The Boston Bruins were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 4-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round at TD Garden in Boston on Friday. The Bruins (45-27-10) were the first wild card in the East and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth time in 10 seasons,

The Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres ended their playoff series with Charlie McAvoy taking out some of his frustration with a brutal slash on Zach Benson.

The Bruins did that. They returned to respectability and the postseason. But the final goal obviously isn’t being a wild card team that spent the end of the season hovering just above the playoff cutline.

The Boston Bruins saw their 2026 NHL playoff run end with a flat 4-1 Game 6 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, and the tone afterward matched the result. David Pastrnak did not soften the moment. Speaking to the media

Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the first period, Zach Benson added another early in the third and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time since 2007.

Tensions boiled over in the final moments of Game 6 between the Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres, as defenseman Charlie McAvoy was ejected following a retaliatory slash on forward Zach Benson.

Bruins exceeded plenty of expectations. But Boston has plenty of work to do after losing to the Sabres in the playoffs.

Marco Sturm said for this Bruins team, in this stage of its development, there was value to making the NHL playoffs even if Boston didn’t advance out of the first round. He was right. There was value for the nine different Bruins,