Just the facts
- When: Tonight, 7 PM
- Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA
- How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
- Opposing perspective: Die by the Blade
Know your enemy
- The Sabres opened their 2025-2026 season on Thursday night, losing at home to the New York Rangers, 4-0.
- I don’t mean to be snarky about it, but they have no point leaders as their team has not recorded a goal on the season. Sorry.
- It’s also good that the Bills lost to the Patriots in primetime.
Game notes
- With the third game of the season, the Bruins kick off their divisional slate by hosting fellow Atlantic-dwellers Buffalo. This will be the first of back-to-back Atlantic games for the B’s, who will host Tampa Bay on Monday afternoon.
- Buffalo’s season got off to a less-than-ideal start on Thursday night, as the Sabres were thoroughly beaten by their in-state rivals, the New York Rangers, 4-0. That game was at home as well, which won’t do much to endear this year’s Sabres to an already-restless fanbase.
- To make matters funnier (from a Bruins perspective), the Sabres held a rather long, very public “choose this year’s goal song” contest during preseason, only to come out and not score at all in their first game. Good times.
- For the Bruins, you’re looking to keep the good times rolling here in Game 3 of the season. Games 1 and 2 weren’t without their flaws, but ultimately, the B’s are 2-0. There’s room for improvement, of course, but the results are what they are.
- No concrete word yet on the status of Hampus Lindholm, who left Thursday’s win with a lower-body injury. The only thing Marco Sturm confirmed is that the issue isn’t related to his fractured kneecap, which is good (I guess). A healthy Lindholm was a reason for optimism heading into this season; if he’s out for a bit, it’s a pretty big blow.
That’s
about it. It’s early in the season, game notes are hard to come by.
See ya tonight!
