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BUF @ BOS

Thursday, April 23, 2026 · 6:00 PM CT · Playoffs

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Buffalo Sabres
7-4-2 · Away
3 – 1
FINAL
Boston Bruins
2-4-0 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF -105 · BOS -115
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-300) · BOS -1.5 (+200)
Total
O 5.5 (-145) · U (+115)

Graded: total 4 → OVER L · BOS -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 BUFo5.5 62%
52-32
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
61%
25-16
60%
6-4
48%
40-43
BOSo5.5 58%
49-35
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
56%
23-18
60%
6-4
55%
46-38
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 75%
63-21
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
71%
29-12
70%
7-3
+7.75u
46-37
BOS-1.5 31%
26-58
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
42%
17-24
30%
3-7
+15.70u
56-28
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog -105 61%
51-33
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
59%
24-17
50%
5-5
+10.78u
23-17
BOS fav -115 55%
46-38
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
71%
29-12
50%
5-5
+2.63u
17-10
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-125/u-105 FD 1.5 o-122/u-104 BUF 56%
47-37
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
61%
25-16
50%
5-5
56%
47-37
 1.93 1.00 / 0.93
BOS 60%
50-34
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
61%
25-16
50%
5-5
60%
50-34
 1.80 0.98 / 0.82
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-172/u+134 BUF 66%
55-29
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
66%
27-14
50%
5-5
52%
44-40
 2.02 1.13 / 0.89
BOS 61%
51-33
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
56%
23-18
50%
5-5
58%
49-35
 1.99 1.02 / 0.96
3rd Period
over 2.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 2.5 o+130/u-166 BUF 42%
35-49
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
39%
16-25
50%
5-5
47%
38-43
 2.30 1.27 / 1.02
BOS 41%
34-50
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
37%
15-26
50%
5-5
49%
41-43
 2.32 1.18 / 1.14
Team Comparison '25-26
BUFBOS
Record (W-L-OTL)7-4-22-4-0
Points %61.5%33.3%
Goals for / game3.312.00
Goals against / game3.003.33
Shots for / game30.525.2
Shots against / game26.731.7
Power play %20.4%12.5%
Penalty kill %76.2%95.8%
Faceoff %45.6%56.1%
1st period GF / GA1.23 / 1.080.17 / 1.17
2nd period GF / GA0.77 / 1.081.00 / 0.17
3rd period GF / GA1.31 / 0.690.67 / 2.00
Avg game total6.315.33
Starting Goalies from the box score
BUF · Alex Lyon
24 saves on 25 shots · 1 GA · W
27 saves on 29 shots · 2 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0120300/5
BOS0100250/4
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+155
 38% 50% 40%4/10 1 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+120
 43% 30% 30%3/10 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+350
 20% 30% 25%2/8 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+425
 16% 30% 30%3/10 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+210
 19% 30% 0%0/9 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+250
 31% 20% 33%3/9 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+450
 16% 20% 10%1/10 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1000
 15% 20% 20%2/10 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+650
 13% 20% 10%1/10 1 O
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+375
 18% 20% 22%2/9 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+800
 8% 10% 0%0/10 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+300
 24% 10% 14%1/7 0 U
Noah Ostlund G 0.5
o+525
 15% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Jordan Greenway G 0.5
o+850
 2% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Logan Stanley G 0.5
o+1400
 12% 0% 0%0/6 0 U
Conor Timmins G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/8 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+800
 10% 0% 10%1/10 0 U
Tyson Kozak G 0.5
o+900
 4% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-160 / u+120
 65% 80% 50%5/10 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+125
 62% 70% 50%4/8 0 U
Peyton Krebs PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 42% 60% 50%5/10 1 O
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-220 / u+165
 66% 50% 60%6/10 0 U
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 42% 50% 50%5/10 2 O
Noah Ostlund PTS 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 38% 50% 0%0/3 2 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 49% 50% 44%4/9 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 48% 40% 44%4/9 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 45% 40% 56%5/9 1 O
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 46% 40% 14%1/7 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 34% 40% 60%6/10 1 O
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-210
 49% 30% 30%3/10 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson PTS 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 40% 30% 40%4/10 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 37% 50% 40%4/10 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 52% 50% 50%4/8 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 28% 40% 11%1/9 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 40% 40% 50%5/10 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 27% 40% 60%6/10 1 O
Noah Ostlund A 0.5
o+350 / u-525
 23% 40% 0%0/3 1 O
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 36% 40% 22%2/9 0 U
Peyton Krebs A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 31% 30% 30%3/10 1 O
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 32% 30% 40%4/10 1 O
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 27% 30% 0%0/7 0 U
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 40% 20% 20%2/10 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 33% 20% 56%5/9 1 O
Mattias Samuelsson A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 29% 10% 30%3/10 0 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+120
 52% 70% 56%5/9 1 U
Jack Quinn SOG 2.5
o-165 / u+125
 36% 60% 22%2/9 5 O
Owen Power SOG 1.5
o+110 / u-145
 47% 60% 80%8/10 0 U
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o-165 / u+125
 41% 50% 60%6/10 2 U
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o-155 / u+115
 47% 50% 80%8/10 3 U
Mattias Samuelsson SOG 1.5
o+125 / u-170
 34% 50% 20%2/10 1 U
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o-145 / u+110
 48% 50% 63%5/8 2 U
Bowen Byram SOG 1.5
o+115 / u-150
 39% 40% 40%4/10 2 O
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 56% 40% 71%5/7 2 O
Jason Zucker SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-165
 34% 30% 56%5/9 4 O
Alex Lyon SV 23.5
o-110 / u-120
 68% 40% 50%1/2 24 O
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+175
 39% 50% 60%6/10 0 U
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+250
 29% 40% 40%4/10 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson G 0.5
o+240
 32% 30% 25%2/8 0 U
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+300
 23% 20% 20%2/10 0 U
Mark Kastelic G 0.5
o+575
 12% 20% 25%2/8 0 U
Sean Kuraly G 0.5
o+600
 7% 10% 11%1/9 0 U
Hampus Lindholm G 0.5
o+900
 7% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+140
 30% 10% 40%4/10 0 U
Charlie McAvoy G 0.5
o+525
 14% 10% 0%0/7 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt G 0.5
o+425
 21% 10% 20%2/10 0 U
Marat Khusnutdinov G 0.5
o+650
 15% 10% 13%1/8 0 U
Fraser Minten G 0.5
o+425
 17% 10% 0%0/7 0 U
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+1200
 2% 0% 0%0/10 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1300
 6% 0% 0%0/10 0 U
Tanner Jeannot G 0.5
o+750
 8% 0% 0%0/7 1 O
Jonathan Aspirot G 0.5
o+1400
 5% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+1400
 8% 0% 11%1/9 0 U
James Hagens G 0.5
o+475
 0% — 0%0/2 0 U
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-130 / u-105
 64% 80% 60%6/10 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 59% 60% 25%2/8 0 U
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 58% 60% 70%7/10 0 U
Charlie McAvoy PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 66% 50% 57%4/7 1 O
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+160 / u-210
 39% 40% 60%6/10 0 U
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 48% 30% 40%4/10 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 48% 30% 40%4/10 0 U
Hampus Lindholm PTS 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 28% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Fraser Minten PTS 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 31% 20% 29%2/7 0 U
James Hagens PTS 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 25% — 0%0/2 0 U
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 63% 70% 80%8/10 0 U
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 41% 60% 30%3/10 0 U
Charlie McAvoy A 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 58% 50% 57%4/7 1 O
Viktor Arvidsson A 0.5
o+210 / u-275
 34% 30% 0%0/8 0 U
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 35% 20% 20%2/10 0 U
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 28% 20% 30%3/10 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt A 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 30% 20% 20%2/10 0 U
Hampus Lindholm A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 23% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Fraser Minten A 0.5
o+325 / u-500
 18% 10% 29%2/7 0 U
James Hagens A 0.5
o+375 / u-600
 25% — 0%0/2 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-130
 51% 50% 25%2/8 4 O
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 45% 40% 70%7/10 0 U
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 45% 40% 20%2/10 5 O
Charlie McAvoy SOG 1.5
o-145 / u+110
 48% 40% 14%1/7 3 O
Fraser Minten SOG 1.5
o-120 / u-110
 39% 40% 29%2/7 0 U
David Pastrnak SOG 3.5
o-120 / u-110
 46% 30% 40%4/10 5 O
Hampus Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 44% 20% 40%2/5 0 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-150
 37% 20% 10%1/10 2 U
Jeremy Swayman SV 25.5
o-130 / u+100
 54% 40% 75%3/4 27 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Apr 21, 2026 at BUF BOS 4–2 0–03–01–2 6 5.5 O BOS
Apr 19, 2026 at BUF BOS 3–4 1–00–02–4 7 5.5 O BUF
Mar 25, 2026 at BUF BOS 4–3 OT 1–11–01–2 7 6.5 O BOS
Dec 27, 2025 at BUF BOS 1–4 1–00–30–1 5 6.5 U BUF
Oct 30, 2025 at BOS BOS 4–3 OT 2–01–10–2 7 6.5 O BOS
Oct 11, 2025 at BOS BOS 3–1 1–01–01–1 4 5.5 U BOS
Apr 6, 2025 at BUF BOS 3–6 2–01–30–3 9 6.5 O BUF
Mar 17, 2025 at BOS BOS 2–3 OT 2–10–10–0 5 5.5 U BUF
Jan 28, 2025 at BUF BOS 2–7 1–10–21–4 9 6 O BUF
Dec 21, 2024 at BOS BOS 3–1 1–00–12–0 4 6 U BOS