Florida Panthers 5 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2018-12-18 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | FLA | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | 16 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 31 | 35 | 4 | 28/31 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 59:04 |
| Roberto Luongo start | FLA | W | 30 | 32 | 2 | 22/24 | 5/5 | 3/3 | 59:39 |
FLA skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgenii Dadonov | L | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:43 |
| Jared McCann | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| Frank Vatrano | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:31 |
| Troy Brouwer | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:44 |
| Keith Yandle | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:36 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| Henrik Borgstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:48 |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:09 |
| MacKenzie Weegar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| Micheal Haley | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:19 |
| Juho Lammikko | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| Jayce Hawryluk | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:55 |
| Denis Malgin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| Mike Hoffman | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| Mark Pysyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:01 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Skinner | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:10 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:19 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:02 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:55 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:36 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:13 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:22 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:20 |
| Matt Hunwick | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 |
| Brendan Guhle | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:22 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | 2025-26 | BUF | 3 | FLA | 2 | |
| 2026-02-02 | 2025-26 | BUF | 5 | FLA | 3 | |
| 2026-01-12 | 2025-26 | FLA | 4 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025-26 | FLA | 0 | BUF | 3 | |
| 2025-04-12 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | FLA | 3 | SO |
| 2025-03-08 | 2024-25 | BUF | 0 | FLA | 4 | |
| 2024-10-28 | 2024-25 | FLA | 5 | BUF | 2 | |
| 2024-10-12 | 2024-25 | FLA | 2 | BUF | 5 | |
| 2024-04-13 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | FLA | 3 | OT |
| 2024-02-27 | 2023-24 | BUF | 2 | FLA | 3 |