Game

Panthers at Sabres

Panthers 4, Sabres 3 · first star Anton Lundell (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Florida Panthers 4 at Buffalo Sabres 3

Panthers FLA

4 FINAL 3

Sabres BUF

Monday, January 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	2	0	2	4	32
Sabres	1	1	1	3	23

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Panthers 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; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: FLA 32, BUF 23.

FLA in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Panthers 32 shots on goal (4 goals, 18 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	11	2	22	7	1	19
2nd	9	0	19	10	1	18
3rd	12	2	29	6	1	20
Total	32	4	70	23	3	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	FLA SOG	FLA G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	29	3	23	3
Power play	1	1	0	0
Short-handed	2	0	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Panthers took 55.1% of the shot attempts, and 57.3% of the 110 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 Panthers hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Panthers at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	46.3	45.2
2nd	48.6	53.6
3rd	40.8	41.2
Game	44.9	46.2

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

02:35 Sam Reinhart (24) PP Uvis Balinskis (7), Carter Verhaeghe (19) · tip-in 1–0
10:19 Jacob Bryson (2) Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Metsa (1) · snap 1–1
15:11 A.J. Greer (8) Sam Bennett (18), Carter Verhaeghe (20) · snap 2–1

2nd period

17:57 Zach Benson (5) Tage Thompson (20) · wrist 2–2

3rd period

11:07 Anton Lundell (14) Eetu Luostarinen (15), Gustav Forsling (15) · wrist 3–2
18:46 A.J. Greer (9) EN Carter Verhaeghe (21), Sam Bennett (19) · wrist 4–2
19:46 Alex Tuch (15) Bowen Byram (15), Rasmus Dahlin (26) · backhand 4–3

Three stars

Anton Lundell FLA · C #15 · 1 G, 0 A
Carter Verhaeghe FLA · C #23 · 0 G, 3 A
Zach Benson BUF · L #6 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	02:16	BUF	Josh Doan	interference	2	Sandis Vilmanis
2nd	08:33	FLA	Sam Bennett	slashing	2	Tage Thompson
2nd	13:55	FLA	Jeff Petry	hooking	2	Tage Thompson
2nd	16:35	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	fighting (major)	5	Josh Dunne
2nd	16:35	BUF	Josh Dunne	fighting (major)	5	Donovan Sebrango

Boxscore

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	3	3	+1	1	1	1	0	66.7	20:39
A.J. Greer #10	L	2	0	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	17:35
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	2	2	+1	4	2	0	2	18.8	19:29
Anton Lundell #15	C	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	60.0	18:53
Sam Reinhart #13	C	1	0	1	0	7	1	1	0	0.0	20:55
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	18:29
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	24:12
Uvis Balinskis #26	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0.0	22:19
Evan Rodrigues #17	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	60.0	16:40
Jack Studnicka #53	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	05:31
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	06:14
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	60.0	06:25
Sandis Vilmanis #95	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	12:03
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	13:46
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	23:58
Donovan Sebrango #6	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0	10:44
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	0.0	13:15
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	25:16

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky #72	W	23	20	3	.870	20/23	0/0	59:37

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	18:17
Alex Tuch #89	R	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:51
Jacob Bryson #78	D	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	08:18
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	42.9	17:55
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	60.0	22:08
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	24:16
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	25:27
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	10:07
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	100.0	07:13
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	43.5	16:43
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	100.0	15:47
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.0	06:41
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	16:53
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	08:07
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	18:03
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	19:14
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	-1	2	6	3	0	0.0	24:27
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	23:46

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Colten Ellis #92	L	31	28	3	.903	26/28	0/1	57:28

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.