BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman made 21 saves, Pavel Zacha, Mark Kastelic and Sean Kuraly scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Saturday night to run their season-opening winning streak to three.
Jason Zucker scored for Buffalo. Alex Lyon made 28 saves in his second straight loss to start the season.
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Buffalo Sabres' Conor Timmins (21) defends against Boston Bruins' Mark Kastelic (47) in front of Sabres goaltender Alex Lyon (34) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Buffalo Sabres' Jason Zucker (17) celebrates after his goal against Boston Bruins' Jeremy Swayman (1) as Bruins' Andrew Peeke (26) and Charlie McAvoy (73) skate away with Sabres' Mattias Samuelsson (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Buffalo Sabres' Alex Lyon (34) loses his glove while blocking a shot by Boston Bruins' Mark Kastelic (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Boston Bruins celebrate after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston Bruins' Nikita Zadorov (91) checks Buffalo Sabres' Owen Power, center left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Zacha’s first goal of the season came on a one-timer after Boston’s Jordan Harris led a rush with 4:12 remaining in the first period.
Playing without top-line center Josh Norris, who is out indefinitely after suffering an upper-body injury during Buffalo’s opener, the Sabres managed just one shot on Swayman during the first period.
Boston made it a two-goal game on a deflection off Buffalo’s Conor Timmins that Kastelic threw on net midway through the second.
Buffalo had some life when Zucker’s shot deflected off a Bruins player and past Swayman at 9:46 of the third.
The Sabres pulled Lyon for an extra attacker with two minutes left, but the Bruins finished it off with Kuraly's empty-netter with 2.2 seconds left.
Harris made his Bruins debut with defenseman Hampus Lindholm out after sustaining a lower-body injury during Thursday night in a 4-3 overtime victory over Chicago.
Sabres: Host Colorado on Monday.
Bruins: Host Tampa Bay on Monday.
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Buffalo Sabres' Conor Timmins (21) defends against Boston Bruins' Mark Kastelic (47) in front of Sabres goaltender Alex Lyon (34) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Buffalo Sabres' Jason Zucker (17) celebrates after his goal against Boston Bruins' Jeremy Swayman (1) as Bruins' Andrew Peeke (26) and Charlie McAvoy (73) skate away with Sabres' Mattias Samuelsson (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Buffalo Sabres' Alex Lyon (34) loses his glove while blocking a shot by Boston Bruins' Mark Kastelic (47) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Boston Bruins celebrate after defeating the Buffalo Sabres in an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston Bruins' Nikita Zadorov (91) checks Buffalo Sabres' Owen Power, center left, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nadia Comaneci, Apolo Ohno, Bart Conner and Cullen Jones were among the more than 300 Olympic and Paralympic athletes who gathered Tuesday under the peristyle at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the Summer Games will open in 2028.
In an effort to promote Wednesday's registration launch for tickets to the Los Angeles Games, the athletes representing 28 different Olympics dating to 1960 joined Janet Evans in a short countdown to the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron against a clear blue winter sky.
“LA is committed to delivering an athlete-centered games and that can only happen if athletes are actually at the center of our planning,” said Evans, the Olympic champion swimmer who is chief athlete officer for the LA28 organizing committee.
The get-together felt like a homecoming to Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever with eight short track speedskating medals.
“I walked in and I literally saw like 50 of my friends that I'd grown up in the Olympic training center with for many years,” he said. "I haven't seen some of these people for 10 years or more."
The athletes met with LA28 officials beforehand, with several offering suggestions on how to improve the athlete experience.
“We have the athlete voice in the areas that really need to be heard,” said Jones, the retired swimmer who joined the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee last summer as associate director of athlete marketing. “I'm really excited to see what LA28 looks like.”
Conner noted that with the majority of venues already built in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City, which will host softball and canoe slalom, organizers can focus on the competitors. The three-time Olympic gymnast capped his career at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
“The athletes know that they're the center of every decision,” he said. “It's not just like, let's call the athletes and see what they think about it. The athletes are already in all the board meetings. I understood today that there's more athletes involved in leadership here in the Olympic organizing committee than there are at the IOC.”
Nearby, Comaneci twirled for photographers under the peristyle. The Romanian gymnast became a teenage superstar at the 1976 Montreal Games, where she earned the first perfect 10.0 mark in Olympic history. She and Conner will mark their 30th wedding anniversary in April.
Registration opens at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday at Tickets.LA28.org. It's the first step for a chance to secure a time slot to buy tickets starting in April. After registering, fans will be randomly assigned time slots to buy tickets throughout future ticket releases.
Individual tickets, hospitality packages including tickets and packages involving travel and accommodations will also go on sale later this year.
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Former Olympians gather for a group photo at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Former Olympian Jane Evans, LA28 Chief Athlete Officer, center right, stands next to Casey Wasserman, LA28 Chairperson and President, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Olympic cauldron is lit at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ahead of the launch for ticket registration to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
