This is a headline I have never written before. I cannot express enough how much my heart is bursting with pride and Buffalove doing this post.

Earlier today the NHL announced the full schedule for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, and for the first time in the social media era, the Buffalo Sabres are involved. They didn’t sneak in as a WC2 wildcard team that got hot late like we had hoped and prayed they would in a couple of springs over the last decade and a half. Instead more often than not this is the time when we start reading T McGee’s Mock Drafts with renewed interest because our high NHL Entry Draft position was being confirmed.

But not this year. This season looked like it was headed down the drain early on, but FGMKA Kevyn Adams had to be sacrificed for the Sabres to turn things around and finally buy into Lindy Ruff’s method. And from then on there was no stopping the Sabres as they became the hottest team from Dec 9th (when they were bottom of an incredibly competitive Eastern Conference) onwards.

In the spell that saw them go from that lowly position to winning the Atlantic Division champions with a game to spare, they went 41-9-4. Just let that sink in. That’s over three wins for every one loss. The disappointing defeat to the Blue Jackets that ended our winning streak was erased by the wild Game of the Season win over the Lightning, clawing the Panthers to start the end of their postseason bid and beating the insufferable Habs in their own barn with just seventeen shots.

Without further ado, here’s the Sabres’ playoff schedule against a hated division rival, the Bruins.

Boston Bruins (WC1) vs. Buffalo Sabres (A1)

Game 1: Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. ET, Sunday April 19 (ESPN, SN360, TVAS)

Game 2: Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday April 21 (ESPN, SN360, TVAS)

Game 3: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. ET, Thursday April 23 (TNT, truTV, HBO Max, SN360, TVAS)

Game 4: Buffalo at Boston, 2 p.m. ET, Sunday April 26 (TNT, truTV, HBO Max, SN, TVAS)

*Game 5: Boston at Buffalo, Tuesday April 28 TBD

*Game 6: Buffalo at Boston, Friday May 1 TBD

*Game 7: Boston at Buffalo, Sunday May 3 TBD

*- If necessary

Let’s hear your series predictions below – winner, series score, player of the series.

Here is the full Stanley Cup Round 1 playoff schedule.

Related