 | 1:31 | 1 | 4 |
 Josh NorrisBUF | 22 | 16:21 | 0:45 | 1:21 | 4 | 4 |
 Noah OstlundBUF | 19 | 16:01 | 0:51 | 1:28 | 4 | 3 |
 Viktor ArvidssonBOS | 17 | 15:50 | 0:56 | 2:00 | 3 | 1 |
 Michael KesselringBUF | 18 | 15:46 | 0:53 | 2:02 | 2 | 4 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 21 | 15:36 | 0:45 | 1:36 | 5 | 0 |
 Mason LohreiBOS | 21 | 15:25 | 0:44 | 1:12 | 3 | 1 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 18 | 15:13 | 0:51 | 1:36 | 1 | 2 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 19 | 14:28 | 0:46 | 1:18 | 1 | 3 |
 Vladislav KolyachonokBOS | 19 | 13:36 | 0:43 | 1:19 | 1 | 1 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 17 | 13:10 | 0:46 | 1:33 | 2 | 2 |
 Mark KastelicBOS | 16 | 12:50 | 0:48 | 1:24 | 3 | 3 |
 Fraser MintenBOS | 18 | 12:45 | 0:43 | 1:14 | 4 | 2 |
 Marat KhusnutdinovBOS | 15 | 12:36 | 0:50 | 1:31 | 1 | 1 |
 Josh DunneBUF | 16 | 12:06 | 0:45 | 1:34 | 1 | 0 |
 Sean KuralyBOS | 15 | 11:59 | 0:48 | 1:31 | 0 | 2 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 17 | 11:49 | 0:42 | 1:33 | 2 | 2 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 14 | 10:14 | 0:44 | 1:08 | 1 | 0 |
 Alex SteevesBOS | 13 | 10:02 | 0:46 | 1:19 | 0 | 1 |
 Zach MetsaBUF | 13 | 9:41 | 0:45 | 1:03 | 1 | 1 |
 Michael EyssimontBOS | 13 | 8:58 | 0:41 | 1:13 | 3 | 1 |