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Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida Panthers: game summary

Final · February 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres3
Florida Panthers2

Shots on goal : BUF 39 — FLA 29 · Amerant Bank Arena

Three stars

BUF

Game stats

FLA
39Shots on goal29
37 %Faceoff win %63 %
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
18Blocked shots16
15Giveaways16
7Takeaways3

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF16121139
FLA1111729

Season series BUF 3 – 1 FLA

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 3 / 39 / 532 / 30 / 48 FLA →
Missed shot — Anton Lundell (FLA), P1 00:14 · snapMissed shot — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P1 02:30 · tip-inMissed shot — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P1 04:18 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 05:19 · snapMissed shot — Sam Bennett (FLA), P1 05:47 · batMissed shot — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P1 11:49 · slapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 14:29 · slapMissed shot — Josh Dunne (BUF), P1 18:26 · snapMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 00:35 · snapMissed shot — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P2 01:38 · snapMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 02:08 · wristMissed shot — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P2 02:28 · backhandMissed shot — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P2 03:18 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 04:15 · snapMissed shot — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P2 08:28 · tip-inMissed shot — Luke Kunin (FLA), P2 09:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P2 09:46 · snapMissed shot — Brad Marchand (FLA), P2 10:59 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 11:54 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 12:53 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 14:14 · snapMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 16:09 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:04 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P2 19:57 · snapMissed shot — Jeff Petry (FLA), P3 00:15 · snapMissed shot — Niko Mikkola (FLA), P3 01:45 · snapMissed shot — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P3 02:33 · snapMissed shot — Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), P3 03:26 · snapMissed shot — Anton Lundell (FLA), P3 08:20 · snapMissed shot — A.J. Greer (FLA), P3 08:28 · snapMissed shot — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P3 08:32 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 18:29 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 00:36 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 00:50 · backhandShot on goal — Brad Marchand (FLA), P1 02:19 · backhandShot on goal — Uvis Balinskis (FLA), P1 02:39 · snapShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P1 02:42 · snapShot on goal — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P1 03:42 · slapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P1 04:00 · backhandShot on goal — A.J. Greer (FLA), P1 04:37 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 05:01 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 05:13 · wristShot on goal — Mackie Samoskevich (FLA), P1 05:46 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 07:30 · backhandShot on goal — Donovan Sebrango (FLA), P1 07:45 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 07:50 · snapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 09:11 · snapShot on goal — Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), P1 09:24 · deflectedShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P1 09:32 · wristShot on goal — Tyson Kozak (BUF), P1 09:57 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 10:08 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 12:02 · snapShot on goal — Michael Kesselring (BUF), P1 12:11 · snapShot on goal — Uvis Balinskis (FLA), P1 12:40 · snapShot on goal — Sam Bennett (FLA), P1 14:18 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 14:26 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 14:47 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 17:07 · slapShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P2 01:53 · snapShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P2 02:41 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 05:39 · wristShot on goal — Aaron Ekblad (FLA), P2 05:59 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 06:41 · snapShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P2 07:48 · snapShot on goal — Luke Kunin (FLA), P2 09:04 · snapShot on goal — Sam Bennett (FLA), P2 10:13 · snapShot on goal — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P2 11:15 · snapShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P2 11:17 · between-legsShot on goal — Evan Rodrigues (FLA), P2 11:46 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 11:58 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 12:38 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 14:23 · slapShot on goal — Gustav Forsling (FLA), P2 14:58 · slapShot on goal — Sandis Vilmanis (FLA), P2 15:23 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 16:56 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 17:49 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 17:49 · backhandShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 17:52 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 18:31 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 19:51 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 00:42 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 00:48 · slapShot on goal — A.J. Greer (FLA), P3 01:35 · snapShot on goal — Brad Marchand (FLA), P3 05:22 · backhandShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P3 06:04 · backhandShot on goal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P3 06:14 · slapShot on goal — Brad Marchand (FLA), P3 09:06 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 09:28 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 09:30 · backhandShot on goal — Sam Reinhart (FLA), P3 12:36 · snapShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 15:20 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 16:25 · snapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 16:48 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Dunne (BUF), P3 16:49 · backhandShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 17:45 · snapShot on goal — Brad Marchand (FLA), P3 19:03 · tip-inGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:48 · snapGoal — Matthew Tkachuk (FLA), P2 13:51 · snapGoal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 11:38 · slapGoal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 18:43 · wristGoal — Sam Bennett (FLA), P3 19:25

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

1st period

  • 02:00BUFBeck Malenstyn — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Donovan Sebrango
  • 15:57FLAA.J. Greer — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Josh Dunne

2nd period

  • 09:47BUFBench — Too many men on the ice (2 min) · served by J. Quinn
  • 13:45BUFMichael Kesselring — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Sam Bennett
  • 17:55FLAGustav Forsling — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan

3rd period

  • 05:20BUFJosh Dunne — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Aaron Ekblad
  • 11:38FLABench — Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (2 min) · served by Sandis Vilmanis

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. NorrisC0103017:46
J. ZuckerL0001115:52
P. KrebsC1012114:37
J. QuinnR0002014:35
B. MalenstynL1013110:57
J. DunneC0001108:54
T. KozakC0001210:45
R. McLeodC0101015:58
T. ThompsonC0111019:39
N. OstlundC0103014:23
A. TuchR1116119:23
J. DoanR00-13316:23
B. ByramD0102123:42
M. KesselringD0001012:19
M. SamuelssonD0013323:42
O. PowerD0003023:46
R. DahlinD0012025:04
Z. MetsaD0001006:13
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(W)28/2996.6 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Florida Panthers

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
S. BennettC1102021:19
A. GreerL0002108:21
M. SamoskevichR0001112:49
S. ReinhartC00-12022:24
A. LundellC0010216:43
E. RodriguesC00-11117:36
M. TkachukL1005021:34
C. VerhaegheC00-20217:21
E. LuostarinenC0001015:09
B. MarchandL0104016:10
L. KuninC0001206:43
S. VilmanisL0001107:52
J. PetryD0000316:24
A. EkbladD0003427:18
D. SebrangoD00-11310:23
U. BalinskisD0002008:38
G. ForslingD0003023:51
N. MikkolaD00-10025:29
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
D. Tarasov(L)36/3894.7 %58:05
S. Bobrovsky0/0—00:00

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