3 Chicago 8th Central4-12-1-0

4 Buffalo 7th Atlantic7-5-2-1

FINAL 3 FINAL 4 Oct 03, 2026

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Blackhawks vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
Team	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
CHI Chicago	2	1	0	3	Spencer Knight
BUF Buffalo	1	1	2	4	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Player Stats


Team	ML	O/U (Margin)	ATS
CHI Chicago	+190	6.5o (0.5)	+1.5 (0.5)
BUF Buffalo	-230	6.5u	-1.5

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
7:59		R. Donato Assisted by: A. Vlasic , N. Lardis
11:24		T. Bertuzzi Assisted by: A. Frondell , T. Teravainen
16:24		J. Quinn Assisted by: Z. Metsa ,
Scoring - Period 2
5:41		T. Thompson Assisted by: L. Crevier , J. Norris
18:18		O. Moore Assisted by: A. Frondell , A. Vlasic
Scoring - Period 3
6:10		R. Dahlin Assisted by: P. Krebs , M. Samuelsson
13:20		J. Kulich Assisted by: T. Thompson , O. Power

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
No Penalties
Penalties - Period 2
11:39		J. Doan (2:00) Hooking
16:05		O. Moore (2:00) Interference
Penalties - Period 3
0:53		P. Kane (2:00) High Sticking
11:51		C. Smith (2:00) Tripping
11:58		Z. Benson (2:00) Tripping

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Chicago	5	4	6	15
Buffalo	13	8	7	28

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Chicago	3	15	20.00	0.00	100.00	29	3	6
Buffalo	4	28	14.29	0.00	100.00	32	2	4

Goaltending

Chicago

Chicago Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
S. Knight	28	24	4	.857	0	59:01

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	15	12	3	.800	0	60:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
8	C	R. Donato	1	0	1	-1	0	1	16	9:25	8:26	0:59	0:00	-	2	0
11	C	O. Moore	1	0	1	E	2	1	15	9:30	8:49	0:41	0:00	4	1	80
12	LW	J. Greenway	0	0	0	E	0	2	21	15:55	15:01	0:00	0:54	-	-	-
14	D	K. Korchinski	0	0	0	-2	0	2	17	11:21	11:09	0:12	0:00	-	-	-
16	C	A. Frondell	0	2	2	2	0	1	23	16:06	14:00	0:50	1:16	6	10	38
20	C	R. Greene	0	0	0	E	0	0	21	15:36	14:32	0:00	1:04	8	6	57
22	RW	C. Smith	0	0	0	E	2	0	22	15:09	13:17	0:06	1:46	-	-	-
28	D	I. Cole	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	20:37	18:22	0:07	2:08	-	-	-
38	D	E. Del Mastro	0	0	0	-2	0	0	18	15:01	14:56	0:00	0:05	-	-	-
44	D	W. Kaiser	0	0	0	-2	0	0	28	22:58	20:57	0:00	2:01	-	-	-
55	D	A. Levshunov	0	0	0	-1	0	2	24	24:40	20:43	1:48	2:09	-	-	-
59	LW	T. Bertuzzi	1	0	1	1	0	1	19	16:18	14:53	1:25	0:00	-	-	-
72	D	A. Vlasic	0	2	2	3	0	0	28	22:33	20:34	0:07	1:52	-	-	-
76	LW	N. Lardis	0	1	1	-1	0	1	13	7:41	6:59	0:42	0:00	-	-	-
80	RW	R. Kantserov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	22	18:48	17:28	1:18	0:02	5	3	62
86	C	T. Teravainen	0	1	1	2	0	1	22	14:22	12:35	0:00	1:47	-	-	-
88	RW	P. Kane	0	0	0	-2	2	0	22	19:01	17:42	1:19	0:00	-	-	-
91	C	F. Nazar	0	0	0	-2	0	2	26	19:58	17:33	1:01	1:24	6	10	38
30	G	S. Knight	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:01	52:47	2:07	4:07	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	FW	FL	F%
6	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	0	1	2	1	26	19:33	16:28	2:33	0:32	1	2	33
8	D	O. Zellweger	0	0	0	E	0	1	21	15:31	15:24	0:00	0:07	-	-	-
9	C	J. Norris	0	1	1	E	0	1	24	16:32	14:31	1:31	0:30	2	4	33
10	C	S. Carrick	0	0	0	E	0	1	13	7:20	7:20	0:00	0:00	3	1	75
19	C	P. Krebs	0	1	1	-1	0	1	18	13:42	13:42	0:00	0:00	-	-	-
20	C	J. Kulich	1	0	1	2	0	1	19	13:31	13:31	0:00	0:00	7	2	78
22	RW	J. Quinn	1	0	1	1	0	5	24	19:07	16:28	2:32	0:07	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	1	1	E	0	1	26	24:11	23:16	0:01	0:54	-	-	-
25	D	O. Power	0	1	1	-2	0	1	31	25:12	22:12	1:46	1:14	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	1	0	1	1	0	3	26	25:23	23:02	2:21	0:00	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	0	E	0	0	15	8:31	7:03	0:00	1:28	-	-	-
46	D	L. Crevier	0	1	1	2	0	1	23	17:08	16:02	0:00	1:06	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	-3	0	1	16	12:02	8:56	1:37	1:29	6	4	60
72	C	T. Thompson	1	1	2	2	0	4	25	19:41	17:08	2:33	0:00	10	8	56
73	D	Z. Metsa	0	1	1	2	0	0	13	8:28	7:34	0:00	0:54	-	-	-
86	C	N. Ostlund	0	0	0	E	0	2	23	17:23	15:43	1:33	0:07	3	8	27
91	RW	J. Doan	0	0	0	1	2	1	25	18:06	15:34	2:32	0:00	-	-	-
94	C	K. Helenius	0	0	0	-2	0	3	20	14:39	13:03	1:36	0:00	-	-	-
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	60:00	53:46	4:07	2:07	-	-	-

Game Info

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Cody Beach , Frederick L'Ecuyer

Linesmen Scott Cherrey, Anthony Lapointe

Attendance 19,070 attendance

CHI vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
CHI	0-2-0	0-2-0	1-1-0	0-2-0	0-0-0
BUF	0-1-0	0-1-0	1-0-0	0-1-0	0-0-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

9-1

Over / Under

5-3-1

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Apr 13, '26	CHI	5 - 1	BUF -200	u6.5	16	26	0-5	0-2
Nov 21, '25	BUF	9 - 3	BUF -188	o6.5	31	23	1-2	1-2
Dec 27, '24	BUF	6 - 2	BUF -154	o6.0	35	17	0-1	0-1
Oct 19, '24	CHI	4 - 2	BUF -139	P6.0	37	22	0-1	0-4
Jan 18, '24	BUF	3 - 0	--	P	31	19	1-6	0-4
Nov 19, '23	CHI	3 - 2	BUF -172	u6.5	26	20	0-3	1-3
Jan 17, '23	CHI	4 - 3 (OT)	CHI +162	o6.5	26	33	0-1	0-2
Oct 29, '22	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	BUF -174	o6.5	45	26	2-3	1-4
Apr 29, '22	BUF	3 - 2 (OT)	BUF -128	u6.5	36	21	0-3	0-1
Mar 28, '22	CHI	6 - 5	BUF +152	o6.0	21	37	2-2	2-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

2-7-1-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$554

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 01, '26	@ UTAH	L 0 - 6	L +190	u6.5	15	32	0-3	2-3
Sep 29, '26	@ VEG	L 2 - 5	L +220	o6.5	26	36	0-2	1-3
Apr 15, '26	SJ	W 5 - 2	W +100	o6.5	24	17	0-3	1-4
Apr 13, '26	BUF	L 1 - 5	L +164	u6.5	16	26	0-5	0-2
Apr 11, '26	STL	L 3 - 5	L +128	o6.0	34	28	0-2	1-1
Apr 09, '26	CAR	L 2 - 7	L +140	o6.0	25	22	0-4	0-1
Apr 06, '26	@ SJ	L 2 - 3	L +132	u6.5	29	23	1-3	0-2
Apr 04, '26	@ SEA	W 4 - 2	W +146	u6.5	31	27	1-3	0-2
Apr 02, '26	@ EDM	L 1 - 3	L +188	u6.5	18	38	0-1	1-3
Mar 31, '26	WIN	L 3 - 4 (OT)	L +130	o6.0	21	24	0-2	1-1

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 06, '26	STL	L 3-5	L +128	o6.0
Oct 08, '26	@ NYI	W 4-3	W +140	o6.0
Oct 10, '26	CAR	L 2-7	L +140	o6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-4-2-0

Over / Under

5-4-1

-$176

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 01, '26	@ CLB	L 3 - 6	L -112	o6.5	26	22	0-5	2-3
May 18, '26	MON	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L -115	u5.5	39	25	0-1	1-1
May 16, '26	@ MON	W 8 - 3	W +146	o6.5	36	22	4-6	1-3
May 14, '26	MON	L 3 - 6	L -111	o6.0	36	26	0-2	2-2
May 12, '26	@ MON	W 3 - 2	W +122	u6.0	22	31	2-4	1-7
May 10, '26	@ MON	L 2 - 6	L +112	o6.0	28	36	1-4	2-6
May 08, '26	MON	L 1 - 5	L -130	p6.0	29	27	0-5	0-5
May 06, '26	MON	W 4 - 2	W -142	o5.5	16	28	2-3	1-2
May 01, '26	@ BOS	W 4 - 1	W -118	u5.5	26	26	0-4	0-0
Apr 28, '26	BOS	L 1 - 2 (OT)	L -170	u6.0	26	29	1-3	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 06, '26	MIN	L 4-5 (OT)	L -120	o6.0
Oct 08, '26	DAL	L 3-4 (SO)	L +122	o6.0
Oct 10, '26	UTAH	L 2-5	L +172	o6.5

CHI vs BUF Preview

Chicago at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Apr 13, 2026 ) Buffalo 5, Chicago 1

Last season's Cinderella team will be looking to appease their always rowdy crowd with their first win of the season as the Buffalo Sabres play host to the Chicago Blackhawks in Saturday's home opener.

The Blackhawks will be closing out a three-game road swing following a pair of thorough losses. After falling 5-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights on the NHL's opening night and 6-0 to the Utah Mammoth on Thursday, the Blackhawks are hopeful they can right the ship before their home opener against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.

Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill didn't hide his disappointment in his squad following Thursday's shutout loss: "Honestly, I just don't think we played very good, individually, and certainly collectively."

Things won't get any easier for the Blackhawks as the Sabres have won nine of their past 10 meetings and each of the previous six matchups.

Blackhawks defenseman Bowen Byram, who totaled 21 goals and 68 assists in 182 games over the last two-plus seasons for the Sabres, returns to Buffalo for the first time since being traded on draft day along with forward Jordan Greenway in exchange for defenseman Louis Crevier, the fourth overall pick in the 2026 NHL draft (that became Daxon Rudolph) and a second-round pick (used to select Jayden Kurtz).

While Rudolph attends the University of Denver and Kurtz suits up for the USHL's Chicago Steel, Byram has led the Blackhawks in time-on-ice by a wide margin. He averaged 24:59 through Chicago's first two games and posted a minus-4 plus-minus rating -- tied for worst on the team.

The Sabres return home for the first time since the second round of last year's Stanley Cup playoffs after falling 6-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets in their opener on Thursday night.

Buffalo cut the deficit to 4-3 with 6:46 left in the second period thanks to a marker from rookie Konsta Helenius, but the Blue Jackets pulled away with two third-period goals.

The Sabres are hopeful they can figure out their power play in Saturday's contest after going 0-for-5 on the man advantage against the Blue Jackets.

"A game like that with five power plays, we're going to need to find a way to get one," said Sabres forward Jack Quinn.

Quinn and Mattias Samuelsson also found the back of the net for the Sabres, while Owen Power and Noah Ostlund each tallied a pair of assists.

"Just a couple of breakdowns. Obviously we want a couple of those back, but no big thing," said Buffalo forward Zach Benson. "We have 83 games left and we're fired up to get home here in front of the Buffalo fans."

The Sabres finished with a 26-10-5 regular-season record at the KeyBank Center last year to fuel their unexpected first-place finish in the Atlantic Division.

--Field Level Media

CHI vs BUFInjury report

Chicago's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
B. Byram	D	Out - Upper-body( Nov 02, '26)	Nov 02, '26
The Chicago Blackhawks placed D Bowen Byram on injured reserve on Tuesday (Nov. 3).
P. Kane	RW	Out - Upper-body( Nov 01, '26)	Nov 01, '26
Kane has an upper-body injury and will miss at least the next couple of games, per Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times.
R. Ellis	D	Out For Season - Back( Jan 07, '26)	Jan 07, '26
The Chicago Blackhawks placed D Ryan Ellis on injured reserve.

Chicago Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	8	Ryan Donato
C	11	Oliver Moore
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
C	16	Anton Frondell
C	20	Ryan Greene
RW	22	Cole Smith
LW	26	Andrew Mangiapane
LW	36	Dillon Boucher
LW	59	Tyler Bertuzzi
RW	80	Roman Kantserov
C	86	Teuvo Teravainen
RW	88	Patrick Kane
C	91	Frank Nazar
C	98	Connor Bedard

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	6	Sam Rinzel
D	14	Kevin Korchinski
D	28	Ian Cole
G	30	Spencer Knight
D	38	Ethan Del Mastro
G	40	Arvid Soderblom
D	44	Wyatt Kaiser
D	55	Artyom Levshunov
D	72	Alex Vlasic

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date
A. Lyon	G	Out - Upper-body( Nov 02, '26)	Nov 02, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Tuesday's (Nov. 3) that Lyon is days away from return to the lineup.
K. Helenius	C	Out - Upper-body( Nov 01, '26)	Nov 01, '26
Helenius is week-to-week, according to Matthew Fairburn of The Athletic on Monday (Nov. 2).
J. Danforth	RW	Out - Upper-Body( Oct 28, '26)	Oct 28, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed F Justin Danforth on Injured Reserve on Thursday (Oct. 29).
M. Grzelcyk	D	Out - Lower-Body( Oct 12, '26)	Oct 12, '26
The Buffalo Sabres placed D Matt Grzelcyk on injured reserve on Tuesday (Oct. 13).

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
C	9	Josh Norris
C	10	Sam Carrick
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
C	48	Tyson Kozak
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	91	Josh Doan
C	94	Konsta Helenius

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	8	Olen Zellweger
D	21	Conor Timmins
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	26	Rasmus Dahlin
D	46	Louis Crevier
D	73	Zach Metsa
G	92	Colten Ellis

GoaltendersLast 5

Chicago
Buffalo

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

3.20

Save %

.895

Chicago Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
A.Soderblom	Oct 1, 2026	UTAH 6 - CHI 0	L	6	32	.813	-	L +190	u6.5
S.Knight	Sep 29, 2026	VEG 5 - CHI 2	L	4	36	.889	-	L +220	o6.5
S.Knight	Sep 26, 2026	CHI 3 - STL 2	W	2	31	.935	-	W +130	u5.5
A.Soderblom	Sep 24, 2026	STL 1 - CHI 0	L	1	36	.972	-	L -105	u5.5
S.Knight	Sep 21, 2026	CHI 4 - MIN 3 (OT)	W	3	22	.864	-	W -245	o5.5

W/L

1-3-1-0

GAA

1.56

Save %

.909

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
U.Luukkonen	Oct 1, 2026	CLB 6 - BUF 3	L	5	22	.773	-	L -112	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	L	2	17	.882	-	L -142	u6.5
C.Ellis	Sep 26, 2026	BUF 1 - PIT 3	-	0	6	1.00	-	L -142	u6.5
A.Lyon	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	1	8	.875	-	L +220	u5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 24, 2026	DET 3 - BUF 2 (OT)	-	2	18	.889	-	L +220	u5.5
U.Luukkonen	Sep 22, 2026	BUF 5 - CLB 1	W	0	13	1.00	-	W -325	o5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 22, 2026	BUF 5 - CLB 1	-	1	12	.917	-	W -325	o5.5
A.Lyon	Sep 21, 2026	PIT 4 - BUF 1	L	3	19	.842	-	L +140	u5.5
C.Ellis	Sep 21, 2026	PIT 4 - BUF 1	-	0	8	1.00	-	L +140	u5.5

CHI vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

CHIChicago Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
1.00	Total	6.00
0.00	1st Period	3.00
0.50	2nd Period	1.00
0.50	3rd Period	2.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
20.50	Total	23.00
6.50	1st Period	8.00
3.50	2nd Period	6.00
7.00	3rd Period	9.00
0.00	OT	0.00

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.05	Total	0.74
0.00	1st Period	0.62
0.14	2nd Period	0.83
0.07	3rd Period	0.78
0.00	OT	0.00

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
0 - 5	G/Att vs. GA/Att	2 - 3
0.00	PP % vs. PK %	33.33

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Chicago Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Spencer Knight	36	32	0.889	0-1-0
Arvid Soderblom	32	26	0.813	0-0-0

Blackhawks vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

Game Info

CHI vs BUFRecords

CHI vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

CHI vs BUF Preview

CHI vs BUFInjury report

Chicago's Injuries

Chicago Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

CHI vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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