Sabres Annihilate Bruins In Boston, Take 3-1 Series Lead

One minute later, the Bruins headed to the penalty kill for too many men on the ice.

As the penalty expired, Hampus Lindholm whiffed on a clearance attempt. Ryan McLeod stole the puck and fired a pass net front.

Josh Doan outmuscled Charlie McAvoy and made it 2-0 just over seven minutes into the first period.

Two minutes later, Jordan Harris turned it over inside his own blue line. Zach Benson walked in unopposed, and knocked one through Swayman's legs for a 3-0 Buffalo lead.

Bruins Head Coach Marco Sturm then called for a timeout, and tried to settle his team down.

It didn't work.

Jonathan Aspirot bumped Jason Zucker into Swayman, knocking his goaltender off balance.

As that happened, Owen Power fed Bowen Byram cross-ice. Byram rifled it into a practically empty cage, as Swayman dove over in a failed recovery attempt.

4-0, Sabres, in under 15 minutes of hockey.

It was shocking, stunning, and deflating. The TD Garden booed the Bruins off the ice. They booed multiple David Pastrnak second-period turnovers.

Still, the second period yielded a decent push from Boston. They outshot Buffalo 10-4, but couldn't beat Lyon.

Boston then ran out of steam.

The Buffalo wagon took full charge, and added salt to the wound in the third period.

Alex Tuch and Beck Malenstyn scored within two minutes of one another just over five minutes into the period, ending Swayman's night.

The rest of the game was elementary and featured little in the way of rough stuff until the final four minutes.

Nikita Zadorov took a run at Rasmus Dahlin with a nasty cross-check, then a punch to the pack of Rasmus Dahlin's head after a whistle, and things became unglued.

He cross-checked Dahlin so hard he broke his stick.

Zadorov received an ejection for a cross-check, and could face further discipline before Game 5.

Sean Kuraly snapped the shutout with 39.9 seconds left, making it a 6-1 final.