Sabres vs. Panthers | February 27, 2026

Buffalo Sabres34-19-6

Final3 - 2

Florida Panthers30-26-3

Goals & Penalties Box Score

1 2 3 T ------------------ BUF 1 0 2 3 FLA 0 1 1 2

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1st Period: ShowHide

P1 18:00

Beck Malenstyn (BUF) tripping against Donovan Sebrango (2 minutes)

0-0

P1 04:03

A.J. Greer (FLA) hooking against Josh Dunne (2 minutes)

0-0

P1 02:12
Alex Tuch (BUF) scores power-play goal on snap shot past Daniil Tarasov, assisted by Ryan McLeod and Bowen Byram
1-0

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P2 10:13

BUF penalty, too many men on the ice (2 minutes), served by Jack Quinn

1-0

P2 06:15

Michael Kesselring (BUF) hooking against Sam Bennett (2 minutes)

1-0

P2 06:09
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) scores power-play goal on snap shot past Alex Lyon, assisted by Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett
1-1

P2 02:05

Gustav Forsling (FLA) holding against Josh Doan (2 minutes)

1-1

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P3 14:40

Josh Dunne (BUF) hooking against Aaron Ekblad (2 minutes)

1-1

P3 08:22
Beck Malenstyn (BUF) scores on slap shot past Daniil Tarasov, assisted by Josh Norris and Noah Ostlund
2-1

P3 08:22

FLA penalty, delaying game - unsuccessful challenge (2 minutes), served by Sandis Vilmanis

2-1

P3 01:17
Peyton Krebs (BUF) scores on empty net, assisted by Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch
3-1
P3 00:35
Sam Bennett (FLA) scores goal with extra attacker on shot past Alex Lyon
3-2

Box Score: Back to Top

Sabres Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Josh Doan R

16:23 0 0 -1 3 2 0 1 0 0/0

Josh Dunne C

08:54 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3/4

Tyson Kozak C

10:45 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2/9

Peyton Krebs C

14:37 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2/3

Beck Malenstyn L

10:57 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 0/0

Ryan McLeod C

15:58 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4/13

Josh Norris C

17:46 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 9/19

Noah Ostlund C

14:23 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1/3

Jack Quinn R

14:35 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0/0

Tage Thompson C

19:39 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4/15

Alex Tuch R

19:23 1 1 1 6 3 0 0 0 0/1

Jason Zucker L

15:52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0/0

Sabres Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Bowen Byram D

23:42 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0/0

Rasmus Dahlin D

25:04 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0/0

Michael Kesselring D

12:19 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0/0

Zach Metsa D

06:13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Owen Power D

23:46 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0/0

Mattias Samuelsson D

23:42 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0/0

Sabres Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

3 6 39 19 6 7 14 25/67 37.3%

Sabres Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Alex Lyon G

60:00 2 28/29 16/16 11/12 1/1 0 .966 1.000 .917 1.000

Panthers Forwards: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Sam Bennett C

21:19 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 11/18

A.J. Greer L

08:21 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0/1

Luke Kunin C

06:43 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6/7

Anton Lundell C

16:43 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 9/17

Eetu Luostarinen C

15:09 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0/1

Brad Marchand L

16:10 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0/0

Sam Reinhart C

22:24 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 1 1/3

Evan Rodrigues C

17:36 0 0 -1 1 1 0 1 1 15/20

Mackie Samoskevich R

12:49 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0/0

Matthew Tkachuk L

21:34 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 0/0

Carter Verhaeghe C

17:21 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0/0

Sandis Vilmanis L

07:52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0/0

Panthers Defenseman: TOI G A +/- S B PM TK GV FO

Uvis Balinskis D

08:38 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0/0

Aaron Ekblad D

27:18 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0/0

Gustav Forsling D

23:51 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 1 0/0

Niko Mikkola D

25:29 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 2 0/0

Jeff Petry D

16:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0

Donovan Sebrango D

10:23 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0/0

Panthers Totals: G A S B PM TK GV FO

2 2 29 16 4 3 15 42/67 62.7%

Panthers Goalies: TOI GA SV/SH EVEN PP SH PM

Daniil Tarasov G

58:05 2 36/38 33/34 3/4 0/0 0 .947 .971 .750