Buffalo Sabres 5 — 3 Florida Panthers
2026-02-02 · Amerant Bank Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | FLA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | 6 | 14 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky start | FLA | L | 15 | 20 | 5 | 11/15 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 58:08 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 39 | 42 | 3 | 28/30 | 11/12 | 0/0 | 59:55 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19:27 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:54 |
| Josh Doan | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:22 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| Zach Benson | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:10 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:00 |
| Alex Tuch | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22:27 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 24:17 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11:14 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 27:26 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:04 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 |
| Isak Rosen | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 03:08 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:54 |
FLA skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24:41 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:53 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:09 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:57 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:13 |
| Tobias Bjornfot | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11:01 |
| A.J. Greer | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| Niko Mikkola | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20:19 |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20:15 |
| Cole Schwindt | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:07 |
| Luke Kunin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:58 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| Jesper Boqvist | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 06:14 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:00 |
| Gustav Forsling | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:16 |
| Sam Bennett | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:11 |
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 |