Boston at Buffalo — NHL April 21, 2026

4 – 2

Final

KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	3	1	4
BUF	0	0	2	2

BOS 26 shots on goal 36 BUF

Recap

Three stars

1st star

V. Arvidsson

2 goals

+1 rating

2nd star

J. Swayman

34 saves

3rd star

D. Pastrnak

2 assists

Closing line

Scoring

	2nd Per	BOS
4:54	Viktor Arvidsson 1 (Assists: Jonathan Aspirot 1, Casey Mittelstadt 1)	1
16:29	Morgan Geekie 2 (Assists: David Pastrnak 3, Sean Kuraly 1)	2
18:10	Pavel Zacha 1 (power-play) (Assists: David Pastrnak 4, Charlie McAvoy 1)	3

	3rd Per	BOS	BUF
0:16	Viktor Arvidsson 2 (Assists: Casey Mittelstadt 2, Jonathan Aspirot 2)	4	0
13:54	Bowen Byram 1 (Assists: Beck Malenstyn 1, Owen Power 2)	4	1
15:08	Peyton Krebs 1 (Assists: Rasmus Dahlin 1, Alex Tuch 2)	4	2

Penalties

1st Per

1:10 Elias Lindholm (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
1:10 Rasmus Dahlin (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Elias Lindholm
4:10 Nikita Zadorov (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Jordan Greenway served by Viktor Arvidsson
4:10 Nikita Zadorov (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Josh Dunne
4:10 Beck Malenstyn (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Sean Kuraly
8:43 Josh Doan (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Tanner Jeannot
10:40 Conor Timmins (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Viktor Arvidsson
19:29 David Pastrnak (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Josh Norris

2nd Per

3rd Per

2:26 Charlie McAvoy (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn
2:26 Charlie McAvoy (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Beck Malenstyn served by Viktor Arvidsson
2:26 Beck Malenstyn (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Charlie McAvoy
2:26 Logan Stanley (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Mark Kastelic
2:26 Mark Kastelic (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Logan Stanley
6:14 Nikita Zadorov (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Zach Benson
6:14 Andrew Peeke (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Tage Thompson
6:14 Alex Tuch (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Nikita Zadorov
6:14 Tage Thompson (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Andrew Peeke
6:14 Morgan Geekie (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Conor Timmins
6:14 Zach Benson (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Andrew Peeke
6:14 Andrew Peeke (Misconduct - 10 min)
6:14 Zach Benson (Misconduct - 10 min)
6:14 Nikita Zadorov (Misconduct - 10 min)
6:14 Tage Thompson (Misconduct - 10 min)
9:17 Peyton Krebs (Cross-Checking - 2 min) drawn by Casey Mittelstadt
11:20 James Hagens (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Bowen Byram

Highlights

JOSH ALLEN opens Game 2 in Buffalo!!