Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 3

Final

Florida Panthers

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. Peyton Krebs led the way with 3 points. Alex Lyon made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–42.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	2	5	20
FLA	2	1	0	3	42

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:37	FLA	EV	Sandis Vilmanis (2) · wrist	A.J. Greer (10), Niko Mikkola (8)	0–1
1st	05:54	FLA	EV	Evan Rodrigues (10) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (26), Tobias Bjornfot (1)	0–2
1st	15:03	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (29) · snap	Peyton Krebs (17), Rasmus Dahlin (34)	1–2
1st	18:26	BUF	EV	Peyton Krebs (7) · backhand	Rasmus Dahlin (35), Alex Tuch (26)	2–2
2nd	05:44	BUF	EV	Zach Benson (7) · wrist	Ryan McLeod (27), Owen Power (13)	3–2
2nd	18:59	FLA	PP	Uvis Balinskis (4) · snap	Sam Reinhart (27), Carter Verhaeghe (26)	3–3
3rd	05:31	BUF	PP	Jason Zucker (14) · wrist	Josh Doan (21), Jack Quinn (23)	4–3
3rd	17:51	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (17) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (18), Ryan McLeod (28)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	03:36	BUF	Ryan McLeod	delaying game	2
2nd	12:51	FLA	Jeff Petry	tripping	2
2nd	17:11	BUF	Jack Quinn	slashing	2
3rd	00:35	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding	2
3rd	05:19	FLA	Cole Schwindt	hooking	2
3rd	12:15	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2
3rd	13:08	BUF	Bowen Byram	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.31 · FLA 4.60 · xG% BUF 41.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	2	3	+2	0	1	7	0	33.3	19:27	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	2		21:54	27
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	1	56.3	16:54	26
91	Josh Doan	R	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	0		16:22	19
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	4		24:17	30
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	2	100.0	22:27	29
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	47.1	20:14	25
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	0		16:13	22
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0		16:00	23
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		14:10	18
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7		27:26	28
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2		22:54	30
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	42.9	12:15	15
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		11:48	15
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	54.5	11:14	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		8:04	12
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:30	10
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3:08	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	41	38	3	.927	59:55

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	2	2	-1	0	5	1	2		24:41	24
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		24:57	25
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	1	0	1	-1	0	5	1	0	56.5	24:09	24
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	-2	0	7	0	0	25.0	22:53	22
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3		20:19	24
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		15:08	22
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0		14:13	19
22	Tobias Bjornfot	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		11:01	17
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	1		24:07	22
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		23:16	28
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	4	1		20:15	28
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	57.1	17:04	22
79	Cole Schwindt	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	50.0	14:24	22
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		12:00	21
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		10:50	20
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	50.0	6:58	10
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		6:14	12
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	5:11	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	20	15	5	.750	58:08