3 Buffalo 1st Atlantic49-23-8-0

2 Florida 7th Atlantic37-38-2-2

FINAL 3 FINAL 2 7:00PM ET · Feb 27, 2026

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Sabres vs Panthers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
BUF Buffalo	1	0	2	3	Alex Lyon
FLA Florida	0	1	1	2	Daniil Tarasov

Location Amerant Bank Arena

Referees Jean Hebert , Graham Skilliter

Linesmen Tyson Baker, Jonny Murray

Attendance 19,783 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
17:48		A. Tuch (PP) Assisted by: B. Byram , R. McLeod
Scoring - Period 2
13:51		M. Tkachuk (PP) Assisted by: B. Marchand , S. Bennett
Scoring - Period 3
11:38		B. Malenstyn Assisted by: J. Norris , N. Ostlund
18:43		P. Krebs (EN) Assisted by: A. Tuch , T. Thompson
19:25		S. Bennett Unassisted

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
2:00		B. Malenstyn (2:00) Tripping
15:57		A. Greer (2:00) Hooking
Penalties - Period 2
9:47		Bench (2:00) Too Many Men On Ice
13:45		M. Kesselring (2:00) Hooking
17:55		G. Forsling (2:00) Holding
Penalties - Period 3
5:20		J. Dunne (2:00) Hooking
11:38		Bench (2:00) Delay Of Game

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Buffalo	16	12	11	39
Florida	11	11	7	29

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Buffalo	3	39	7.69	33.33	75.00	25	4	8
Florida	2	29	6.90	25.00	66.67	42	3	6

Goaltending

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
A. Lyon	29	27	2	.931	0	60:00

Florida

Florida Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
D. Tarasov	38	36	2	.947	0	58:05

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	1	1	E	0	2	31	23:42	18:53	2:02	2:47	0	-	-	-
8	D	M. Kesselring	0	0	0	E	2	1	18	12:19	10:19	0:00	2:00	0	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	0	1	1	E	0	3	22	17:46	14:14	3:32	0:00	0	9	10	47
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	15:52	11:56	3:56	0:00	0	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	1	0	1	1	0	2	21	14:37	13:56	0:00	0:41	0	2	1	67
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	0	E	0	2	19	14:35	12:30	2:05	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0	3	31	23:42	20:04	0:00	3:38	0	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	E	0	3	28	23:46	20:17	0:51	2:38	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	0	0	1	0	2	30	25:04	20:05	3:50	1:09	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	1	0	1	1	2	3	18	10:57	9:13	0:07	1:37	0	-	-	-
44	C	J. Dunne	0	0	0	E	2	1	14	8:54	8:48	0:06	0:00	0	3	1	75
48	C	T. Kozak	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	10:45	8:14	0:08	2:23	0	2	7	22
71	C	R. McLeod	0	1	1	E	0	1	22	15:58	9:39	2:11	4:08	0	4	9	31
72	C	T. Thompson	0	1	1	1	0	1	24	19:39	15:53	3:45	0:01	0	4	11	27
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	0	0	E	0	1	9	6:13	6:13	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	1	1	E	0	3	23	14:23	13:18	1:05	0:00	0	1	2	33
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	1	2	1	0	6	27	19:23	14:01	2:00	3:22	1	-	1	0
91	RW	J. Doan	0	0	0	-1	0	3	22	16:23	12:46	3:37	0:00	0	-	-	-
34	G	A. Lyon	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	48:03	5:51	6:06	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	0	0	22	16:24	14:14	0:00	2:10	0	-	-	-
5	D	A. Ekblad	0	0	0	E	0	3	31	27:18	20:48	3:03	3:27	0	-	-	-
6	D	D. Sebrango	0	0	0	-1	0	1	16	10:23	9:53	0:00	0:30	0	-	-	-
9	C	S. Bennett	1	1	2	E	0	2	21	21:19	15:53	4:45	0:41	0	11	7	61
10	LW	A. Greer	0	0	0	E	2	2	12	8:21	8:21	0:00	0:00	0	-	1	0
11	RW	M. Samoskevich	0	0	0	E	0	1	17	12:49	12:03	0:46	0:00	0	-	-	-
13	C	S. Reinhart	0	0	0	-1	0	2	26	22:24	16:04	4:43	1:37	0	1	2	33
15	C	A. Lundell	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	16:43	12:27	0:57	3:19	0	9	8	53
17	C	E. Rodrigues	0	0	0	-1	0	1	24	17:36	14:18	1:23	1:55	0	15	5	75
19	LW	M. Tkachuk	1	0	1	E	0	5	22	21:34	15:49	5:09	0:36	1	-	-	-
23	C	C. Verhaeghe	0	0	0	-2	0	0	22	17:21	15:58	1:23	0:00	0	-	-	-
26	D	U. Balinskis	0	0	0	E	0	2	12	8:38	7:12	1:26	0:00	0	-	-	-
27	C	E. Luostarinen	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	15:09	11:34	0:00	3:35	0	-	1	0
42	D	G. Forsling	0	0	0	E	2	3	32	23:51	19:31	2:11	2:09	0	-	-	-
63	LW	B. Marchand	0	1	1	E	0	4	22	16:10	11:27	4:43	0:00	0	-	-	-
71	C	L. Kunin	0	0	0	E	0	1	10	6:43	6:43	0:00	0:00	0	6	1	86
77	D	N. Mikkola	0	0	0	-1	0	0	29	25:29	22:03	0:01	3:25	0	-	-	-
95	LW	S. Vilmanis	0	0	0	E	0	1	12	7:52	7:52	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
40	G	D. Tarasov	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:05	46:08	6:06	5:51	0	-	-	-

BUF vs FLARecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
BUF	33-19-6	33-25-0	28-27-3	16-11-3	17-8-3
FLA	30-25-3	22-36-0	34-23-1	14-12-0	16-13-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

4-6-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Feb 02, '26	FLA	5 - 3	BUF -108	o6.5	42	20	1-4	1-3
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 -250	u6.5	36	21	0-1	0-2
Oct 28, '24	BUF	5 - 2	FLA -150	o6.5	28	31	1-3	2-4
Oct 12, '24	BUF	5 - 2	BUF -110	o5.5	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

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

7-2-1-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

$367

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 25, '26	@ NJ	W 2 - 1	W -110	u6.0	30	28	0-3	0-2
Feb 05, '26	PIT	L 2 - 5	L -125	o6.5	27	31	1-5	0-3
Feb 03, '26	@ TB	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +172	o6.0	26	35	1-3	1-2
Feb 02, '26	@ FLA	W 5 - 3	W -108	o6.5	20	42	1-3	1-4
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

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Feb 28, '26	@ TB	W 6-2	W +198	o6.5
Mar 03, '26	VEG	W 4-3 (SO)	W +177	o6.5
Mar 05, '26	@ PIT	L 2-5	L -125	o6.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-5-0-0

Over / Under

7-2-1

-$112

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Feb 26, '26	TOR	W 5 - 1	W -164	p6.0	37	30	1-3	1-3
Feb 05, '26	@ TB	L 1 - 6	L +176	o5.5	34	28	1-6	1-4
Feb 04, '26	BOS	W 5 - 4 (SO)	W -162	o6.5	26	29	2-2	1-7
Feb 02, '26	BUF	L 3 - 5	L -111	o6.5	42	20	1-4	1-3
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

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Mar 01, '26	@ NYI	L 4-5	L -152	o6.0
Mar 03, '26	@ NJ	W 1-0	W -152	u5.5
Mar 05, '26	@ CLB	W 7-6 (OT)	W -170	o6.0

BUF vs FLA Preview

Buffalo at

Florida

Last Meeting ( Feb 2, 2026 ) Buffalo 5, Florida 3

The Buffalo Sabres want to tighten their hold on a playoff spot. The Florida Panthers are hoping to inch closer to postseason position. Each will look to do that when the Sabres face the Panthers on Friday in Sunrise, Fla.

Buffalo is coming off a 2-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday in its first outing following the NHL's hiatus for the Winter Olympics. The Sabres sit in the first Eastern Conference wild-card spot -- five points clear of the first team on the wrong side of the cutoff line.

"We have something really good going here and I think every point, especially at this point in the season, going forward, is crucial for us," Sabres forward Tage Thompson said. "Especially against teams in the East. ... It was a big one (on Wednesday). It wasn't the prettiest game, but we found a way to get it done."

After a whirlwind few days with lots of travel and celebrations in the aftermath of winning a gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics, Thompson joined his team for the morning skate on Wednesday. He then had a goal and an assist in 19:19 of ice time to extend his point streak to five games (three goals, three assists) and bring his season totals to 31 goals and 30 assists.

"It kind of shows the character of the guy and how bad he wants to help us win here," teammate Peyton Krebs said.

Krebs has been filling in at left wing on the top line with Thompson and Alex Tuch in the absence of injured winger Zach Benson. The 25-year-old Krebs, whose tally against the Devils stood as the game-winner, has enjoyed a solid stretch of late after a slow start to the season. He also had an assist against New Jersey, giving him 11 points (five goals, six assists) over his past 12 games.

The Panthers, meanwhile, are coming off a 5-1 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday in their return to action, giving them two victories in the past three games. They scored three times in the first period before adding a pair of empty-net goals late in the third.

The result pulled Florida within eight points of the final Eastern Conference wild-card position, held by the Boston Bruins. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions are nine points behind Buffalo.

"Everybody understands what we need to do, and that's very important," goalie Sergei Bobrovsky said. "It's a big win, it's a big two points for us, but (Friday) is another biggest game of the year."

Brad Marchand scored twice in the win to give him 27 goals on the season, tying him with Sam Reinhart for the team lead. Marchand has 52 points, second among the Panthers behind Reinhart's 56.

"At the end of the day, the (standings) points are what matter, right?" Marchand said. "We did some good things, thought we played really well for having a few weeks off as a group. There are a few things we can work on, but great start."

The Friday contest will be the last of four meetings between the Atlantic Division foes. Buffalo won the most recent tilt, 5-3 at Florida on Feb. 2, and is 2-1-0 in the season series.

--Field Level Media

BUF vs FLAInjury report

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
N. Ostlund	C	Day To Day - Upper-Body( Apr 09, '26)	Apr 09, '26
Ostlund did not play Thursday (Apr. 9) versus the Blue Jackets.
A. Lyon	G	Out - Lower Body( Apr 08, '26)	Apr 08, '26
Lyon is likely to be out for about a week, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
S. Carrick	C	Out - Arm( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Sabres said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Carrick is week to week with an arm injury, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.
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 - Lower Body( 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
S. Jones	D	Out For Season - Foot( Apr 08, '26)	Apr 08, '26
The Panthers said that Jones broke his foot during Tuesday's (Apr. 7) game in Montreal and is out for the remainder of the season, per Jameson Olive of the team's official site.
M. Tkachuk	LW	Day To Day - Personal( Apr 07, '26)	Apr 07, '26
Tkachuk did not play on Tuesday's (Apr. 7) game versus the Canadiens.
D. Kulikov	D	Out For Season - Finger( Apr 06, '26)	Apr 06, '26
Kulikov sustained a broken finger Tuesday (Apr. 7) versus the Canadiens and is out for the season, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports.
A. Ekblad	D	Out For Season - Finger( Apr 01, '26)	Apr 01, '26
The Panthers said on Thursday (Apr. 2) that Ekblad could be gone for the remainder of the season, per Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site.
E. Rodrigues	C	Out For Season - Finger( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Panthers said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Rodrigues will undergo surgery on his broken finger and miss the rest of the 2025-26 season.
S. Reinhart	C	Out For Season - Foot( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Panthers said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Reinhart is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season, according to Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site.
J. Gadjovich	LW	Out For Season - Upper Body( Mar 30, '26)	Mar 30, '26
The Panthers said on Tuesday (Mar. 31) that Gadjovich is not expected to suit up again this season, as per Jameson Olive of the team's official site.
A. Barkov	C	Out For Season - Knee( Mar 29, '26)	Mar 29, '26
The Panthers said on Monday (Mar. 30) Barkov won't return before the end of the 2025-26 season, as per George Richards of Florida Hockey Now.
A. Lundell	C	Out For Season - Upper-Body( Mar 24, '26)	Mar 24, '26
Head coach Paul Maurice said on Wednesday (Mar. 25) that Lundell is expected to miss approximately 2-6 weeks, per George Richards of Florida Hockey Now.
N. Mikkola	D	Out For Season - Knee( Mar 22, '26)	Mar 22, '26
The Panthers said on Monday (Mar. 23) that Mikkola miss 4-6 weeks, per Jameson Olive of the team's official site.
U. Balinskis	D	Out For Season - Foot( Mar 22, '26)	Mar 22, '26
The Panthers said on Monday (Mar. 23) that Balinskis has a fracture and is slated to miss 4-6 weeks, per Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site.
B. Marchand	LW	Out - Lower Body( Mar 16, '26)	Mar 16, '26
The Florida Panthers placed F Brad Marchand on Injured Reserve on Tuesday (Mar. 17).

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	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

GoaltendersLast 5

Buffalo
Florida

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.910

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Feb 25, 2026	NJ 1 - BUF 2	W	1	28	.964	-	W -110	u6.0
A.Lyon	Feb 5, 2026	BUF 2 - PIT 5	L	4	31	.871	-	L -125	o6.5
C.Ellis	Feb 3, 2026	TB 4 - BUF 3 (OT)	-	4	35	.886	-	L +172	o6.0
A.Lyon	Feb 2, 2026	FLA 3 - BUF 5	W	3	42	.929	-	W -108	o6.5
A.Lyon	Jan 31, 2026	BUF 2 - MON 4	L	3	30	.900	-	L -130	u6.5

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

3.00

Save %

.825

Florida Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
S.Bobrovsky	Feb 26, 2026	FLA 5 - TOR 1	W	1	30	.967	-	W -164	p6.0
D.Tarasov	Feb 5, 2026	TB 6 - FLA 1	L	5	25	.800	-	L +176	o5.5
S.Bobrovsky	Feb 5, 2026	TB 6 - FLA 1	-	1	3	.667	-	L +176	o5.5
S.Bobrovsky	Feb 4, 2026	FLA 5 - BOS 4 (SO)	W	4	29	.862	-	W -162	o6.5
S.Bobrovsky	Feb 2, 2026	FLA 3 - BUF 5	L	5	20	.750	-	L -111	o6.5
S.Bobrovsky	Jan 31, 2026	FLA 1 - WIN 2	L	2	21	.905	-	L -154	u6.0

BUF vs FLAStats

Offense vs Defense

BUFBuffalo Offense
FLAFlorida Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.40	Total	3.31
1.00	1st Period	0.95
1.21	2nd Period	0.98
1.09	3rd Period	1.33
0.05	OT	0.03

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
27.66	Total	25.88
8.09	1st Period	8.36
9.59	2nd Period	8.33
7.79	3rd Period	7.29
0.29	OT	0.36

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
0.14	3rd Period	0.82
0.18	OT	0.90

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
34 - 172	G/Att vs. GA/Att	36 - 204
19.77	PP % vs. PK %	82.35

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Colten Ellis	367	329	0.896	7-4-1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	581	526	0.905	12-7-2
Alex Lyon	778	710	0.913	14-8-3

Sabres vs Panthers Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

BUF vs FLARecords

BUF vs FLARecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

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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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