BOSTON — The Bruins ’ 2025-26 season has come to an end. Boston fell 4-1 to the Sabres in Game 6 at TD Garden on Friday night. Buffalo now moves on to play the winner of the Montreal Canadiens-Tampa Bay Lightning series.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens will play Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Benchmark International Arena on Sunday (TBD). The Lightning forced the deciding game in the best-of-7 series with a 1-0 overtime win in Game 6 at Bell Centre on Friday after trailing the series 3-2.

Charlie Coyle had an attempted clearing pass carom into the net off his head for his first of two goals, Charlie McAvoy also scored twice, and the Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Sunday night in

The Bruins outshot the Sabres 8-6 at 5-on-5 in the second period, gaining some traction with their forechecking behind the net and along the boards. They continued to look sloppy and disjointed in the defensive end, but kept the Sabres from extending their lead, as Swayman stopped all seven Buffalo shots in the period.