Sabres win first playoff game in 15 years in dramatic fashion, stun Bruins with epic third period comeback

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The Buffalo Sabres made their first playoff game in 14 years one they would never forget.

The Sabres scored four goals in the last eight minutes of the game to come back and beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in electrifying fashion to take a 1-0 series lead on Sunday night at KeyBank Center.

The Bruins quieted the raucous Buffalo crowd when star center Morgan Geekie buried a slap shot into the back of the net from the high slot to give them a 1-0 lead about 11 minutes into the first period.

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Sabres players celebrate a goal by defenseman Mattias Samuelsson during Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins in Buffalo, New York, on April 19, 2026. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP Photo)

The Bruins, after a scoreless second period, extended their lead in the third period. With just over a minute in the third period, Elias Lindholm snuck a wrist shot behind Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen for a 2-0 lead.

The Sabres finally broke through against Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman when Team USA star Tage Thompson snuck around from behind the net and backhanded the puck between Swayman and the post to cut the deficit in half.

Thompson, who led the Sabres with 40 goals in the regular season, wasn’t done yet. About three and a half minutes after he scored the first goal, he snagged the puck away from a Bruins defenseman in front of the net and snapped one home past Swayman to tie the game at 2-2.

The Sabres took the lead just 52 seconds later, with the deafening crowd still jubilant from Thompson’s second goal.

As the public address announcer was reading off the game-tying goal, Mattias