Tampa Bay halved the disadvantage in the final minute of the second period on a Jake Guentzel tap-in at the net during 4-on-4 play and then got a pair of third-period goals from Brandon Hagel for the win. Hagel joined Guentzel, JJ Moser and Nikita Kucherov with two points apiece, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves in the win.

Buffalo's top line got the fun started 4:17 in, as Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch pressured Bruins rookie Fraser Minten into a defensive-zone turnover and set up an open Peyton Krebs for his second goal of the playoffs. So, for the first time this series, the Sabres held an early lead.