GDT: 2026 1st Round Game 3 -- Sabres at Bruins 4/23/2026, 7:00 pm ET, MSG-B, TNT/Tru, HBO Max, NESN

[#freejame]

I’ve switched from my heritage classic jersey to my Foligno with underarm stains. Looking for something different tonight. We’re going to win that cup, so obviously we’re taking this one tonight. 
 

Go Sabres!

[That Aud Smell]

Time to get back on the horse and blow the doors off these bastards.

Let’s Go Buffalo!!

Edited April 23 by That Aud Smell

[Jävə Keith]

Sabres will out-skate, out-work, and blow these Bruins over in their home habitat!

Let's GOOOOOOOO!!!!

[#freejame]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7220751/2026/04/23/sabres-alex-lyon-noah-Östlund-game-3/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.bmEz.dNvuvzKwp1oO
 

Morning game notes from Fairburn at the Athletic. Link should be free for all. 

[#freejame]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7219051/2026/04/23/boston-bruins-buffalo-sabres-game-3-nhl-playoffs-2026/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.lRgW.62Xx6yVivldW
 

Morning notes from Bruins beat writer. Link should be free too. 

[#freejame]

11 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

Time to get back on the horse and blow the doors off these bastards.

Let’s Go Buffalo!!

(Please merge.)

It’s yours if you want it! It’s going to be a lot of responsibility to rattle of the next 14 straight game threads when we run through to the cup n

[Pimlach]

The Sabres have been good on the road.  Let’s hope getting away from the frenzy in Buffalo helps them.  

[sabresouth]

LET'S

GO

SABRES!!!!

Play the speed game with the puck hound mentality 

Get good goaltending 

Get a power play goal

You WILL win this game

That is all

 

Edited April 23 by sabresouth

[LGR4GM]

5 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The Sabres have been good on the road.  Let’s hope getting away from the frenzy in Buffalo helps them.  

Boston is good at home. 

 

[thewookie1]

6 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Boston is good at home. 

 

Boston is good at home, Buffalo is good on the road

🙂

[Mango]

Dump and Chase.
Create chaos in front of their net.
Clear chaos in front of ours.
Skate.

Do those and they'll be fine.

[CallawaySabres]

Score first

Don’t suck in net

Victory

My daughter is driving up from Vermont and I just got her center ice tickets behind the Sabres bench…rockin and representin in the royal Tage jersey

[GASabresIUFAN]

Lyon and Östlund in tonight? 
 

[LGR4GM]

@That Aud Smell Thumbing down a fact is an odd choice but you do you. Boston is objectively better in their home building than on the road. 

29-11-1 at home and 16-16-9 on the road.

[That Aud Smell]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

@That Aud Smell Thumbing down a fact is an odd choice but you do you. Boston is objectively better in their home building than on the road. 

29-11-1 at home and 16-16-9 on the road.

What’s wrong with disliking adverse facts?

I cast a hex on that sh1t. 👎

Playoffs, baby. Vibes only. ⚔️

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

What’s wrong with disliking adverse facts?

I cast a hex on that sh1t. 👎

Playoffs, baby. Vibes only. ⚔️

Roll damage

[CallawaySabres]

I am way more emotional than I ever thought I would be in this first series. Man, I want it so so bad.

[...]

If I had the teams' collective ear, I would recommend to them that they score goals. Several before Boston does, or, ideally, don't allow Boston to score at all. 

[Doohickie]

They need to play river hockey most of the time, sound shut-down hockey when Pasta and Geekie are on.

[GoPre]

I honestly think if the Sabres lose tonight they’ll lose the series.  😬

But let me add I think they’ll play closer to how they did in game 1 and take tonight’s game.  Let’s go Buffalo!! 

[Kicksave]

Sabres win tonight 5-2.  Take it to the bank

[darksabre]

I can't believe I'm even saying this, but I'd like to see them try to use their speed to avoid contact a little more tonight. Last game felt like too much of a dog fight, just a ton of close quarters stick work that wastes a lot of time. That's fine if you're trying to defend a lead, but not when you need to score some goals. 

[French Collection]

Play hockey first and stand up to them if they want to start crap. 5 on 5 the Sabres should come out on top.

Let’s go Buffalo!

[Mango]

4 minutes ago, darksabre said:

I can't believe I'm even saying this, but I'd like to see them try to use their speed to avoid contact a little more tonight. Last game felt like too much of a dog fight, just a ton of close quarters stick work that wastes a lot of time. That's fine if you're trying to defend a lead, but not when you need to score some goals. 

So I actually think they weren't physical enough during the play. They were getting cute with their sticks and not finishing checks. But they did partake in a lot of extracurriculars after the whistle. 

I would like them to reverse that. Play the body/player a bit more during the game, and forget the extra curriculars. 

I think Tuesday felt physical because of all the post-whistle stuff, but they weren't particularly physical as a group playing the puck. 

[Apollo]

1 hour ago, CallawaySabres said:

Score first

Don’t suck in net

Victory

My daughter is driving up from Vermont and I just got her center ice tickets behind the Sabres bench…rockin and representin in the royal Tage jersey

You are the dad of the day for doing that! Maybe the week.