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Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers · NHL

Buffalo Sabres

2-3-0

3 – 0

Final

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Florida Panthers

3-4-0

KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA

Summary

A wide margin: Buffalo Sabres 3, Florida Panthers 0 at KeyBank Center (crowd 16,015). Referee on the day: Frederick L'Ecuyer.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 5:00 PM UTC · Oct 18
Event: NHL USA
Ground: KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA
Crowd: 16,015
Match officials: Brad Kovachik (Linesman), Frederick L'Ecuyer (Referee), Mark Shewchyk (Linesman), Beau Halkidis (Referee)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USMSGBTV · Home
USScripps SportsStreaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Sabres	1	2	0	3
Panthers	0	0	0	0

Player stats

Side by side

20Blocked Shots17

23Hits29

4Takeaways3

31Shots32

2Power Play Goals0

4Power Play Opportunities7

50.0Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

32Faceoffs Won32

50.0Faceoff Win Percent50.0

13Giveaways15

10Total Penalties6

28Penalty Minutes12

Buffalo Sabres leaders

GoalsJosh Doan2

AssistsAlex Tuch1

PointsJosh Doan2

Buffalo Sabres

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson LW	0	1	1	0	17:25	2:32	0:03	14:50	23	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Josh Doan RW	0	2	0	0	13:55	2:26	0:00	11:29	21	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Mason Geertsen LW	0	3	0	0	2:06	0:00	0:00	2:06	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	10
Tyson Kozak C	1	1	0	0	9:47	0:00	5:16	4:31	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	36.4	1	0	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	3	1	1	14:25	0:00	0:00	14:25	18	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	50.0	0	1	2
Jiri Kulich C	1	0	0	0	15:37	0:00	0:04	15:33	24	0	1	0	3	2	8	9	47.1	2	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	3	3	0	0	9:23	0:00	5:34	3:49	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeod C	1	1	0	1	18:15	0:00	6:26	11:49	30	0	2	0	0	0	12	9	57.1	0	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	0	0	0	16:20	0:32	0:01	15:47	22	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Tage Thompson C	0	3	0	0	15:34	2:00	0:00	13:34	24	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	50.0	1	1	2
Alex Tuch RW	0	1	1	1	20:22	0:00	6:20	14:02	29	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jason Zucker LW	0	0	0	0	14:39	2:32	0:00	12:07	20	0	3	1	1	2	4	2	66.7	0	1	2

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob Bryson D	0	0	0	0	1:16	0:00	0:00	1:16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bowen Byram D	2	1	0	0	24:17	0:00	3:08	21:09	32	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	1	0	0	22:36	2:32	3:44	16:20	34	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0
Owen Power D	1	0	0	1	23:44	0:00	4:03	19:41	34	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	3	2	0	0	22:01	0:00	5:32	16:29	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Conor Timmins D	6	1	1	1	24:30	0:06	7:25	16:59	35	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Alex Lyon G	0	32	0	0	32	1.000	16	15	1	59:48	0	0

Florida Panthers

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Sam Bennett C	1	1	0	0	19:08	4:57	0:00	14:11	23	1	1	1	8	9	47.1	0	0	0
Jesper Boqvist C	3	5	0	0	10:44	0:07	0:34	10:03	17	1	0	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Jonah Gadjovich LW	0	4	0	0	9:14	0:00	0:00	9:14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
A.J. Greer LW	0	2	0	0	9:12	0:02	0:00	9:10	14	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Luke Kunin C	1	1	1	0	10:47	0:00	1:45	9:02	16	0	0	0	8	6	57.1	1	0	0
Anton Lundell C	1	1	0	-1	18:30	7:52	0:12	10:26	23	2	0	1	11	7	61.1	3	1	2
Eetu Luostarinen C	1	1	0	-1	12:30	0:10	1:46	10:34	19	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Brad Marchand LW	0	0	0	-1	15:37	4:06	0:00	11:31	23	3	4	1	0	0	0.0	2	2	4
Sam Reinhart C	1	3	0	0	23:33	8:46	0:48	13:59	24	2	2	6	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Evan Rodrigues C	2	2	1	0	15:33	2:59	0:00	12:34	21	2	2	1	2	6	25.0	0	0	0
Mackie Samoskevich RW	0	1	0	0	17:46	7:49	0:00	9:57	23	1	7	5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Carter Verhaeghe C	0	0	0	0	20:54	6:39	0:00	14:15	23	1	4	1	0	1	0.0	2	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Uvis Balinskis D	3	2	1	0	18:53	0:01	0:00	18:52	24	0	1	0	0	1	2
Aaron Ekblad D	4	2	0	-1	23:07	4:05	1:24	17:38	26	1	3	1	1	0	0
Gustav Forsling D	0	1	0	-1	21:06	0:16	1:59	18:51	29	0	1	0	2	0	0
Seth Jones D	0	3	0	0	23:48	6:41	1:08	15:59	30	0	4	5	1	0	0
Niko Mikkola D	0	0	0	0	6:53	0:10	0:32	6:11	11	0	0	0	0	1	2
Jeff Petry D	0	0	0	0	18:16	4:50	0:00	13:26	25	0	1	1	0	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky G	3	31	0	0	28	.903	23	4	1	59:51	0	0

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	9	3	19
2	Tampa Bay	8	3	17
3	Montreal	7	3	16
4	Ottawa	8	5	16
5	Florida	7	4	16
6	Toronto	7	6	16
7	Buffalo	5	4	13
8	Detroit	5	4	13

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
···
14	Panthers	82	-25	84

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