{"id":556393,"date":"2026-04-20T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:15:30","slug":"bruins-vs-sabres-game-1-live-updates-score-highlights-analysis-and-more-nbc-sports-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556393\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins vs. Sabres Game 1 live updates: Score, highlights, analysis and more \u2013 NBC Sports Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to KnowVisit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nhl\/boston-bruins\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nhl\/boston-bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bruins page on NBCSportsBoston.com<\/a> for complete coverage throughout the playoffs.The Bruins and Sabres will meet in the playoffs for the first time since the 2010 first round (BOS won 4-2). Bruins top prospect James Hagens will make his playoff debut.The Sabres&#8217; last playoff appearance was in 2011.Jeremy Swayman (Bruins) vs. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sabres) is the expected goalie matchup.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very possible that the most exciting and intense first-round series in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs will be the matchup between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nhl\/boston-bruins\/sabres-first-round-playoff-preview-schedule-prediction\/781835\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nhl\/boston-bruins\/sabres-first-round-playoff-preview-schedule-prediction\/781835\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins are back in the playoffs after failing to qualify last season, while the Sabres are making their first postseason appearance since 2011. It&#8217;s been a long wait for playoff hockey in Buffalo, so you can bet the atmosphere at KeyBank Center for Sunday night&#8217;s Game 1 will be absolutely electric.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of playoff experience, the Sabres are the favorites to win the series. They have a deep, talented roster. They also have home ice advantage. But the B&#8217;s have beaten expectations all season. Boston also has an elite goaltender in Jeremy Swayman. The last time we saw Swayman in a first-round series was 2024 when he dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs. <\/p>\n<p>Will Swayman lead the Bruins to a series-opening win, or will the Sabres earn their first playoff victory in 15 years?<\/p>\n<p>Follow Bruins-Sabres Game 1 with our live blog below for analysis, video highlights, postgame reaction and more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowVisit our Bruins page on NBCSportsBoston.com for complete coverage throughout the playoffs.The Bruins and Sabres will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5100],"tags":[20557,95,1107,229,5133,5,373,4,594,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-556393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-sabres","8":"tag-2026-stanley-cup-playoffs","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-sabres","12":"tag-buffalosabres","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-james-hagens","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nick-goss","17":"tag-sabres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116434155989078083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}