Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/26/2026

Game Time: 2:00 pm ET, Sunday, April 26, 2026

Venue:  TD Garden, Boston, MA 

Where to Watch:  TNT, HBO Max, truTV

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Sabres -105, Bruins -115; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Sabres -105, Bruins -115; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Sabres -105, Bruins -115; Over/Under:  6 goals

Buffalo Sabres:  50-23-9 (1st place, Atlantic Division)

Boston Bruins:  45-27-10 (4th place, Atlantic Division)

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Buffalo Sabres:  6-3-1 last 10

Boston Bruins:  3-5-2 last 10

The Sabres are entering the playoffs with 109 points, a 50-23-9 record overall, and they were 24-13-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Boston Bruins in their last game, winning that one on the road 3-1. Bowen Byram, Noah Östlund, and Alex Tuch each scored 1 goal for them in that one. Bowen Byram, Noah Östlund, Jack Quinn, Owen Power, and Peyton Krebs each led the team in assists with 1 while Jack Quinn led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Alex Lyon was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 25 shots with 24 saves and a .960 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 288 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 241 goals against them allowing 2.9 goals per game.

The Bruins are entering the playoffs with 100 points, a 45-27-10 record overall, and they were 29-11-1 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Buffalo Sabres in their last game, losing that one at home 3-1. Tanner Jeannot scored 1 goal for them in that one. Charlie McAvoy led the team in assists with 1 while David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Jeremy Swayman was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 27 shots with 25 saves and a .926 save percentage. Their offense has scored 290 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 231 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Sabres listed as a slight underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Sabres have looked great in their games this season with their 50-23-9 record overall which had them right at the top of their division in the East with one of the best records in the entire NHL. They have been a good road team too with their 24-13-4 road record this year. Meanwhile, the Bruins have looked good in their games this season with their 45-27-10 record overall which had them in the top half of their division in the East. They have also looked great on home ice with their 29-11-3 home record this season. This is game 4 of a 7-game series between the 1st seeded Sabres in the Atlantic and the 1st Wild Card Bruins from the Atlantic for the 1st round of the NHL playoffs. The Sabres have a 2-1 series lead after winning game 3 by a score of 3-1. The Sabres were the hotter team entering this series, but they didn't look great at home in the first 2 games of this series. They took game 1 by a score of 4-3, but they spent most of that game trailing and didn't really score until under 10 minutes left in the game when the comeback started. They gained a lot of momentum from that win and could have taken real control of the series in game 2, but they looked terrible in that one again and this time couldn't find the comeback late. The Bruins outplayed them in both games to start the series and they looked well on their way to taking a series lead since they have been a much better home team all season, but the Sabres came out really strong and were all over the Bruins for 60 minutes. Now the Sabres have the momentum again with the home advantage in this series back on their side and they finally looked like the team that was crushing opponents in the final weeks of the regular season. The Bruins are only 3-5-2 in their last 10 games too, so they haven't even looked that great lately entering this series, and that home loss could be a big turning point in this series with how bad they have been in road games this year. The best way to place a bet here is on the Sabres to win this game. 

Sabres Bruins Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, April 26, 2026 (2:00 pm ET start time) is Sabres 3 Bruins 2.

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Buffalo Sabres: 127-122 (+12.5 units) on the moneyline in all games. 36-34 (+6.3 units) on the moneyline when playing against a marginal winning team (Win Pct. 51% to 60%). 74-77 (+11.6 units) on the moneyline against explosive offensive teams - scoring 3+ goals/game. 29-19 UNDER off a win in their previous game.

Boston Bruins: 132-130 (-13.7 units) on the moneyline in all games. 20-31 (-6.2 units) on the moneyline when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%). 75-83 (-8.7 units) on the moneyline against explosive offensive teams - scoring 3+ goals/game. 12-5 UNDER at home when the money line is -100 to -150.

Buffalo Sabres:  S. Carrick (C) Out - Arm. J. Norris (C) Day To Day - Undisclosed. J. Kulich (C) Out For Season - Ear. J. Danforth (RW) Out For Season - Lower Body.

Boston Bruins:  None.

“We had good motion inside the zone. We won a couple of battles, and we did a lot better job of moving our feet on the walls, and not getting trapped on the walls. (Tuch) came off the wall and Tage (Thompson) did a great job in front of their goaltender, and those are the type of goals we need to score.” - Lindy Ruff after his team’s win against the Bruins in the 3rd game of this series on Thursday. 

“We need to put this one behind us. We’ll address it the next few days, the areas where we can be better and we’ve got to bounce back. We’ve done it all year long and that’s going to be the biggest message. Nothing really changes. We did it in Buffalo. We did it all season long. We always bounce back and we’re still in a really good spot.” - Marco Sturm after his team’s loss against the Sabres in game 3 of this series on Thursday. 

LW Peyton Krebs

C Tage Thompson

RW Alex Tuch

LD Rasmus Dahlin

RD Mattias Samuelsson

G Alex Lyon

LW Morgan Geekie

C Elias Lindholm

RW David Pastrnak

LD Jonathan Aspirot

RD Charlie McAvoy

G Jeremy Swayman

Points: Tage Thompson (81)

Goals: Tage Thompson (40)

Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (55)

GAA: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (2.52)

Points: David Pastrnak (100)

Goals: Morgan Geekie (39)

Assists: David Pastrnak (71)

GAA: Jeremy Swayman (2.71)

Coaches:

Buffalo Sabres: Lindy Ruff (2nd season)

Boston Bruins: Marco Sturm (1st season)