Buffalo Sabres 3 — 2 Florida Panthers
2026-02-27 · Amerant Bank Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | FLA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 11 |
| 2 | 12 | 11 |
| 3 | 11 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Tarasov start | FLA | L | 36 | 38 | 2 | 33/34 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 58:05 |
| Alex Lyon start | BUF | W | 28 | 29 | 2 | 16/16 | 11/12 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19:23 |
| Josh Norris | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:57 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:42 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:39 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23:42 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| Owen Power | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23:46 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:04 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| Josh Dunne | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| Michael Kesselring | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:19 |
| Tyson Kozak | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10:45 |
| Zach Metsa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:13 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
FLA skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Brad Marchand | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27:18 |
| Gustav Forsling | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:51 |
| A.J. Greer | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:21 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:24 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 08:38 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:49 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:09 |
| Donovan Sebrango | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:23 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| Luke Kunin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 06:43 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:52 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| Niko Mikkola | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25:29 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:24 |
| Anton Lundell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 |