Blackhawks at Sabres
Sabres 9, Blackhawks 3 · first star Alex Tuch (0 G, 4 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Sabres | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blackhawks attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CHI 23, BUF 31.
Shots by period
| Period | CHI SOG | CHI G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 2nd | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 3rd | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Total | 23 | 3 | 31 | 9 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | CHI SOG | CHI G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 20 | 2 | 26 | 8 |
| Power play | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Short-handed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Attempt share by period
Sabres took 54.5% of the shot attempts, and 54.3% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blackhawks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | BUF CF% | BUF FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 71.4 | 70.4 |
| 2nd | 55.9 | 55.0 |
| 3rd | 39.0 | 34.6 |
| Game | 54.5 | 53.4 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 13:57 Josh Doan (6) Tage Thompson (9), Alex Tuch (10) · wrist 0–1
- 15:19 Jason Zucker (5) Jack Quinn (6), Rasmus Dahlin (14) · snap 0–2
- 17:33 Bowen Byram (4) PP Alex Tuch (11), Ryan McLeod (6) · tip-in 0–3
- 18:12 Tyler Bertuzzi (11) Sam Rinzel (4), Connor Bedard (17) · backhand 1–3
2nd period
- 05:42 Ryan McLeod (5) Jason Zucker (4), Conor Timmins (5) · wrist 1–4
- 05:50 Mattias Samuelsson (5) Isak Rosen (4), Jacob Bryson (2) · wrist 1–5
- 14:45 Alex Vlasic (2) Ryan Greene (4), Sam Rinzel (5) · wrist 2–5
- 17:31 Josh Doan (7) Rasmus Dahlin (15), Alex Tuch (12) · snap 2–6
3rd period
- 00:24 Tyler Bertuzzi (12) PP Connor Bedard (18), Frank Nazar (10) · tip-in 3–6
- 01:56 Tage Thompson (11) Alex Tuch (13) · wrist 3–7
- 07:07 Jack Quinn (4) Bowen Byram (7), Jason Zucker (5) · wrist 3–8
- 16:22 Jacob Bryson (1) Beck Malenstyn (2), Jordan Greenway (2) · wrist 3–9
Three stars
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Alex Tuch BUF · R #89 · 0 G, 4 A -
Josh Doan BUF · R #91 · 2 G, 0 A -
Jason Zucker BUF · L #17 · 1 G, 2 A
Boxscore
Chicago Blackhawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tyler Bertuzzi #59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 19:17 |
 Connor Bedard #98 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20:25 |
 Sam Rinzel #6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12:20 |
 Alex Vlasic #72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:18 |
 Frank Nazar #91 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:44 |
 Ryan Greene #20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:17 |
 Colton Dach #34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
 Oliver Moore #11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:09 |
 Ryan Donato #8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:11 |
 Sam Lafferty #24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 |
 Teuvo Teravainen #86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:33 |
 Landon Slaggert #84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
 Ilya Mikheyev #95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
 Artyom Levshunov #55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
 Connor Murphy #5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
 Louis Crevier #46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:25 |
 Matt Grzelcyk #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:59 |
 Wyatt Kaiser #44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arvid Soderblom #40 | L | 31 | 9 | .710 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch #89 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18:04 |
| Jason Zucker #17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15:25 |
| Josh Doan #91 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16:58 |
 Ryan McLeod #71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17:13 |
 Tage Thompson #72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16:21 |
 Jack Quinn #22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16:09 |
 Bowen Byram #4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18:01 |
 Jacob Bryson #78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:41 |
 Rasmus Dahlin #26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23:56 |
 Mattias Samuelsson #23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24:33 |
 Beck Malenstyn #29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:55 |
 Jordan Greenway #12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:18 |
 Isak Rosen #63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:28 |
 Conor Timmins #21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:02 |
 Noah Ostlund #86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
 Peyton Krebs #19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
 Tyson Kozak #48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
 Owen Power #25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1 | W | 23 | 3 | .870 | 60:00 |
SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.