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Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Feb 27, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 39
Florida Panthers 2 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:48 BUF Alex Tuch (23) PP Ryan McLeod (31), Bowen Byram (20) 1 - 0
2nd Period
13:51 FLA Matthew Tkachuk (5) PP Brad Marchand (26), Sam Bennett (25) 1 - 1
3rd Period
11:38 BUF Beck Malenstyn (5) Josh Norris (12), Noah Ostlund (10) 2 - 1
18:43 BUF Peyton Krebs (9) Tage Thompson (31), Alex Tuch (27) 3 - 1
19:25 FLA Sam Bennett (20) Unassisted 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:00 BUF Beck Malenstyn Tripping 2
15:57 FLA A.J. Greer Hooking 2
2nd Period
09:47 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
13:45 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
17:55 FLA Gustav Forsling Holding 2
3rd Period
05:20 BUF Josh Dunne Hooking 2
11:38 FLA Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 69 53 39 3 4.4 58.4
Florida Panthers 67 48 30 2 3.7 41.6

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdFlorida Panthers aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

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: 4.4 expected, 3 scored · Florida Panthers: 3.7 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 17:48 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 11:38 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 18:43 of 3rd, a 39% chanceFLA goal, 13:51 of 2nd, a 21% chanceFLA goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF 4.4FLA 3.7

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 Krebs11:3558.155.90-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund11:2152.051.00-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn8:5580.0100.00-0
Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne · Tyson Kozak7:2647.146.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power9:4940.080.40-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin7:5461.187.91-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power4:1450.027.10-0

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
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 19:23 0.51 21-14 0.73-0.48
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:37 0.07 22-13 1.33-0.45
29 Beck Malenstyn L 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 10:57 0.11 10-10 0.42-0.45
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:46 0.27 17-15 1.05-0.59
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:42 0.03 19-14 2.05-0.48
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:58 0.14 10-2 0.76-0.00
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:39 0.23 24-16 0.96-0.76
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:23 0.19 19-13 0.81-0.52
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:19 0.08 14-17 0.35-0.78
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:52 0.56 8-7 0.61-0.38
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:35 0.26 14-6 1.15-0.35
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 23:42 0.45 29-18 1.65-0.56
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:46 0.06 21-17 0.99-0.85
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:04 0.14 28-17 0.99-0.81
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:54 0.05 9-9 0.40-0.44
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45 0.18 8-9 0.39-0.44
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:13 0.07 6-1 0.13-0.10
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:23 0.32 15-12 1.00-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W 29 28 2 60:00 3.60 +1.60

Florida Panthers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Carter Verhaeghe · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues12:1429.220.10-1
Sam Bennett · Matthew Tkachuk · Mackie Samoskevich10:1447.128.20-0
Brad Marchand · Eetu Luostarinen · Anton Lundell7:5239.152.90-0
A.J. Greer · Luke Kunin · Sandis Vilmanis6:0870.665.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Aaron Ekblad · Gustav Forsling16:5247.229.60-0
Jeff Petry · Niko Mikkola9:2031.341.60-0
Niko Mikkola · Uvis Balinskis5:5425.025.70-0

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
9 Sam Bennett C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 21:19 0.21 9-15 0.19-1.06
19 Matthew Tkachuk L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:34 0.83 9-13 0.19-1.03
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:10 0.61 10-19 0.38-0.54
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:24 0.01 14-17 0.77-0.96
5 Aaron Ekblad D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 27:18 0.17 21-22 0.70-1.56
6 Donovan Sebrango D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:23 0.00 11-14 0.57-0.53
11 Mackie Samoskevich R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:49 0.06 8-12 0.19-0.56
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:24 0.27 7-20 0.24-1.37
15 Anton Lundell C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:43 0.03 12-22 0.57-0.88
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:36 0.10 8-21 0.30-1.28
18 A.J. Greer L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 08:21 0.46 16-5 0.98-0.27
23 Carter Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:21 0.10 9-26 0.24-1.62
26 Uvis Balinskis D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:38 0.13 3-11 0.06-0.19
27 Eetu Luostarinen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:09 0.10 12-14 0.80-0.34
42 Gustav Forsling D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:51 0.20 19-24 0.64-1.84
71 Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:43 0.29 12-5 0.51-0.27
77 Niko Mikkola D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 25:29 0.01 16-30 0.85-1.21
95 Sandis Vilmanis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:52 0.18 14-5 0.79-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
80 Daniil Tarasov L 38 36 2 58:05 3.57 +1.57