Buffalo SabresvsFlorida Panthers — Feb 26, 2026

Feb 26, 2026

Final

Three Stars

First Star
B. Malenstyn
BUF logo

B. Malenstyn

BUF • #29 • L
G 1A 0PTS 1SOG 3
Second Star
A. Lyon
BUF logo

A. Lyon

BUF • #34 • G
SV% .966PPSA 11/12SHSA 1/1
Third Star
M. Tkachuk
FLA logo

M. Tkachuk

FLA • #19 • L
G 1A 0PTS 1SOG 5

Linescore

Team123Total
BUF1023
FLA0112

Shots On Goal

Team123Total
BUF16121139
FLA1111729

Goals

1st Period

A. Tuch
BUF

A. Tuch(23rd)

17:48(PP)

Power play goal assisted by R. McLeod and B. Byram

2nd Period

M. Tkachuk
FLA

M. Tkachuk(5th)

13:51(PP)

Power play goal assisted by B. Marchand and S. Bennett

3rd Period

B. Malenstyn
BUF

B. Malenstyn(5th)

11:38(EV)

Assisted by J. Norris and N. Ostlund

P. Krebs
BUF

P. Krebs(9th)

18:43(EV)

Empty net assisted by T. Thompson and A. Tuch

S. Bennett
FLA

S. Bennett(20th)

19:25(EV)

Own goal (unassisted)

Game Stats

Away team logo
vs
Home team logo

39

Shots On Goal

29

37.3

Faceoff %

62.7

1-3 (33.3%)

Power Play %

(25.0%) 1-4

8

Penalty Minutes

6

14

Hits

20

18

Blocked Shots

16

15

Giveaways

16

7

Takeaways

3

Box Score

9S. Bennett112000000020.621:19
19M. Tkachuk101001003150.021:34
63B. Marchand011000001040.016:10
10A. Greer000020100020.008:21
11M. Samoskevich000000120010.012:49
13S. Reinhart000-100001020.322:24
15A. Lundell000+100211000.516:43
17E. Rodrigues000-100111110.817:36
23C. Verhaeghe000-200201000.017:21
27E. Luostarinen000000020010.015:09
71L. Kunin000000220010.906:43
95S. Vilmanis000000101010.007:52
2J. Petry000000302000.016:24
5A. Ekblad000000410130.027:18
6D. Sebrango000-100310010.010:23
26U. Balinskis000000011020.008:38
42G. Forsling000020031030.023:51
77N. Mikkola000-100022000.025:29
40D. Tarasov.9473836233/3413/410/0058:05
72S. Bobrovsky-0000/000/000/0000:00
OVRTeamGFGAGDL10StrkPTS
9th
BUF
197177+207-2-1W172
19th
FLA
179192-135-5-0W163
Playoff SpotWildcardOut of Playoffs

Season Stats Comparison

FLAStatBUF
2.98Goals/Game3.38
3.34Goals Against/Game3.00
29.1Shots/Game28.0
19.3%Power Play %19.9%
82.4%Penalty Kill %82.9%
47.7%Faceoff %44.8%

Goaltenders

FLA

1
Sergei Bobrovsky

Sergei Bobrovsky

5 GP

Record

22-19-1

GAA

3.13

EV%

.870

PK%

.870

SV%

.873

2
Daniil Tarasov

Daniil Tarasov

5 GP

Record

8-9-2

GAA

2.79

EV%

.765

PK%

.875

SV%

.903

BUF

1
Alex Lyon

Alex Lyon

5 GP

Record

16-8-3

GAA

2.66

EV%

.899

PK%

.909

SV%

.915

2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

5 GP

Record

13-7-2

GAA

2.62

EV%

.910

PK%

.889

SV%

.908

Hot Players (Last 5 Games)

FLA

1
A. Lundell

A. Lundell

C | 3GP

G

1

A

5

P

6

PPP

4

PPG

0

P/G

2.00

2
E. Rodrigues

E. Rodrigues

C | 4GP

G

2

A

2

P

4

PPP

1

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
S. Reinhart

S. Reinhart

C | 5GP

G

0

A

4

P

4

PPP

1

PPG

0

P/G

0.80

BUF

1
T. Thompson

T. Thompson

C | 5GP

G

3

A

3

P

6

PPP

2

PPG

1

P/G

1.20

2
P. Krebs

P. Krebs

C | 5GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
R. Dahlin

R. Dahlin

D | 5GP

G

0

A

5

P

5

PPP

2

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

Avg Goals Scored Per Period

1.000.83
1.210.98
1.091.16
1st Period2nd Period3rd Period
BUF
FLA

Head-to-Head

Performance in Last 10 Matchups

Head-to-Head Wins

BUF (3)FLA (7)

Goals / Game

BUF
2.40
FLA
3.10

Goals Against / Game

BUF
3.10
FLA
2.40

Shots / Game

BUF
23.7
FLA
31.1

Power Play %

BUF
30.8%
FLA
23.3%

Penalty Kill %

BUF
76.7%
FLA
69.2%

Face-Off %

BUF
50.5%
FLA
49.5%

Scratches

FLA

1
Jesper Boqvist

Jesper Boqvist

2
Tobias Bjornfot

Tobias Bjornfot

3
Cole Schwindt

Cole Schwindt

BUF

1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

2
Jacob Bryson

Jacob Bryson

3
Anton Wahlberg

Anton Wahlberg

PIM Leaders (Season)

FLA

1
A.J. Greer

A.J. Greer

L

PIM

92

2
Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett

C

PIM

72

3
Aaron Ekblad

Aaron Ekblad

D

PIM

51

BUF

1
Peyton Krebs

Peyton Krebs

C

PIM

67

2
Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

D

PIM

53

3
Alex Tuch

Alex Tuch

R

PIM

49

Past H2H Results