Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · KeyBank Center · 2026–27 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

3 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at KeyBank Center. Sam Reinhart scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 13 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	1	2	0	3	23
BUF	2	1	2	5	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:58	BUF	EV	Josh Doan (1) · wrist	Peyton Krebs (3)	0–1
1st	11:00	FLA	EV	Anton Lundell (1) · wrist	Aaron Ekblad (2), Sandis Vilmanis (1)	1–1
1st	15:55	BUF	PP	Rasmus Dahlin (2) · slap	Jack Quinn (1), Tage Thompson (3)	1–2
2nd	06:26	FLA	PP	Sam Reinhart (1) · poke	Seth Jones (1), Matthew Tkachuk (2)	2–2
2nd	11:25	BUF	EV	Ryan McLeod (1) · wrist	Olen Zellweger (1), Owen Power (5)	2–3
2nd	13:41	FLA	PP	Sam Reinhart (2) · wrist	Brady Tkachuk (1), Seth Jones (2)	3–3
3rd	07:15	BUF	PP	Noah Ostlund (2) · wrist	Zach Benson (2), Jack Quinn (2)	3–4
3rd	13:20	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (4) · wrist	Owen Power (6), Peyton Krebs (4)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:15	FLA	Dmitry Kulikov	holding	2
1st	17:01	FLA	Radko Gudas	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	03:26	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	interference	2
2nd	05:55	BUF	Olen Zellweger	tripping	2
2nd	12:48	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	holding	2
3rd	06:15	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding the stick	2
3rd	13:39	BUF	Josh Norris	slashing	2
3rd	16:26	FLA	Eetu Luostarinen	hooking	2
3rd	18:08	BUF	Josh Norris	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: FLA 3.51 · BUF 3.90 · xG% FLA 47.3

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Seth Jones	D	0	2	2	-1	0	4	2	0		23:55	27
13	Sam Reinhart	C	2	0	2	-1	0	2	2	0	77.8	20:27	21
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	-1	4	3	3	0		20:25	27
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0		18:25	22
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	1	1	-2	0	3	7	0	50.0	16:32	23
15	Anton Lundell	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	0	40.0	14:51	23
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		12:21	17
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		24:10	28
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0		19:48	26
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:37	18
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	4	1		16:37	22
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	70.6	15:34	20
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		14:54	18
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		14:32	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	44.4	12:36	17
6	Radko Gudas	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		12:27	18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		10:05	15
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		8:56	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	L	21	18	3	.857	38:08
25	Jacob Markstrom		11	9	2	.818	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
25	Owen Power	D	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0		26:31	29
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	+1	0	1	2	1	50.0	17:58	24
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		17:35	17
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	2	1	66.7	15:08	21
8	Olen Zellweger	D	0	1	1	0	2	6	0	0		20:03	23
6	Zach Benson	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	50.0	19:40	21
86	Noah Ostlund	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	17:54	20
91	Josh Doan	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	2		16:15	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	50.0	16:04	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1		9:06	13
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		26:59	30
73	Zach Metsa	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		15:38	21
46	Louis Crevier	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2		15:03	21
94	Konsta Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:52	17
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		13:52	18
9	Josh Norris	C	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	62.5	11:24	20
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	10:46	19
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2		9:56	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	14	13	1	.929	33:34
92	Colten Ellis		9	7	2	.778	26:26