Sabres oust Bruins, end 18-season playoff series win droughtAssociated PressMultiple AuthorsMay 1, 2026, 10:25 PM ET
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BOSTON — Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the first period, Zach Benson added another early in the third and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
Josh Norris added an empty-netter. Alex Lyon finished with 25 saves.
The 4-2 series victory is the just in milestone for Buffalo, which saw the end of its 14-year playoff drought by capturing its first Atlantic Division title. The 2006-07 season was also the last time the Sabres advanced to the second round. They lost in the conference finals that year.
Buffalo will play the winner of the Montreal-Tampa Bay series in the second round. That series will go to seven games after the Lightning’s 1-0 overtime win Friday night in Montreal.
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David Pastrnak scored the lone goal for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman made 22 stops.
Tempers flared with 1:31 to play after Benson tripped Charlie McAvoy. McAvoy responded with a slash at Benson. Both were sent to the penalty box.
It ends a feisty series comeback for the Bruins after earning a playoff berth in their first season under coach Marco Sturm. Boston has lost its last six home playoff games.
Trailing 2-1 in the third, the Bruins picked up their attack and had something working in the Sabres’ zone. But Josh Doan poked the puck away to start a break. He was pursued by Pastrnak and McAvoy toward the corner when Doan flipped it back to a wide-open Benson, who beat Swayman.
The Sabres’ speed dominated in the early going.
That changed 1:54 into the second period when a Buffalo turnover turned into a 2-on-1 break between Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha. Zacha passed to Pastrnak on the left side, and he fired it in from the faceoff circle to get the Bruins within 2-1. It marked his third goal in the series.
It was part of a second period that saw an increase in physical play that was mostly allowed by the referees. It included a more than nine-minute stretch without a stoppage of play.
The Sabres needed just 3:25 into the first period to open the scoring when Tuch guided in a touch pass in front of the net by Rasmus Dahlin.
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