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Final · February 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres5
Florida Panthers3

Shots on goal : BUF 20 — FLA 42 · Amerant Bank Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsFLA

20Shots on goal42
49 %Faceoff win %51 %
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits22
20Blocked shots13
17Giveaways17
2Takeaways7

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF86620
FLA9191442

Season seriesBUF 3 – 1 FLA

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 5 / 20 / 363 / 42 / 59 FLA →
Missed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 01:58 · tip-inMissed shot — Luke Kunin (FLA), P1 02:19 · snapMissed shot — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P1 05:50 · snapMissed shot — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P1 08:00 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 11:29 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:31 · snapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 12:12 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P1 15:18 · wristMissed shot — A.J. Greer (FLA), P1 19:00 · snapMissed shot — A.J. Greer (FLA), P1 19:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Cole Schwindt (FLA), P2 00:12 · backhandMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 03:03 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 07:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 07:29 · snapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 09:46 · backhandMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 09:47 · backhandMissed shot — Niko Mikkola (FLA), P2 10:51 · snapMissed shot — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P2 11:02 · snapMissed shot — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P2 12:02 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:57 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 14:07 · snapMissed shot — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 16:11 · snapMissed shot — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P2 17:27 · wristMissed shot — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P2 18:15 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 00:33 · backhandMissed shot — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 06:18 · tip-inMissed shot — Niko Mikkola (FLA), P3 06:58 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 09:45 · tip-inMissed shot — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P3 12:01 · snapMissed shot — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P3 16:01 · snapMissed shot — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P3 18:34 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 19:46 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 19:54 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 01:40 · snapShot on goal — Tobias Bjornfot (FLA), P1 03:52 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 06:22 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 06:24 · backhandShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 07:36 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Petry (FLA), P1 07:57 · snapShot on goal — Cole Schwindt (FLA), P1 08:58 · backhandShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P1 10:29 · wristShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P1 10:47 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:21 · snapShot on goal — Luke Kunin (FLA), P1 17:01 · snapShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P1 17:48 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 17:59 · snapShot on goal — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P2 00:10 · backhandShot on goal — A.J. Greer (FLA), P2 00:43 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 01:08 · slapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 01:15 · snapShot on goal — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P2 01:25 · slapShot on goal — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P2 01:54 · snapShot on goal — Luke Kunin (FLA), P2 02:22 · tip-inShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P2 03:30 · snapShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P2 03:41 · snapShot on goal — Uvis Balinskis (FLA), P2 03:48 · snapShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P2 03:49 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 03:52 · snapShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P2 06:22 · snapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 07:44 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P2 11:31 · snapShot on goal — Cole Schwindt (FLA), P2 12:10 · deflectedShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 12:23 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:00 · snapShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P2 15:13 · slapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 17:19 · slapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P2 17:47 · snapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P2 18:21 · snapShot on goal — Cole Schwindt (FLA), P2 19:07 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 01:58 · slapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 02:16 · snapShot on goal — Jesper Boqvist (FLA), P3 05:00 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 05:18 · wristShot on goal — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P3 06:39 · snapShot on goal — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P3 07:24 · snapShot on goal — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P3 07:42 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 08:02 · snapShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P3 10:19 · backhandShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 12:50 · snapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 13:06 · snapShot on goal — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 13:27 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P3 13:53 · tip-inShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P3 14:10 · snapShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P3 15:09 · snapShot on goal — Uvis Balinskis (FLA), P3 18:12 · snapShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P3 18:48 · snapShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P3 19:21 · snapGoal — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P1 00:37 · wristGoal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P1 05:54 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 15:03 · snapGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 18:26 · backhandGoal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 05:44 · wristGoal — Uvis Balinskis (FLA), P2 18:59 · snapGoal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 05:31 · wristGoal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 17:51 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

2nd period

  • 03:36BUFRyan McLeod — Delaying game (2 min)
  • 12:51FLAJeff Petry — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 17:11BUFJack Quinn — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Aaron Ekblad

3rd period

  • 00:35FLAAaron Ekblad — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Alex Tuch
  • 05:19FLACole Schwindt — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs
  • 12:15BUFRasmus Dahlin — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Eetu Luostarinen
  • 13:08BUFBowen Byram — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Evan Rodrigues

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL1012114:10
J. ZuckerL10-12116:00
P. KrebsC1221719:27
J. QuinnR01-14116:13
B. MalenstynL0000408:04
T. KozakC0001311:14
I. RosenR0000003:08
R. McLeodC0211016:54
T. ThompsonC1024020:14
N. OstlundC00-10012:15
A. TuchR0131122:27
J. DoanR1101316:22
B. ByramD0010022:54
M. KesselringD0011011:48
M. SamuelssonD0001127:26
O. PowerD0110124:17
R. DahlinD0211021:54
Z. MetsaD0000007:30
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(W)39/4292.9 %59:55
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Florida Panthers

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
S. BennettC00-10005:11
A. GreerL0111115:08
M. SamoskevichR00-12110:50
S. ReinhartC02-16124:41
E. RodriguesC10-15124:09
M. TkachukL00-32124:07
C. VerhaegheC01-27022:53
E. LuostarinenC0002217:04
J. BoqvistC0001206:14
L. KuninC0002206:58
C. SchwindtR0013114:24
S. VilmanisL1002314:13
J. PetryD0001212:00
A. EkbladD00-23420:15
T. BjornfotD0101111:01
U. BalinskisD1003024:57
G. ForslingD00-21023:16
N. MikkolaD0110020:19
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
D. Tarasov0/0—00:00
S. Bobrovsky(L)15/2075.0 %58:08

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