Sabres at Boston Bruins, April 23, 2026 — W 3-1

First Round, Game 3 · Thursday, April 23

BUF3

BOS1

Buffalo won 3-1

WAR Box

Every skater who dressed, graded against the other skaters on the ice that night. A C is an ordinary NHL performance.

Team gradeB-Won by 22G · 4A · 29 shots · 9 blocks

Production: C-
Offense: B+
Defense: B+
Power play: C
Penalty kill: B+

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Noah Ostlund	14:18	B+	C+	A-	A	C+	B
Bowen Byram	21:59	B+	B	A+	C+	B-	C
Rasmus Dahlin	23:29	B	D	A	A	C+	A-
Jack Quinn	16:52	B-	D+	A+	B+	C+
Josh Doan	14:49	C+	D-	C+	A	C+
Jason Zucker	17:21	C+	D-	A+	B	C+
Owen Power	19:59	C+	C-	B-	B	C+	B-
Zach Benson	16:31	C+	D-	C+	A	C+	B+
Ryan McLeod	18:49	C+	F	B-	A	B-	B-
Tyson Kozak	8:35	C+	D	B-	B	C-	B+
Conor Timmins	15:16	C	D+	C-	B+	C	B-
Alex Tuch	21:26	C	C-	B-	C-	C+	B-
Peyton Krebs	12:47	C-	C	C+	D
Mattias Samuelsson	18:33	C-	D	C-	B-		C-
Logan Stanley	13:25	D+	F	D+	C+	C	A-
Tage Thompson	19:16	D+	D	B	F	C+	B
Beck Malenstyn	9:27	D+	D-	D+	C	C-	C
Jordan Greenway	9:13	D+	F	D+	C	C-	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:55	B	20	1	.950	+1.07

A grade compares a skater with everyone who played that night, adjusted for how he was used — heavier minutes and defensive-zone starts raise the bar. Goaltenders are graded against expectation instead, on goals saved above expected. How this is calculated

Box score

Skaters · 18

Player	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks
Rasmus Dahlin	23:29	0	0	0	2	1
Bowen Byram	21:59	1	1	2	2	2
Alex Tuch	21:26	1	0	1	2	0
Owen Power	19:59	0	1	1	0	2
Tage Thompson	19:16	0	0	0	3	0
Ryan McLeod	18:49	0	0	0	1	0
Mattias Samuelsson	18:33	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Zucker	17:21	0	0	0	4	0
Jack Quinn	16:52	0	0	0	5	0
Zach Benson	16:31	0	0	0	1	0
Conor Timmins	15:16	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Doan	14:49	0	0	0	2	0
Noah Ostlund	14:18	0	1	1	1	1
Logan Stanley	13:25	0	0	0	0	1
Peyton Krebs	12:47	0	1	1	2	0
Beck Malenstyn	9:27	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Greenway	9:13	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Kozak	8:35	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	59:55	20	1	.950	+1.07