Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Sat, Mar 8, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

0 – 4

Final

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–0 on Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. Nate Schmidt led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	0	0	21
FLA	1	2	1	4	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:20	FLA	EV	A.J. Greer (6) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (11), Dmitry Kulikov (9)	0–1
2nd	09:32	FLA	EV	Carter Verhaeghe (17) · snap	Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)	0–2
2nd	17:09	FLA	EV	Anton Lundell (15) · wrist	Nate Schmidt (12), Jesper Boqvist (11)	0–3
3rd	19:26	FLA	SH EN	Sam Bennett (20) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)	0–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:41	FLA	Anton Lundell	tripping	2
3rd	04:17	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	roughing	2
3rd	04:17	FLA	A.J. Greer	fighting	5
3rd	04:17	BUF	Josh Dunne	fighting	5
3rd	13:24	BUF	Zach Benson	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.03 · FLA 5.29 · xG% BUF 27.7

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	JJ Peterka	R	-1	0	2	0	1		23:03	20
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-2	0	2	1	3		23:02	25
89	Alex Tuch	R	-1	0	3	1	0		20:57	23
4	Bowen Byram	D	-1	0	0	0	1		20:42	22
13	Josh Norris	C	-1	0	1	0	1	53.3	20:27	25
25	Owen Power	D	-1	0	1	0	0		19:54	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	-1	0	2	0	2	38.5	18:53	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	18:35	23
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	-1	0	0	3	5		18:21	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	-1	0	2	3	0		17:50	21
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-1	0	1	0	1		16:44	22
22	Jack Quinn	R	-1	0	0	0	0		15:20	20
19	Peyton Krebs	C	-1	0	1	0	1	55.6	14:39	20
9	Zach Benson	L	-1	2	3	0	0		13:58	20
63	Isak Rosen	R	-1	0	1	2	0		12:51	19
81	Sam Lafferty	C	-2	0	0	0	1		9:00	13
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	-1	0	0	4	0		8:43	12
44	Josh Dunne	C	-2	5	1	4	1	33.3	7:16	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	35	32	3	.914	57:45

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	2	0		15:14	20
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0		22:51	28
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	0	25.0	20:13	24
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		20:06	28
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0		20:03	22
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	45.5	19:14	23
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1		16:50	22
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	87.5	16:25	17
15	Anton Lundell	C	1	0	1	+3	2	2	1	0	42.9	14:44	22
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	0		11:48	18
10	A.J. Greer	L	1	0	1	+1	5	2	6	0		9:09	14
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0		21:50	28
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		21:06	26
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25.0	16:04	17
25	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		15:11	16
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		14:07	21
8	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	70.0	11:23	18
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100.0	9:42	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	21	21	0	1.000	60:00