Swayman makes 22 saves, Bruins beat Sabres 3-1 to improve to 3-0

BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves, Pavel Zacha, Mark Kastelic and Sean Kuraly scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday night to run their season-opening winning streak to three.

Three straight to start 👏 pic.twitter.com/nAb5o9ymtT
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 12, 2025

Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo. Alex Lyon made 28 saves in his second straight loss to start the season.

Zacha’s first goal of the season came on a one-timer after Boston’s Jordan Harris led a rush with 4:12 remaining in the first period.

ZACHA WITH SOME ZIP pic.twitter.com/cst8LWvttf
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 11, 2025

Playing without top-line center Josh Norris, who is out indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury during Buffalo’s opener, the Sabres managed just one shot on Swayman during the first period.

Boston made it a two-goal game on a deflection off Buffalo’s Conor Timmins that Kastelic threw on net midway through the second.

HARD WORK REWARDED 💪 pic.twitter.com/JMVzyTzl67
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 12, 2025

Buffalo had some life when Zucker’s shot deflected off a Bruins player and past Swayman at 9:46 of the third.

The Sabres pulled Lyon for an extra attacker with two minutes left, but the Bruins finished it off with Kuraly’s empty-netter with 2.2 seconds left.

KURLS EMPTY-NETTER!!! pic.twitter.com/S0MoIXnoJe
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 12, 2025

Harris made his Bruins debut with defenseman Hampus Lindholm out after sustaining a lower-body injury during Thursday night in a 4-3 overtime victory over Chicago.