Sabres vs Boston Bruins, April 28, 2026 — L 1-2

First Round, Game 5 · Tuesday, April 28

BOS2

BUF1

Buffalo lost 1-2 in overtime

WAR Box

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

Team gradeDLost by 11G · 2A · 26 shots · 18 blocks

Production: D
Offense: D
Defense: D
Power play: B
Penalty kill: F

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Rasmus Dahlin	29:01	B	C	B+	B+	A-
Tyson Kozak	16:55	C+	D+	B-	A-
Mattias Samuelsson	26:13	C+	D+	C+	B		D+
Tage Thompson	24:30	C	C	B-	C-	A-
Zach Benson	14:30	C	D	C	B+	D
Josh Doan	15:40	C	D-	B-	B	D
Bowen Byram	23:23	C-	D	B	D	B-
Alex Tuch	23:54	D+	C-	D+	D	A-	D-
Jason Zucker	20:40	D+	D+	C-	D-	A-
Beck Malenstyn	12:25	D+	F	D+	C+		C+
Jordan Greenway	11:29	D+	D	D+	C		C
Owen Power	23:21	D+	D	D-	C	A	C
Peyton Krebs	24:28	D+	F	C+	C-	D	D-
Noah Ostlund	2:55	D+	D	D	D	B-
Ryan McLeod	21:18	D+	F	C	D	B+	C-
Jack Quinn	17:29	D	D+	C-	D-	D
Logan Stanley	14:51	D	D	D	D		C
Conor Timmins	17:08	D-	D	D-	D-		D+

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonOTL	69:14	B+	29	2	.931	+1.37

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	29:01	1	0	1	3	2
Mattias Samuelsson	26:13	0	0	0	2	2
Tage Thompson	24:30	0	1	1	2	4
Peyton Krebs	24:28	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Tuch	23:54	0	0	0	3	3
Bowen Byram	23:23	0	0	0	3	0
Owen Power	23:21	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan McLeod	21:18	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Zucker	20:40	0	1	1	2	0
Jack Quinn	17:29	0	0	0	1	1
Conor Timmins	17:08	0	0	0	0	2
Tyson Kozak	16:55	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Doan	15:40	0	0	0	1	0
Logan Stanley	14:51	0	0	0	0	1
Zach Benson	14:30	0	0	0	2	0
Beck Malenstyn	12:25	0	0	0	0	1
Jordan Greenway	11:29	0	0	0	2	0
Noah Ostlund	2:55	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonOTL	69:14	29	2	.931	+1.37