Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Oct 3, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2026–27 Regular Season

Chicago Blackhawks

3 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 on Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson led the way with 2 points. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 12 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 15–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	2	1	0	3	15
BUF	1	1	2	4	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:59	CHI	EV	Ryan Donato (1) · wrist	Alex Vlasic (1), Nick Lardis (1)	1–0
1st	11:24	CHI	EV	Tyler Bertuzzi (1) · wrist	Anton Frondell (1), Teuvo Teravainen (1)	2–0
1st	16:24	BUF	EV	Jack Quinn (2) · wrist	Zach Metsa (1)	2–1
2nd	05:41	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (1) · tip-in	Louis Crevier (1), Josh Norris (1)	2–2
2nd	18:18	CHI	EV	Oliver Moore (1) · wrist	Anton Frondell (2), Alex Vlasic (2)	3–2
3rd	06:10	BUF	EV	Rasmus Dahlin (1) · snap	Peyton Krebs (1), Mattias Samuelsson (1)	3–3
3rd	13:20	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (1) · snap	Owen Power (3), Tage Thompson (1)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	11:39	BUF	Josh Doan	hooking	2
2nd	16:05	CHI	Oliver Moore	interference	2
3rd	00:53	CHI	Patrick Kane	high sticking	2
3rd	11:51	CHI	Cole Smith	tripping	2
3rd	11:58	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: CHI 2.28 · BUF 4.49 · xG% CHI 33.7

Chicago Blackhawks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Alex Vlasic	D	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0		22:33	28
16	Anton Frondell	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	37.5	16:06	23
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		16:18	19
86	Teuvo Teravainen	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1		14:22	22
11	Oliver Moore	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	80.0	9:30	15
8	Ryan Donato	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0		9:25	16
76	Nick Lardis	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0		7:41	13
55	Artyom Levshunov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		24:40	24
44	Wyatt Kaiser	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2		22:58	28
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2		20:37	27
91	Frank Nazar	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	37.5	19:58	26
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		19:01	22
80	Roman Kantserov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	62.5	18:48	22
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		15:55	21
20	Ryan Greene	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	15:36	21
22	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		15:09	22
38	Ethan Del Mastro	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2		15:01	18
14	Kevin Korchinski	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		11:21	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Spencer Knight	L	28	24	4	.857	59:01

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	1	55.6	19:41	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	4	0		25:23	26
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	1		25:12	31
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2		24:11	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	1		19:07	24
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0		17:08	23
9	Josh Norris	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	33.3	16:32	24
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		13:42	18
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	77.8	13:31	19
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		8:28	13
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	33.3	19:33	26
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2		18:06	25
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	27.3	17:23	23
8	Olen Zellweger	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:31	21
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0		14:39	20
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	60.0	12:02	16
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		8:31	15
10	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	75.0	7:20	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	15	12	3	.800	60:00