5 Buffalo 1st Atlantic50-23-8-1

3 Florida 7th Atlantic40-38-2-2

FINAL 5 FINAL 3 7:00PM ET · Feb 02, 2026

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Sabres vs Panthers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
BUF Buffalo	2	1	2	5	Alex Lyon
FLA Florida	2	1	0	3	Sergei Bobrovsky

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
BUF Buffalo	-108	6.5o (1.5)	+1.5 (3.5)
FLA Florida	-111	6.5u	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
0:37		S. Vilmanis Assisted by: N. Mikkola , A. Greer
5:54		E. Rodrigues Assisted by: S. Reinhart , T. Bjornfot
15:03		T. Thompson Assisted by: P. Krebs , R. Dahlin
18:26		P. Krebs Assisted by: A. Tuch , R. Dahlin
Scoring - Period 2
5:44		Z. Benson Assisted by: R. McLeod , O. Power
18:59		U. Balinskis (PP) Assisted by: C. Verhaeghe , S. Reinhart
Scoring - Period 3
5:31		J. Zucker (PP) Assisted by: J. Quinn , J. Doan
17:51		J. Doan Assisted by: P. Krebs , R. McLeod

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 2
3:36		R. McLeod (2:00) Delay Of Game
12:51		J. Petry (2:00) Tripping
17:11		J. Quinn (2:00) Slashing
Penalties - Period 3
0:35		A. Ekblad (2:00) Holding
5:19		C. Schwindt (2:00) Hooking
12:15		R. Dahlin (2:00) Tripping
13:08		B. Byram (2:00) Slashing

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Buffalo	8	6	6	20
Florida	9	19	14	42

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Buffalo	5	20	25.00	33.33	75.00	30	4	8
Florida	3	42	7.14	25.00	66.67	31	3	6

Goaltending

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Lyon	42	39	3	.929	0	59:55

Florida

Florida Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
S. Bobrovsky	20	15	5	.750	0	58:08

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	0	0	1	2	0	30	22:54	19:22	0:54	2:38	0	-	-	-
6	LW	Z. Benson	1	0	1	1	0	2	18	14:10	11:16	1:07	1:47	0	-	-	-
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	11:48	11:22	0:00	0:26	0	-	-	-
17	LW	J. Zucker	1	0	1	-1	0	2	23	16:00	12:42	3:18	0:00	1	-	2	0
19	C	P. Krebs	1	2	3	2	0	1	25	19:27	19:06	0:00	0:21	0	2	4	33
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	1	1	-1	2	4	22	16:13	13:07	3:06	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	E	0	1	28	27:26	22:58	0:00	4:28	0	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	1	0	0	30	24:17	20:44	0:00	3:33	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	2	2	1	2	1	27	21:54	16:20	3:20	2:14	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	0	12	8:04	5:28	0:00	2:36	0	-	-	-
48	C	T. Kozak	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	11:14	8:49	0:00	2:25	0	6	5	55
63	RW	I. Rosen	0	0	0	E	0	0	6	3:08	3:08	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	2	2	1	2	1	26	16:54	14:39	1:08	1:07	0	9	7	56
72	C	T. Thompson	1	0	1	2	0	4	25	20:14	17:02	3:04	0:08	0	8	9	47
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	E	0	0	10	7:30	7:30	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	0	0	-1	0	0	15	12:15	11:09	1:06	0:00	0	3	4	43
89	RW	A. Tuch	0	1	1	3	0	1	29	22:27	17:41	0:52	3:54	0	2	-	100
91	RW	J. Doan	1	1	2	E	0	1	19	16:22	13:17	3:05	0:00	0	-	-	-
34	G	A. Lyon	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:55	49:02	4:12	6:41	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
2	D	J. Petry	0	0	0	E	2	1	21	12:00	11:31	0:00	0:29	0	-	-	-
5	D	A. Ekblad	0	0	0	-2	2	3	28	20:15	18:20	0:35	1:20	0	-	-	-
9	C	S. Bennett	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	5:11	5:11	0:00	0:00	0	2	2	50
10	LW	A. Greer	0	1	1	1	0	1	22	15:08	13:51	0:00	1:17	0	-	-	-
11	RW	M. Samoskevich	0	0	0	-1	0	2	20	10:50	10:15	0:35	0:00	0	-	-	-
13	C	S. Reinhart	0	2	2	-1	0	6	24	24:41	16:47	6:06	1:48	0	-	1	0
17	C	E. Rodrigues	1	0	1	-1	0	5	24	24:09	16:20	6:05	1:44	0	13	10	57
19	LW	M. Tkachuk	0	0	0	-3	0	2	22	24:07	17:36	6:31	0:00	0	-	-	-
22	D	T. Bjornfot	0	1	1	E	0	1	17	11:01	11:01	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	C	C. Verhaeghe	0	1	1	-2	0	7	22	22:53	16:47	6:06	0:00	0	1	3	25
26	D	U. Balinskis	1	0	1	E	0	3	25	24:57	18:24	5:17	1:16	1	-	-	-
27	C	E. Luostarinen	0	0	0	E	0	2	22	17:04	16:12	0:10	0:42	0	4	3	57
42	D	G. Forsling	0	0	0	-2	0	1	28	23:16	18:56	1:24	2:56	0	-	-	-
70	C	J. Boqvist	0	0	0	E	0	1	12	6:14	4:56	0:26	0:52	0	-	-	-
71	C	L. Kunin	0	0	0	E	0	2	10	6:58	6:25	0:00	0:33	0	2	2	50
77	D	N. Mikkola	0	1	1	1	0	0	24	20:19	17:56	0:00	2:23	0	-	-	-
79	RW	C. Schwindt	0	0	0	1	2	3	22	14:24	12:56	0:00	1:28	0	9	9	50
95	LW	S. Vilmanis	1	0	1	E	0	2	19	14:13	14:03	0:10	0:00	0	-	-	-
72	G	S. Bobrovsky	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:08	47:15	6:41	4:12	0	-	-	-

Game Info

Location Amerant Bank Arena

Referees Chris Rooney , Brandon Schrader

Linesmen Scott Cherrey, Jonny Murray

Attendance 19,474 attendance

BUF vs FLARecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	31-18-5	31-23-0	25-26-3	14-11-2	17-7-3
FLA	28-23-3	21-33-0	31-23-0	14-11-0	14-12-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

8-2

Over / Under

3-7-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Jan 12, '26	BUF	4 - 3	FLA +100	o6.0	23	32	0-2	1-1
Oct 18, '25	BUF	3 - 0	BUF +128	u5.5	31	32	2-4	0-7
Apr 12, '25	FLA	3 - 2 (SO)	FLA -147	u5.5	34	28	0-3	2-3
Mar 08, '25	FLA	4 - 0	FLA -255	u6.0	36	21	0-1	0-2
Oct 28, '24	BUF	5 - 2	FLA -148	o6.0	28	31	1-3	2-4
Oct 12, '24	BUF	5 - 2	BUF -102	o6.0	27	25	0-3	1-2
Apr 13, '24	FLA	3 - 2 (OT)	FLA -218	u5.5	42	29	0-3	1-2
Feb 27, '24	FLA	3 - 2	FLA -224	u6.0	37	30	2-5	1-4
Feb 15, '24	BUF	4 - 0	FLA -162	u6.5	45	30	0-2	1-3
Apr 04, '23	FLA	2 - 1	FLA -187	u7.0	36	40	1-4	1-5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-1-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 31, '26	MON	L 2 - 4	L -130	u6.5	38	30	1-4	1-3
Jan 29, '26	LA	W 4 - 1	W -125	u5.5	32	38	1-3	1-2
Jan 27, '26	@ TOR	W 7 - 4	W -102	o6.5	31	23	1-2	0-0
Jan 24, '26	@ NYI	W 5 - 0	W -114	u6.5	21	26	0-2	0-3
Jan 22, '26	@ MON	W 4 - 2	W +104	u6.5	17	34	0-2	0-3
Jan 20, '26	@ NAS	W 5 - 3	W +114	o6.5	33	34	0-1	0-2
Jan 19, '26	@ CAR	L 1 - 2	L +158	u6.5	18	29	0-1	1-2
Jan 17, '26	MIN	L 4 - 5 (OT)	L -120	o6.0	24	36	1-4	1-4
Jan 15, '26	MON	W 5 - 3	W +105	o6.5	27	23	2-4	2-3
Jan 14, '26	PHI	W 5 - 2	W -138	o6.0	15	22	2-6	1-5

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Feb 03, '26	@ TB	L 4-7	L +202	o6.5
Feb 05, '26	PIT	L 2-4	L -105	u6.5
Feb 25, '26	@ NJ	W 3-1	W +146	u6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

7-3-0

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Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 31, '26	WIN	L 1 - 2	L -154	u6.0	28	21	0-2	0-5
Jan 29, '26	@ STL	L 4 - 5	L -152	o5.5	20	31	2-8	1-5
Jan 27, '26	UTAH	L 3 - 4	L -154	o6.0	30	19	0-4	0-3
Jan 25, '26	@ CHI	W 5 - 1	W -137	o5.5	25	22	0-1	0-3
Jan 24, '26	@ MIN	W 4 - 3 (OT)	W +104	o6.0	34	21	2-6	2-6
Jan 22, '26	@ WIN	W 2 - 1 (SO)	W -114	u6.0	20	18	0-1	0-2
Jan 19, '26	SJ	L 1 - 4	L -184	u6.5	36	27	0-3	0-3
Jan 17, '26	@ WAS	W 5 - 2	W +134	o6.5	31	24	1-2	0-1
Jan 16, '26	@ CAR	L 1 - 9	L +146	o6.0	16	36	0-5	4-5
Jan 12, '26	@ BUF	W 4 - 3	W +100	o6.0	32	23	1-1	0-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Feb 04, '26	BOS	W 4-3	W -156	o5.5
Feb 05, '26	@ TB	L 2-4	L -102	o5.5
Feb 26, '26	TOR	L 1-4	L -134	u6.0

BUF vs FLA Preview

Buffalo at

Florida

Last Meeting ( Jan 12, 2026 ) Florida 4, Buffalo 3

The Buffalo Sabres, who are in the midst of a 14-year-playoff drought that is the longest in NHL history, are actually in prime postseason position.

With 28 games left in the regular season, the Sabres' start the week as one of the Eastern Conference's two wild-card teams.

Buffalo has 67 points, and that's six ahead of the top teams currently out of playoff position - Columbus and Washington. The Sabres are eight points ahead of the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, who will host Buffalo on Monday night in Sunrise.

So, how have the Sabres improved?

For starters, they are 24-2-0 when leading after two periods. Goalie Alex Lyon is a big part of that as he leads the Sabres in wins (13-7-3), save%age (.913), goals-against average (2.64) and shutouts (two).

Of his 23 starts, 17 have been quality starts and only three have been judged as bad starts, as per Hockey Reference.

Lyon, a 33-year-old Minnesota native and former Yale standout, played for the Panthers in 2022-2023.

Prior to losing 4-2 to Montreal on Saturday, Lyon had won a franchise-record 10 straight starts, including two in overtime and one in a shootout. He allowed two goals or less seven times in that streak.

"I'm happy for the team," Lyon said of his accomplishments. "My goal is to help win games and fight for that ultimate goal."

Head Coach Lindy Ruff, Buffalo's all-time wins leader, is in the last year of his contract. Besides Lyon, he is riding standouts such as Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch at forward and defensemen Rasmus Dahlin and Mattias Samuelsson.

Thompson leads Buffalo in goals (28) and points (56), and his slap shot has been clocked as the fastest in the NHL. Tuch, a top two-way forward, is second in goals (22) and points (47). Dahlin, a three-time All-Star at age 25, is tops in assists (33), and Samuelsson is No. 1 in plus/minus (plus-28).

Thompson, who scored 44 goals last season, will surely be at the top of the scouting report for the Panthers, who have lost three straight games -- their worst skid since late November/early December.

On Saturday, the Panthers lost 2-1 to the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Florida led 1-0 before allowing a pair of third-period goals.

"We just have to keep the faith," Panthers coach Paul Maurice said after Florida's third straight one-goal loss. "Keep your belief and keep your fight -- even when it's going against you."

Injuries have been a big part of Florida's story. The Panthers started the season without their top two offensive stars -- Alexander Barkov (still out due to a knee injury) and Matthew Tkachuk, who didn't make his debut until Jan. 19.

in Saturday's loss, the Panthers were also without Brad Marchand, who is second on the team in goals (25) and points (50). He has a lower-body injury.

In addition, Anton Lundell has missed two straight games due to an upper-body injury. He is fifth on the team in goals (15) and points (36).

On defense, the Panthers are without Seth Jones and Dmitry Kulikov, both with upper-body injuries. Jones leads Panthers defensemen with 24 points.

In goal, 37-year old Sergei Bobrovsky leads Florida in wins (20-16-1). He has an .875 save percentage and a 3.05 GAA that is higher than his mark last season (2.44) and his career average (2.60).

Backup Daniil Tarasov is 8-7-2 with a .904 save percentage and a 2.67 GAA.

The teams have split two previous games this season, each winning on home ice.

--Field Level Media

BUF vs FLAInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
L. Stanley	D	Day To Day - Illness( Apr 29, '26)	Apr 29, '26
The Sabres said that Stanley is dealing with an illness that kept him off the ice on Thursday (Apr. 30) practice, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
N. Ostlund	C	Out - Lower Body( Apr 28, '26)	Apr 28, '26
The Sabres said that Ostlund is expected to miss some time after being hurt in Tuesday's (Apr. 28) Game 5 against the Bruins, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 15, '26)	Apr 15, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 16) that Carrick will not return for the team's first-round series versus Boston, per Paul Hamilton of WGR Sports Radio 550.
J. Kulich	C	Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26)	Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth	RW	Out For Season - Kneecap( Jan 25, '26)	Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	44	Josh Dunne
C	48	Tyson Kozak
LW	70	Tanner Pearson
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch
RW	91	Josh Doan

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	5	Luke Schenn
D	8	Michael Kesselring
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
G	34	Alex Lyon
D	64	Logan Stanley
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

Florida's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Florida Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	9	Sam Bennett
LW	10	A.J. Greer
RW	11	Mackie Samoskevich
C	13	Sam Reinhart
C	15	Anton Lundell
C	18	Noah Gregor
LW	19	Matthew Tkachuk
C	23	Carter Verhaeghe
C	24	Vinnie Hinostroza
LW	25	Nolan Foote
C	27	Eetu Luostarinen
LW	29	Cole Reinhardt
C	32	Wilmer Skoog
C	70	Jesper Boqvist
C	71	Luke Kunin
C	79	Cole Schwindt
LW	92	Tomas Nosek

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	3	Seth Jones
D	4	Marek Alscher
D	5	Aaron Ekblad
D	6	Donovan Sebrango
D	7	Dmitry Kulikov
D	20	Mike Benning
D	22	Tobias Bjornfot
D	26	Uvis Balinskis
G	40	Daniil Tarasov
D	42	Gustav Forsling
D	54	Ludvig Jansson
G	72	Sergei Bobrovsky
D	96	Mikulas Hovorka

GoaltendersLast 5

Buffalo
Florida

W/L

4-1-0-0

GAA

1.67

Save %

.884

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Lyon	Jan 31, 2026	BUF 2 - MON 4	L	3	30	.900	-	L -130	u6.5
A.Lyon	Jan 29, 2026	BUF 4 - LA 1	W	1	38	.974	-	W -125	u5.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 27, 2026	TOR 4 - BUF 7	-	2	5	.600	-	W -102	o6.5
C.Ellis	Jan 27, 2026	TOR 4 - BUF 7	W	2	18	.889	-	W -102	o6.5
A.Lyon	Jan 24, 2026	NYI 0 - BUF 5	W	0	26	1.00	-	W -114	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 22, 2026	MON 2 - BUF 4	W	2	34	.941	-	W +104	u6.5

W/L

3-3-0-0

GAA

2.83

Save %

.883

Florida Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
S.Bobrovsky	Jan 31, 2026	FLA 1 - WIN 2	L	2	21	.905	-	L -154	u6.0
D.Tarasov	Jan 29, 2026	STL 5 - FLA 4	L	5	31	.839	-	L -152	o5.5
S.Bobrovsky	Jan 27, 2026	FLA 3 - UTAH 4	L	3	19	.842	-	L -154	o6.0
V.Vanecek	Jan 27, 2026	FLA 3 - UTAH 4	W	3	30	.900	-	L -154	o6.0
D.Tarasov	Jan 25, 2026	CHI 1 - FLA 5	W	1	22	.955	-	W -137	o5.5
S.Bobrovsky	Jan 24, 2026	MIN 3 - FLA 4 (OT)	W	3	21	.857	-	W +104	o6.0

BUF vs FLAStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
FLAFlorida Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.43	Total	3.26
1.00	1st Period	0.91
1.26	2nd Period	1.00
1.06	3rd Period	1.30
0.06	OT	0.04

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.80	Total	25.81
8.20	1st Period	8.24
9.94	2nd Period	8.04
7.93	3rd Period	6.98
0.22	OT	0.35

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.12	Total	0.87
0.12	1st Period	0.89
0.13	2nd Period	0.88
0.13	3rd Period	0.81
0.25	OT	0.89

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
31 - 158	G/Att vs. GA/Att	32 - 187
19.62	PP % vs. PK %	82.89

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	332	298	0.898	7-4-0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	553	499	0.902	11-7-2
Alex Lyon	705	644	0.913	13-7-3

Sabres vs Panthers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

BUF vs FLARecords

BUF vs FLARecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

BUF vs FLA Preview

BUF vs FLAInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Florida's Injuries

Florida Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

BUF vs FLAStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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