{"id":608938,"date":"2026-04-16T22:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608938\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:40:16","slug":"sabres-to-open-playoffs-on-sunday-april-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608938\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres to open playoffs on Sunday, April 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game 1 of the Buffalo\u00a0Sabres\u2019\u00a0first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins\u00a0at KeyBank Center\u00a0will be played on\u00a0Sunday, April\u00a019,\u00a0the\u00a0NHL announced.\u00a0The time of the game is TBD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The league will announce the full series schedule on Thursday night once all playoff matchups are\u00a0finalized.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans are invited to attend the\u00a0Sabrehood\u00a0Block Party, which will consist of a pregame Party in Ticketmaster Alumni Plaza and an in-game Watch Party at Canalside. Both events are free and open to the public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Party in the Plaza opens\u00a0three\u00a0hours prior to puck drop\u00a0and will include\u00a0music, photo opportunities, alumni appearances,\u00a0and\u00a0food and drink.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Watch Party\u00a0at Canalside\u00a0opens\u00a0two hours\u00a0prior to puck drop and\u00a0will have the game shown on a large screen along with on-stage entertainment,\u00a0food\u00a0and beer trucks, and more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Find more information on the\u00a0Sabrehood\u00a0Block Parties \u2013 which will be held for every home playoff game \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sabres\/news\/buffalo-sabres-2026-playoffs-partners-watch-party-plaza-giveaways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game 1 of the Buffalo\u00a0Sabres\u2019\u00a0first-round playoff series against the Boston Bruins\u00a0at KeyBank Center\u00a0will be played on\u00a0Sunday, April\u00a019,\u00a0the\u00a0NHL announced.\u00a0The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-608938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}