Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Fri, Feb 27, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 2

Final

Florida Panthers

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. Alex Tuch led the way with 2 points. Alex Lyon made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 39–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	2	3	39
FLA	0	1	1	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:48	BUF	PP	Alex Tuch (23) · snap	Ryan McLeod (31), Bowen Byram (20)	1–0
2nd	13:51	FLA	PP	Matthew Tkachuk (5) · snap	Brad Marchand (26), Sam Bennett (25)	1–1
3rd	11:38	BUF	EV	Beck Malenstyn (5) · slap	Josh Norris (12), Noah Ostlund (10)	2–1
3rd	18:43	BUF	SH EN	Peyton Krebs (9) · wrist	Tage Thompson (31), Alex Tuch (27)	3–1
3rd	19:25	FLA	PP	Sam Bennett (20)	Unassisted	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:00	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	tripping	2
1st	15:57	FLA	A.J. Greer	hooking	2
2nd	09:47	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	13:45	BUF	Michael Kesselring	hooking	2
2nd	17:55	FLA	Gustav Forsling	holding	2
3rd	05:20	BUF	Josh Dunne	hooking	2
3rd	11:38	FLA	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 4.63 · FLA 4.30 · xG% BUF 51.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	+1	0	6	1	3		19:23	27
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1		23:42	31
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	26.7	19:39	24
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	47.4	17:46	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	30.8	15:58	22
19	Peyton Krebs	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	66.7	14:37	21
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	14:23	23
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1		10:57	18
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		25:04	30
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4		23:46	28
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	2		23:42	31
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1		16:23	22
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:52	18
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:35	19
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		12:19	18
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	22.2	10:45	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	75.0	8:54	14
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		6:13	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Alex Lyon	W	29	28	2	.966	60:00

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	61.1	21:19	21
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0		21:34	22
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		16:10	22
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1		27:18	31
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		25:29	29
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3		23:51	32
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	33.3	22:24	26
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	75.0	17:36	24
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		17:21	22
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	52.9	16:43	24
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		16:24	22
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		15:09	22
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		12:49	17
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1		10:23	16
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		8:38	12
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		8:21	12
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		7:52	12
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	85.7	6:43	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	L	38	36	2	.947	58:05