What Went Wrong For the Bruins in the First Round
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Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images BOSTON – The Boston Bruins ’ 2025-26 run came to an end at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres at the TD Garden on Friday night. The Sabres took the series in six games. Yes, the Sabres were the better team.
They showed it: coming back in Games 1 and 3, exploding in Game 4, and keeping the game out of reach in Game 6. However, there were opportunities for the Bruins to win this series. Those opportunities just slipped through the cracks, and now, the offseason awaits.
Jeremy Swayman is not the reason the Bruins lost this series. Sure, he allowed six goals in Game 4; he was hung out to dry . He allowed three in Game 6; the Bruins made small mistakes that proved costly.
Swayman willed his way to wins in Games 2 and 5, and Marco Sturm even acknowledged that without him, the series could have looked a lot worse. “Believe it or not, even [Game 4] he was great,” Sturm said after Game 5. “If it [wasn’t for] him, it was 10-0 after the first [period].
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