Florida Panthers 4 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2026-01-12 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | FLA | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | 12 | 6 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis start | BUF | L | 28 | 31 | 3 | 26/28 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 57:28 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky start | FLA | W | 20 | 23 | 3 | 20/23 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 59:37 |
FLA skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20:39 |
| Sam Bennett | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:29 |
| A.J. Greer | L | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:35 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:55 |
| Anton Lundell | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| Gustav Forsling | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:12 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18:29 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| Niko Mikkola | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:16 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:03 |
| Luke Kunin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 06:25 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:58 |
| Jesper Boqvist | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 06:14 |
| Jack Studnicka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 05:31 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:46 |
| Donovan Sebrango | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:08 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:18 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25:27 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:16 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10:07 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 24:27 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:53 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:13 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:46 |
| Jordan Greenway | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 08:07 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 06:41 |
| Josh Norris | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:43 |
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 |