Bruins Eliminated In Game 6 By The Buffalo Sabres

Alex Lyon made 25 saves in the victory.

How It Happened:

The first period looked all too familiar to Game 4 for the Bruins. The Sabres ran over Boston early, including scoring just 3:25 into the contest from Alex Tuch.

Tuch's goal quieted what began as a raucous TD Garden crowd, which only grew in frustration as Buffalo poured pucks and pressure on.

Past the midway point of the period, Mattias Samuelsson scored his second goal of the series, a seeing-eye shot through a sea of bodies that included 6'7 Tage Thompson and 6'7 Nikita Zadorov.

It felt like the game was quickly slipping through Boston's hands, especially after Lyon robbed Elias Lindholm in tight late in the first.

Buffalo outshot Boston 12-6 in the first period.

However, the Bruins, just like they have all year, fought back and didn't go down easy. Less than two minutes into the second, David Pastrnak blasted home a one-timer to make it a one-goal game.

The second period went a lot better in total, with Boston outshooting Buffalo 8-7, but still trailing 19-14 in the game after two frames.

Boston started hot, but Benson's goal proved their undoing.

In the dying minutes, chants of "Let's Go Buffalo" rang around TD Garden as a swath of Bruins fans headed home.

Then, Zach Benson slew-footed Charlie McAvoy and McAvoy went hard at him with a strong two-handed slash up high, earning himself an ejection to end his season.

The 2025-26 Bruins had a great year, all things considered. They exceeded expectations, but unfortunately, it just wasn't enough to beat the Sabres.