Boston Bruins 1, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins, Boston Bruins 1 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins.
NHLSaturday, December 27, 2025
DateDec 27, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Boston BruinsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-18-1Record19-14-4
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-4Road record / home record4-6
WWWWLLast 5LLWLW
W4StreakL2
Team stats
Boston BruinsBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Boston Bruins
James Hagens C · Back
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Boston Bruins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 14:32 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Eyssimont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:58 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Geekie | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:28 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 18:28 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kastelic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 8:56 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 11:34 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 9:23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Elias Lindholm | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:27 | 0:42 | 1:34 | 16:11 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 11:23 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:42 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Pastrnak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:33 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 18:33 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Steeves | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:02 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:32 | 1:54 | 1:27 | 16:11 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladislav Kolyachonok | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:36 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:15 | 0:06 | 2:44 | 20:25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Lohrei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:25 | 0:03 | 0:00 | 15:22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 5 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 24:22 | 1:57 | 3:20 | 19:05 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Peeke | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:43 | 0:00 | 2:37 | 17:06 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:02 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 16:38 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joonas Korpisalo | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .909 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 56:55 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 11:45 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15:36 | 2:45 | 0:00 | 12:51 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:06 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 10:40 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:28 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 | 0:00 | 1:19 | 11:51 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:24 | 3:17 | 0:41 | 12:26 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 13:38 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 12:45 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 11:51 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:55 | 2:38 | 0:05 | 15:12 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:31 | 3:16 | 0:44 | 14:31 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 9:06 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:52 | 2:43 | 0:47 | 24:22 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:46 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:41 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:29 | 3:17 | 1:16 | 20:56 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24:56 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 24:05 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .957 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-1, on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
What was the final score of Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres?
Boston Bruins 1, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Boston Bruins: David Pastrnak (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Mattias Samuelsson (1 goals).
Where is Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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