Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Mar 8, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	0	21
Florida Panthers	4	36

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:20	FLA	A.J. Greer (6)	Nate Schmidt (11), Dmitry Kulikov (9)	0 - 1
2nd Period
09:32	FLA	Carter Verhaeghe (17)	Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)	0 - 2
17:09	FLA	Anton Lundell (15)	Nate Schmidt (12), Jesper Boqvist (11)	0 - 3
3rd Period
19:26	FLA	Sam Bennett (20)	Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)	0 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:41	FLA	Anton Lundell	Tripping	2
3rd Period
04:17	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	Roughing	2
04:17	FLA	A.J. Greer	Fighting	5
04:17	BUF	Josh Dunne	Fighting	5
13:24	BUF	Zach Benson	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	44	39	21	0	2.5	42.2
Florida Panthers	68	51	36	4	4.7	57.8

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Florida Panthers had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 0 scored · Florida Panthers: 4.7 expected, 4 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Norris	7:07	60.0	69.8	0-1
Peyton Krebs · Isak Rosen · Zach Benson	5:57	33.3	77.7	0-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	5:53	35.7	21.3	0-0
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · JJ Peterka	4:14	33.3	12.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	13:28	30.8	44.6	0-1
Connor Clifton · Owen Power	11:45	42.9	43.1	0-1
Jacob Bryson · Bowen Byram	10:13	52.6	61.3	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Zach Benson	L	-1	2	3	0	13:58	0.37	16-8	1.17-0.17
9	Josh Norris	C	-1	0	1	0	20:27	0.39	12-14	0.71-0.55
10	JJ Peterka	R	-1	0	2	0	23:03	0.29	12-27	0.44-2.10
19	Peyton Krebs	C	-1	0	1	0	14:39	0.15	7-15	0.38-0.49
22	Jack Quinn	R	-1	0	0	0	15:20	0.17	11-16	0.65-0.70
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	-1	0	0	3	18:21	0.02	8-24	0.46-0.85
24	Sam Lafferty	C	-2	0	0	0	09:00		7-18	0.14-1.37
24	Bowen Byram	D	-1	0	0	0	20:42	0.04	21-15	1.23-1.23
25	Owen Power	D	-1	0	1	0	19:54	0.02	20-20	1.01-1.27
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-2	0	2	1	23:02	0.03	12-20	0.63-0.90
27	Isak Rosen	R	-1	0	1	2	12:51	0.07	9-11	0.36-0.36
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	-1	0	0	4	08:43		5-14	0.09-0.65
44	Josh Dunne	C	-2	5	1	4	07:16	0.11	6-14	0.11-1.22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	-1	0	2	0	18:53	0.16	17-18	1.22-1.19
72	Tage Thompson	C	-1	0	1	1	18:35	0.14	11-10	0.69-0.38
75	Connor Clifton	D	-1	0	2	3	17:50	0.01	15-22	0.73-1.48
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-1	0	1	0	16:44	0.01	11-17	0.96-1.19
89	Alex Tuch	R	-1	0	3	1	20:57	0.52	15-12	1.41-1.17

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	35	32	3	57:45	3.85	+0.85

Florida Panthers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Carter Verhaeghe · Aleksander Barkov · Sam Reinhart	14:13	60.9	41.7	1-0
Sam Bennett · Evan Rodrigues · Mackie Samoskevich	13:01	42.9	40.1	0-0
Jesper Boqvist · Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell	9:04	70.6	66.3	1-0
Tomas Nosek · A.J. Greer · Nico Sturm	7:21	68.4	68.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling	16:39	53.8	41.9	1-0
Seth Jones · Niko Mikkola	16:11	62.1	33.3	0-0
Dmitry Kulikov · Nate Schmidt	13:51	63.2	86.7	2-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	2	2	2	0	3	2	15:14	0.50	25-15	2.33-0.40
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	16:25	0.09	10-17	0.36-0.47
15	Anton Lundell	C	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	14:44	0.66	16-10	1.73-1.27
18	A.J. Greer	L	1	0	1	1	5	2	6	09:09	0.13	16-7	0.72-0.15
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	20:03	0.33	21-17	1.18-1.08
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	22:51		14-17	0.48-0.97
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	16:50	0.12	24-15	2.24-0.40
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	20:13	0.22	15-12	0.43-0.86
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	19:14	0.03	15-10	0.43-0.58
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	11:48	0.53	15-6	1.69-0.76
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	20:06	0.02	18-13	0.48-1.13
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	21:50	0.21	21-14	0.73-1.28
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15:11	0.14	10-12	0.25-0.35
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:04	0.08	11-17	0.40-0.66
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14:07		13-7	1.34-1.00
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	21:06	0.03	15-12	0.61-0.67
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	11:23	0.35	18-6	0.94-0.15
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	09:42	0.40	18-8	0.94-0.20

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Vitek Vanecek	W, SO	21	21	0	60:00	2.49	+2.49