Bruins and Sabres Tied 1-1, and Game 3 Tonight Will Decide Everything
The Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins are heading into Game 3 knotted up at one game apiece, and if playoff history is any guide, tonight's winner is walking away with the series. When a best-of-seven matchup is 1-1 after two games, the team that takes Game 3 goes on to win the series 66% of the time. That's not a guarantee, but it's close enough to feel like a death sentence if you're the team that loses.
The Sabres' Power Play Disaster
Buffalo has a massive problem right now, and it's on the power play. The Sabres went 0-5 with the man advantage in Game 2, making them 0-9 for the entire series. Even worse? Buffalo is 0-31 on the power play over their past nine games dating back to the start of April. That's not just bad. That's a broken unit heading into the most critical game of the series.
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Boston has some serious momentum. Viktor Arvidsson buried two goals in Game 2, marking his second career multi-goal playoff game (the first came in 2018 with the Predators against the Jets). David Pastrnak continues his legacy, now sitting at 92 career playoff points, which ties him with Bobby Orr for eighth all-time on the Bruins' franchise leaderboard. And then there's Morgan Geekie, who uncorked a goal from 89 feet away in the second period of Game 2, the longest distance for a Stanley Cup playoff goal (with a goalie in net) since Rasmus Andersson fired one from 132 feet back in 2022. Geekie has seven goals in his last six games dating back to the close of the regular season.
Sabres Getting Contributions
Buffalo isn't without bright spots. Bowen Byram finally got on the board with his first career playoff goal in his 29th playoff game, a sign the Sabres defense is starting to contribute when they need it most.
Game 3 tips off at 7 p.m. on TNT from Eastern Massachusetts. This one is everything.
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