Sabres vs. Bruins Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 23, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	0	1	2	+6
Boston Bruins 45-27-7-3	0	1	0	-105

Date	Result	Competition
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/28/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/26/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 6 - 1	Atlantic
04/21/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 4 - 2	Atlantic
04/19/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Buffalo Sabres BUF	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Boston Bruins BOS	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 22 Apr 2:58am	BUF		O +6 -118
Closing 24 Apr 1:19am	BUF		O +4.5 -185

David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo	100	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Boston
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Boston	41	+ / -	30	Jonathan Aspirot Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Boston	272	Shots	261	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Nikita Zadorov Defense Buffalo	152	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Boston
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	31	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Boston
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Boston

Tage Thompson Center Boston	11	Points	7	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Boston	5	+ / -	2	Andrew Peeke Defense Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Boston	35	Shots	22	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Boston	42	Penalty Mins	37	Nikita Zadorov Defense Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Boston	4	Wins	2	Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	2.9	GAA	2.2	Alex Lyon Goaltender Boston

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	51	24	6-3-0-1	1L	43-32	1005	27-11-4-1	24-13-4	34-32-9
Boston Bruins Boston Bruins	46	28	5-3-2	2W	49-26	2100	29-11-0-1	17-17-7-2	39-34-2

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BOS:Shots	BOS:Goals	BOS:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 5.5	26	1	2	26	4	7
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	BOS	Under 6	29	2	1	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	BUF	Over 6	24	1	2	35	6	10
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6	25	1	1	28	3	5
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	BOS	Under 6	26	4	8	36	2	4
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	BUF	Over 6	20	3	6	38	4	5
03/25/2026	BUF 3 - BOS 4 (OT)	BOS	Over 6.5	31	4	8	25	3	3
12/27/2025	BUF 4 - BOS 1	BUF	Under 6	23	1	1	34	4	8
10/30/2025	BOS 4 - BUF 3	BOS	Over 6	22	4	5	40	3	5
10/11/2025	BOS 3 - BUF 1	BOS	Under 6	31	3	5	22	1	1
04/06/2025	BUF 6 - BOS 3	BUF	Over 6	20	3	5	37	6	10
03/17/2025	BOS 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	BUF	Under 6	30	3	6	20	2	3
01/28/2025	BUF 7 - BOS 2	BUF	Over 6	27	2	2	33	7	11
12/21/2024	BOS 3 - BUF 1	BOS	Under 6	20	1	1	19	3	5
12/27/2023	BUF 1 - BOS 4	BOS	Under 6.5	25	4	8	26	1	2
12/07/2023	BOS 1 - BUF 3	BUF	Over 0	35	3	2	32	1	1
11/14/2023	BUF 2 - BOS 5	BOS	Over 6	32	5	9	34	2	4
09/26/2023	BUF 4 - BOS 1	BUF	Under 6	38	1	2	35	4	8
03/19/2023	BUF 0 - BOS 7	BOS	Over 6.5	25	7	14	26	0	0
03/02/2023	BOS 7 - BUF 1	BOS	Over 6.5	27	1	2	42	7	14

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	28	2	3
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	28	5	6
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	28	2	3
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	4	7
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	29	2	1
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	35	6	10
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	28	3	5
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	26	4	8
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	W	Over 6	20	3	6

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	L	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	W	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	L	Over 6	24	1	2
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	L	Under 6	25	1	1
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	W	Under 6	36	2	4
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	L	Over 6	38	4	5
04/14/2026	BOS 4 - NJ 0	W	Under 6.5	26	4	8
04/12/2026	CLB 2 - BOS 3	W	Under 6.5	35	2	3
04/11/2026	BOS 1 - TB 2	L	Under 6	21	1	1
04/07/2026	CAR 6 - BOS 5	L	Over 6.5	41	6	10

Buffalo Sabres BUF Boston Bruins BOS

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.0	4	Goals Per Game	8	2.0
2.7	5	Goals Against Per Game	7	3.3
28.5	6	Shots Per Game	14	25.2
27.3	7	Shots Against Per Game	13	31.7
10.5	8	Shooting %	12	7.9
9.9	6	Opponent Shooting %	8	10.5
1.2	5	Shot Differential Per Game	15	-6.5
10.5	8	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	12	7.9
.900	4	Save %	5	.890
.890	3	Opponent Save %	5	.920
16.7	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	1	20.5
0.6	10	Power Play Goals Per Game	12	0.33
0.6	6	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	1	0.17
15.0	11	Power Play %	13	12.5
83.3	9	Penalty Kill %	1	95.8
1.84	6	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	5	1.9

offence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Boston Bruins BOS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.27	12
Shots	27.02	21
Power Play (%)	23	10
Faceoff (%)	53	5
Penalty Mins	948	2

defence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Boston Bruins BOS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.27	12
Shots	27.02	21
Power Play (%)	23	10
Faceoff (%)	53	5
Penalty Mins	948	2

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Boston Bruins BOS

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Nikita Zadorov (D)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Viktor Arvidsson (LW)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 26 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Pavel Zacha (C)	Questionable	Personal - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mason Lohrei (D)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tanner Jeannot (LW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonathan Aspirot (D)	Ques Sat	Illness - 05 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Pavel Zacha (C)	Ques Feb. 26	Upper Body - 30 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Elias Lindholm (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 29 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nikita Zadorov (D)	Ques Thurs	Ankle - 25 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jordan Harris (D)	Out Indefinitely	Ankle - 23 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Boston Bruins BOS

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

Over is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 6-0 in Sabres last 6 Thursday games.

Sabres are 7-1 in their last 8 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Sabres are 14-3 in their last 17 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over is 4-1-1 in Sabres last 6 games as a favorite.

Boston Bruins BOS

Under is 6-1 in Bruins last 7 games as a favorite.

Bruins are 9-19 in their last 28 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 5-1-2 in Bruins last 8 First Round games.

Over is 4-1-1 in Bruins last 6 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 7-3-1 in Bruins last 11 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	47-34	42-33-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	47-34	42-33-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	50-28	40-36-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8

Buffalo Sabres

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Boston Bruins

Pitchers

POS	Player

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POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

10.7

4.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L L W W
Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 )	W L L W L

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Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

vs
Matchup

David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo	100	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Boston
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Boston	41	+ / -	30	Jonathan Aspirot Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Boston	272	Shots	261	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Nikita Zadorov Defense Buffalo	152	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Boston
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	31	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Boston
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Boston

Tage Thompson Center Boston	11	Points	7	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Boston	5	+ / -	2	Andrew Peeke Defense Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Boston	35	Shots	22	David Pastrnak Right Wing Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Boston	42	Penalty Mins	37	Nikita Zadorov Defense Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Boston	4	Wins	2	Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo
Jeremy Swayman Goaltender Buffalo	2.9	GAA	2.2	Alex Lyon Goaltender Boston

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Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	47-34	42-33-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	47-34	42-33-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	50-28	40-36-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8