Sabres take 3-1 lead vs Bruins
- The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-1 in Game 4 on April 26, seizing a 3-1 first-round lead and moving within one win. - Buffalo scored four first-period goals at TD Garden, with Josh Doan and Alex Tuch each posting a goal and an assist in the rout. - Game 5 is Tuesday in Buffalo, where the Sabres can clinch the series. (nhl.com)
Buffalo put Boston on the brink Sunday, beating the Bruins 6-1 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. (nhl.com) The Sabres scored four times in the first period at TD Garden, with Peyton Krebs opening the scoring at 4:17 and Bowen Byram making it 4-0 at 14:24. (hockey-reference.com) (nhl.com) Josh Doan and Alex Tuch each finished with a goal and an assist, and Alex Lyon stopped 21 of 22 shots for Buffalo. (nhl.com) (espn.com) Buffalo has now won three of four games in the series after taking Game 1 in Buffalo, dropping Game 2, then winning Games 3 and 4 in Boston by a combined 9-2. (nhl.com) (espn.com) The matchup is a 1-versus-wild-card series in the Atlantic bracket: Buffalo finished the regular season 50-23-9 with 109 points, while Boston went 45-27-10 with 100. (espn.com) Lindy Ruff called Buffalo’s opening burst “the best period we’ve played all year” after the Sabres scored four goals in the first 15 minutes. (wgrz.com) Boston also lost forward Viktor Arvidsson to an upper-body injury in the first period; the Bruins said he would not return. (nhl.com) (masslive.com) Game 5 is set for Tuesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern in Buffalo, where the Sabres can close out the series on home ice. (nhl.com)
