Game

Sabres at Panthers

Sabres 5, Panthers 3 · first star Jason Zucker (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.

Buffalo Sabres 5 at Florida Panthers 3

Sabres BUF

5 FINAL 3

Panthers FLA

Monday, February 2, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	1	2	5	20
Panthers	2	1	0	3	42

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Panthers 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. Boxscore shots on goal: BUF 20, FLA 42.

BUF in red FLA in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 20 shots on goal (5 goals, 16 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Panthers 42 shots on goal (3 goals, 17 missed, 22 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	FLA SOG	FLA G	FLA ATT
1st	8	2	17	9	2	18
2nd	6	1	17	19	1	35
3rd	6	2	15	14	0	28
Total	20	5	49	42	3	81

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	FLA SOG	FLA G
Even strength	15	4	30	2
Power play	4	1	12	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Panthers took 62.3% of the shot attempts, and 61.5% of the 91 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 Panthers and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Panthers
Period	FLA CF%	FLA FF%
1st	51.4	51.9
2nd	67.3	66.7
3rd	65.1	65.5
Game	62.3	62.1

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:37 Sandis Vilmanis (2) A.J. Greer (10), Niko Mikkola (8) · wrist 0–1
05:54 Evan Rodrigues (10) Sam Reinhart (26), Tobias Bjornfot (1) · wrist 0–2
15:03 Tage Thompson (29) Peyton Krebs (17), Rasmus Dahlin (34) · snap 1–2
18:26 Peyton Krebs (7) Rasmus Dahlin (35), Alex Tuch (26) · backhand 2–2

2nd period

05:44 Zach Benson (7) Ryan McLeod (27), Owen Power (13) · wrist 3–2
18:59 Uvis Balinskis (4) PP Sam Reinhart (27), Carter Verhaeghe (26) · snap 3–3

3rd period

05:31 Jason Zucker (14) PP Josh Doan (21), Jack Quinn (23) · wrist 4–3
17:51 Josh Doan (17) Peyton Krebs (18), Ryan McLeod (28) · wrist 5–3

Three stars

Jason Zucker BUF · L #17 · 1 G, 0 A
Rasmus Dahlin BUF · D #26 · 0 G, 2 A
Sam Reinhart FLA · C #13 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	03:36	BUF	Ryan McLeod	delaying game	2	—
2nd	12:51	FLA	Jeff Petry	tripping	2	Zach Benson
2nd	17:11	BUF	Jack Quinn	slashing	2	Aaron Ekblad
3rd	00:35	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding	2	Alex Tuch
3rd	05:19	FLA	Cole Schwindt	hooking	2	Peyton Krebs
3rd	12:15	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	tripping	2	Eetu Luostarinen
3rd	13:08	BUF	Bowen Byram	slashing	2	Evan Rodrigues

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Peyton Krebs #19	C	1	2	3	+2	1	7	0	0	33.3	19:27
Josh Doan #91	R	1	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	16:22
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	2	56.2	16:54
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	2	0.0	21:54
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	47.1	20:14
Jason Zucker #17	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	16:00
Zach Benson #6	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:10
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	1	1	+3	1	1	2	0	100.0	22:27
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	2	0.0	16:13
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	0.0	24:17
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	42.9	12:15
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	54.5	11:14
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	08:04
Isak Rosen #63	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	03:08
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	0.0	22:54
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0.0	27:26
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:48
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	07:30

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	42	39	3	.929	28/30	11/12	59:55

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sam Reinhart #13	C	0	2	2	-1	6	1	2	0	0.0	24:41
Evan Rodrigues #17	C	1	0	1	-1	5	1	0	0	56.5	24:09
Sandis Vilmanis #95	L	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	14:13
Uvis Balinskis #26	D	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	24:57
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	1	1	-2	7	0	0	0	25.0	22:53
A.J. Greer #10	L	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	0.0	15:08
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	20:19
Tobias Bjornfot #22	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	11:01
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	57.1	17:04
Jesper Boqvist #70	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	06:14
Luke Kunin #71	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	50.0	06:58
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	05:11
Matthew Tkachuk #19	L	0	0	0	-3	2	1	1	0	0.0	24:07
Cole Schwindt #79	R	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	2	50.0	14:24
Mackie Samoskevich #11	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	10:50
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	0	0	-2	3	4	1	2	0.0	20:15
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0.0	23:16
Jeff Petry #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	12:00

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky #72	L	20	15	5	.750	11/15	3/4	58:08

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.