Ducks at Sabres
Sabres 5, Ducks 3 · first star Jack Quinn (2 G, 0 A).
2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5
Shot chart
Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Ducks attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: ANA 36, BUF 32.
Shots by period
| Period | ANA SOG | ANA G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2nd | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 3rd | 14 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Total | 36 | 3 | 32 | 5 |
Shots by situation
| Situation | ANA SOG | ANA G | BUF SOG | BUF G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even strength | 31 | 3 | 27 | 5 |
| Power play | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Short-handed | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Into an empty net | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Attempt share by period
Ducks took 58.5% of the shot attempts, and 60.4% of the 106 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 Ducks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams
| Period | BUF CF% | BUF FF% |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 50.0 | 56.3 |
| 2nd | 36.2 | 40.6 |
| 3rd | 39.5 | 38.7 |
| Game | 41.5 | 45.3 |
Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.
Scoring summary
1st period
- 02:03
Jack Quinn (8) Ryan McLeod (17), Zach Benson (14) · wrist 0–1
2nd period
- 07:22 Tage Thompson (22) Peyton Krebs (12), Josh Doan (16) · tip-in 0–2
3rd period
- 07:09 Bowen Byram (10) Tage Thompson (19), Peyton Krebs (13) · snap 0–3
- 15:16
Olen Zellweger (6) Jackson LaCombe (22), Mikael Granlund (10) · backhand 1–3 - 16:00 Jack Quinn (9) Zach Benson (15), Owen Power (11) · snap 1–4
- 18:02 Leo Carlsson (18) Ian Moore (5) · wrist 2–4
- 19:12 Mason McTavish (11) Leo Carlsson (26), Beckett Sennecke (20) · wrist 3–4
- 19:49 Josh Norris (6) EN Alex Tuch (22) · backhand 3–5
Three stars
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Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 2 G, 0 A -
Tage Thompson BUF · C #72 · 1 G, 1 A -
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF · G #1 · 0 GA, .917 SV%
Penalties
| Time | Team | Player | Infraction | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:27 | ANA | Radko Gudas | ps hooking on breakaway | 0 |
| 01:07 | ANA | Ian Moore | tripping | 2 |
| 02:00 | ANA | Olen Zellweger | holding | 2 |
| 04:29 | BUF | Mattias Samuelsson | boarding | 2 |
| 13:02 | BUF | Rasmus Dahlin | roughing | 2 |
| 13:10 | BUF | Josh Doan | interference | 2 |
| 13:10 | ANA | Ryan Strome | slashing | 2 |
| 13:10 | BUF | Josh Doan | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 13:10 | ANA | Ryan Strome | fighting (major) | 5 |
| 13:10 | BUF | Josh Norris | unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 |
| 13:10 | ANA | Mason McTavish | unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 |
Boxscore
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leo Carlsson #91 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20:03 |
 Mason McTavish #23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:57 |
 Olen Zellweger #51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19:51 |
 Mikael Granlund #64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19:34 |
 Beckett Sennecke #45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:25 |
 Ian Moore #74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 |
 Jackson LaCombe #2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:05 |
 Nikita Nesterenko #13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:47 |
 Ryan Poehling #25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 |
 Ryan Strome #16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
 Tim Washe #42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
 Alex Killorn #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:54 |
 Chris Kreider #20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 |
 Cutter Gauthier #61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:03 |
 Ross Johnston #44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
 Drew Helleson #14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
 Pavel Mintyukov #98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:58 |
 Radko Gudas #7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lukas Dostal #1 | L | 31 | 4 | .871 | 58:46 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | PTS | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Quinn #22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13:41 |
| Tage Thompson #72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19:49 |
 Peyton Krebs #19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:48 |
 Zach Benson #6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13:51 |
 Josh Norris #9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15:12 |
 Bowen Byram #4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:56 |
 Ryan McLeod #71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 |
 Alex Tuch #89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:10 |
 Josh Doan #91 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:09 |
 Owen Power #25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22:03 |
 Noah Ostlund #86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
 Beck Malenstyn #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 |
 Jason Zucker #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
 Jordan Greenway #12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 |
 Jacob Bryson #78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
 Mattias Samuelsson #23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:59 |
 Rasmus Dahlin #26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:37 |
 Zach Metsa #73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1 | W | 36 | 3 | .917 | 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.