2-2-2, 2-1-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Panthers FLA	1	2	0	3
Sabres BUF	2	1	2	5

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

3-3-0, 3-2-0 Home

Florida Panthers @ Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers


forwards
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Bokondji ImamaB. Imama#14
Sam LaffertyS. Lafferty#18
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Matthew TkachukM. Tkachuk#19
Brady TkachukB. Tkachuk#8
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
Sandis VilmanisS. Vilmanis#95
defensemen
Aaron EkbladA. Ekblad#5
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Radko GudasR. Gudas#6
Seth JonesS. Jones#3
Dmitry KulikovD. Kulikov#7
Niko MikkolaN. Mikkola#77

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	15:34	0:43	0:00	14:51	12	5	70.6
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:36	0:33	3:09	8:54	4	5	44.4
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	15	10:05	0:00	2:19	7:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	8:56	0:00	0:00	8:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	18	14:54	0:00	1:06	13:48	0	4	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	23	14:51	1:16	3:13	10:22	4	6	40.0
0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	22	16:37	1:07	2:55	12:35	0	2	0.0
2	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	20:27	4:54	1:30	14:03	7	2	77.8
0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	18:25	4:54	0:00	13:31	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	23	16:32	3:45	0:00	12:47	2	2	50.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	17:37	3:44	0:00	13:53	1	1	50.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	17	12:21	0:26	0:32	11:23	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	3	2	0	2	4	3	0	2	27	20:25	0:40	2:19	17:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	28	24:10	0:04	4:03	20:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	18	12:27	0:00	0:42	11:45	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	23:55	4:18	3:18	16:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	21	14:32	0:00	0:59	13:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	3	26	19:48	0:00	3:23	16:25	0	0	0.0

Akira SchmidA. Schmid#40
goalies
Jacob MarkstromJ. Markstrom#25

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	3	18	.857	13	5	0	0	0	38:08	0
11	2	9	.818	9	0	0	0	0	20:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#6
Josh DoanJ. Doan#91
Konsta HeleniusK. Helenius#94
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
Beck MalenstynB. Malenstyn#29
Ryan McLeodR. McLeod#71
Josh NorrisJ. Norris#9
Noah OstlundN. Ostlund#86
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
defensemen
Louis CrevierL. Crevier#46
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Zach MetsaZ. Metsa#73
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23
Olen ZellwegerO. Zellweger#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	19:40	4:49	2:56	11:55	1	1	50.0
1	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	22	16:15	2:35	0:00	13:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	14:52	2:17	0:00	12:35	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	10:46	0:00	1:16	9:30	1	1	50.0
0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	15:08	0:00	0:07	15:01	4	2	66.7
0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	13:52	2:06	0:08	11:38	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	19	9:56	0:00	1:15	8:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	21	16:04	0:33	3:27	12:04	8	8	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	20	11:24	2:43	0:00	8:41	5	3	62.5
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	17:54	4:38	0:38	12:38	2	4	33.3
0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	17:35	4:39	0:00	12:56	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	24	17:58	4:28	0:08	13:22	6	6	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	21	15:03	0:00	1:42	13:21	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	9:06	1:51	0:00	7:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	21	15:38	0:00	3:11	12:27	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	26:31	4:58	1:47	19:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	26:59	0:36	3:17	23:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	20:03	0:37	0:00	19:26	0	0	0.0

Colten EllisC. Ellis#92
goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
9	2	7	.778	5	1	1	0	0	26:26	0
14	1	13	.929	6	7	0	0	0	33:34	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Panthers	1	2	0	3
	Sabres	2	1	2	5

1st Period		FLA	BUF
5:58	Josh Doan (1) Assists: Peyton Krebs (3)	0	1
11:00	Anton Lundell (1) Assists: Aaron Ekblad (2), Sandis Vilmanis (1)	1	1
15:55	Rasmus Dahlin (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jack Quinn (1), Tage Thompson (3)	1	2

2nd Period		FLA	BUF
6:26	Sam Reinhart (1) (Power Play) Assists: Seth Jones (1), Matthew Tkachuk (2)	2	2
11:25	Ryan McLeod (1) Assists: Olen Zellweger (1), Owen Power (5)	2	3
13:41	Sam Reinhart (2) (Power Play) Assists: Brady Tkachuk (1), Seth Jones (2)	3	3

3rd Period			FLA	BUF
7:15		Noah Ostlund (2) (Power Play) Assists: Zach Benson (2), Jack Quinn (2)	3	4
13:20		Tage Thompson (4) Assists: Owen Power (6), Peyton Krebs (4)	3	5

Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo Sabres: Game Highlights

1:19

Tage Thompson lights the lamp for Sabres

0:46

Noah Ostlund scores on the power play for Buffalo Sabres

0:47

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Panthers
3
Sabres
5

Game 1

12/10

Sabres
Panthers

Game 2

21/11

Sabres
Panthers

Game 3

31/12

Panthers
Sabres

Game 4

20/3

KeyBank Center

6:00 PM, 12 October 2026

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Carter Sandlak

Linesmen:
James Tobias
Joe Mahon

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	4	1	0	8
Ottawa	4	1	0	8
Boston	4	2	0	8
Toronto	3	2	1	7
Buffalo	3	3	0	6
Florida	2	2	2	6
Montreal	2	2	1	5
Detroit	1	3	1	3

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