BOSTON — After producing just one winning streak of longer than two games all of last season, the Bruins have opened the 2025-26 campaign and Marco Sturm era with three straight victories.
Boston survived a handful of anxious moments late and beat the Sabres, 3-1 on Saturday at TD Garden.
In the middle of an expected storm, the Bruins (3-0) host the Lightning on Monday.
Jordan Harris got his first point as a Bruin in his sixth shift. Moving in from the left point, he collected the puck on the boards as Pavel Zacha floated back from the net to give himself extra space. Harris fed him the puck just inside the near faceoff dot and Zacha one-timed it past Alex Lyon to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with 4:12 left in the first.
It was the lone blemish in a great period by Lyon, who made 15