Pastrnak Sends Sabres Vs Bruins to Game 6 Survival Test

David Pastrnak’s overtime goal kept sabres vs bruins alive, and Boston returned to TD Garden for Game 6 needing another win to force a Game 7 on Sunday. The Bruins entered trailing 3-1 in the series, with one more loss ending their season.

Pastrnak’s overtime finish

Pastrnak scored in Buffalo to extend Boston’s season after the Bruins had been outscored 9-1 by the Sabres in Games 3 and 4. That swing left Marco Sturm’s team with little margin in Game 6, and the overtime goal reset the series pressure onto the home ice matchup.

Boston used the same exact lines from Game 5. The warmup group included Khusnutdinov-Zacha-Pastrnak, Mittelstadt-E. Lindholm-Geekie, Steeves-Minten-Eyssimont, and Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic, with defensive pairs of Aspirot-McAvoy, H. Lindholm-Jokiharju, and Zadorov-Peeke.

McAvoy and Sturm at TD Garden

Charlie McAvoy had two points in five games so far, a modest return for one of Boston’s top defensemen as the Bruins tried to claw back in the series. At 6:57 p.m. on May 1, 2026, McAvoy and Sturm spoke before Game 6 at TD Garden, where Swayman and Korpisalo were listed in warmups.

The Bruins’ lineup did not change from Game 5, a sign that Sturm kept the same structure after Boston’s playoff run had already absorbed the 3-1 deficit. If Game 6 turned into another Buffalo win, TD Garden would have been Boston’s last home ice of the season; a victory instead pushed the series toward Sunday and gave the Bruins a shot at forcing Game 7.