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Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Feb 2, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 20
Florida Panthers 3 42

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:37 FLA Sandis Vilmanis (2) A.J. Greer (10), Niko Mikkola (8) 0 - 1
05:54 FLA Evan Rodrigues (10) Sam Reinhart (26), Tobias Bjornfot (1) 0 - 2
15:03 BUF Tage Thompson (29) Peyton Krebs (17), Rasmus Dahlin (34) 1 - 2
18:26 BUF Peyton Krebs (7) Rasmus Dahlin (35), Alex Tuch (26) 2 - 2
2nd Period
05:44 BUF Zach Benson (7) Ryan McLeod (27), Owen Power (13) 3 - 2
18:59 FLA Uvis Balinskis (4) PP Sam Reinhart (27), Carter Verhaeghe (26) 3 - 3
3rd Period
05:31 BUF Jason Zucker (14) PP Josh Doan (21), Jack Quinn (23) 4 - 3
17:51 BUF Josh Doan (17) Peyton Krebs (18), Ryan McLeod (28) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
03:36 BUF Ryan McLeod Delaying game 2
12:51 FLA Jeff Petry Tripping 2
17:11 BUF Jack Quinn Slashing 2
3rd Period
00:35 FLA Aaron Ekblad Holding 2
05:19 FLA Cole Schwindt Hooking 2
12:15 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Tripping 2
13:08 BUF Bowen Byram Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 51 36 20 5 3.6 39.6
Florida Panthers 79 59 42 3 4.7 60.4

How the game went

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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: 3.6 expected, 5 scored · Florida Panthers: 4.7 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:03 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:26 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 5:44 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 5:31 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 17:51 of 3rd, a 24% chanceFLA goal, 0:37 of 1st, a 7% chanceFLA goal, 5:54 of 1st, a 12% chanceFLA goal, 18:59 of 2nd, a 12% chanceFLA 4.7BUF 3.6

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs10:3855.658.42-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn10:3037.543.60-1
Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund · Zach Benson4:4714.39.10-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson3:12100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power8:1833.333.51-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin7:1155.670.90-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Zach Metsa4:0922.242.80-0

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

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
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 2 3 2 0 1 7 19:27 0.19 17-24 0.94-1.07
91 Josh Doan R 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 16:22 0.27 6-17 0.28-1.04
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 21:54 0.12 18-18 0.96-0.82
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 16:54 0.33 11-18 1.20-1.08
6 Zach Benson L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:10 0.22 6-11 0.34-0.69
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:00 0.26 9-17 0.80-1.07
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 20:14 0.61 18-14 0.78-0.56
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 2 4 1 16:13 0.44 9-16 0.80-1.05
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 24:17 0.01 12-23 0.66-1.25
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 22:27 0.10 19-14 0.95-0.54
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:48 0.01 11-8 0.47-0.48
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:26 0.02 20-29 1.35-1.35
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:54 8-22 0.37-0.90
27 Isak Rosen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:08 2-3 0.01-0.01
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:04 2-7 0.06-0.21
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:14 0.06 4-10 0.06-0.37
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:30 3-11 0.38-0.89
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:15 5-13 0.04-0.82
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W 42 39 3 59:55 4.53 +1.53

Florida Panthers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
A.J. Greer · Cole Schwindt · Sandis Vilmanis11:1072.092.31-0
Carter Verhaeghe · Matthew Tkachuk · Eetu Luostarinen6:0864.748.60-0
Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues · Eetu Luostarinen5:2144.432.91-1
Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues · Mackie Samoskevich5:0987.550.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling16:1651.443.60-2
Niko Mikkola · Uvis Balinskis13:5968.244.51-0
Jeff Petry · Tobias Bjornfot9:2072.792.31-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 -1 0 6 1 24:41 0.41 15-8 0.63-0.88
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 24:09 0.81 13-8 0.61-0.85
26 Uvis Balinskis D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 24:57 0.41 17-12 0.47-0.88
95 Sandis Vilmanis L 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 14:13 0.08 20-10 1.04-0.36
18 A.J. Greer L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:08 0.25 18-10 1.00-0.19
22 Tobias Bjornfot D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:01 0.12 18-7 1.46-0.12
23 Carter Verhaeghe C 0 1 1 -2 0 7 0 22:53 0.89 13-17 0.77-1.08
77 Niko Mikkola D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:19 0.02 19-8 0.58-0.48
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:00 0.01 17-6 1.50-0.11
5 Aaron Ekblad D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 4 20:15 0.05 21-19 0.85-1.22
9 Sam Bennett C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:11 1-7 0.12-0.24
11 Mackie Samoskevich R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:50 0.53 15-4 0.64-0.42
19 Matthew Tkachuk L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 24:07 0.24 15-16 0.83-1.18
27 Eetu Luostarinen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:04 0.04 17-12 0.72-0.93
42 Gustav Forsling D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:16 0.02 18-19 0.82-1.14
70 Jesper Boqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:14 0.01 9-3 0.57-0.07
71 Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:58 0.16 8-6 0.57-0.22
79 Cole Schwindt R 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 14:24 0.65 21-8 1.04-0.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky L 20 15 5 58:08 2.54 -2.46