Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 12, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Florida Panthers	4	32
Buffalo Sabres	3	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:35	FLA	Sam Reinhart (24) PP	Uvis Balinskis (7), Carter Verhaeghe (19)	1 - 0
10:19	BUF	Jacob Bryson (2)	Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Metsa (1)	1 - 1
15:11	FLA	A.J. Greer (8)	Sam Bennett (18), Carter Verhaeghe (20)	2 - 1
2nd Period
17:57	BUF	Zach Benson (5)	Tage Thompson (20)	2 - 2
3rd Period
11:07	FLA	Anton Lundell (14)	Eetu Luostarinen (15), Gustav Forsling (15)	3 - 2
18:46	FLA	A.J. Greer (9)	Carter Verhaeghe (21), Sam Bennett (19)	4 - 2
19:46	BUF	Alex Tuch (15)	Bowen Byram (15), Rasmus Dahlin (26)	4 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:16	BUF	Josh Doan	Interference	2
2nd Period
08:33	FLA	Sam Bennett	Slashing	2
13:55	FLA	Jeff Petry	Hooking	2
16:35	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	Fighting	5
16:35	BUF	Josh Dunne	Fighting	5

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Florida Panthers	69	50	32	4	3.5	56.4
Buffalo Sabres	58	43	23	3	2.5	43.6

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Florida Panthers had.

Expected goals

Florida Panthers: 3.5 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 3 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

Florida Panthers

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Florida Panthers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sam Reinhart · Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell	14:30	52.6	51.2	1-1
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Bennett · A.J. Greer	14:10	57.1	57.9	1-0
Evan Rodrigues · Mackie Samoskevich · Sandis Vilmanis	10:05	88.2	67.4	0-0
Luke Kunin · Jesper Boqvist · Jack Studnicka	4:19	0.0	0.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling	18:45	59.1	67.4	1-1
Niko Mikkola · Uvis Balinskis	16:19	56.3	55.1	1-0
Jeff Petry · Donovan Sebrango	7:40	53.8	47.8	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	20:39	0.22	23-19	0.99-0.63
18	A.J. Greer	L	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	17:35	0.16	16-12	0.51-0.37
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	2	2	1	2	4	2	19:29	0.29	23-17	0.77-0.58
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	20:55	0.77	23-24	1.51-1.33
15	Anton Lundell	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	18:53	0.70	20-20	1.26-1.20
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	22:19	0.01	20-21	0.56-1.00
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	18:29	0.08	22-19	1.26-1.20
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	24:12	0.16	31-18	1.84-0.82
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	13:15	0.06	12-12	0.24-0.69
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:58	0.01	26-21	1.70-0.92
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	10:44	0.04	9-7	0.16-0.23
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:46	0.10	23-4	0.57-0.20
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	16:40	0.13	19-4	0.55-0.23
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	05:31		0-8	0.00-0.19
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	06:14		0-7	0.00-0.08
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	06:25	0.17	0-7	0.00-0.08
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	25:16	0.02	26-17	0.67-0.52
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	12:03	0.03	17-3	0.33-0.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	W	23	20	3	59:37	2.41	-0.59

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Josh Norris	12:08	48.3	31.1	0-1
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan	7:22	63.6	73.1	0-1
Tage Thompson · Josh Doan · Zach Benson	6:40	28.6	51.2	1-0
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne	6:09	28.6	17.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	20:40	39.1	30.9	0-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	19:08	43.9	49.3	1-2
Jacob Bryson · Zach Metsa	8:04	33.3	16.4	1-0

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
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	18:17	0.41	9-22	0.84-0.98
78	Jacob Bryson	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	08:18	0.01	4-8	0.04-0.20
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	18:51	0.22	16-18	0.46-1.14
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	24:16	0.07	21-24	1.40-1.27
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	25:27	0.06	21-28	0.55-1.05
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	17:55		9-12	0.20-0.31
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	22:08	0.51	23-27	1.48-1.07
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10:07		4-10	0.04-0.27
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:43		14-18	0.39-1.11
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:07		3-9	0.14-0.20
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	16:53	0.26	14-16	0.39-0.88
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	15:47	0.15	21-15	0.65-0.52
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	18:03	0.25	10-11	0.25-0.36
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	6	24:27	0.14	23-31	0.73-1.11
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	23:46		23-23	1.41-1.27
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	06:41		2-5	0.02-0.09
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	07:13	0.02	2-5	0.02-0.09
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19:14	0.40	21-28	1.43-0.99

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
92	Colten Ellis	L	31	28	3	57:28	2.84	-0.16