Game

Panthers at Sabres

Sabres 5, Panthers 3 · first star Noah Ostlund (1 G, 0 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Florida Panthers 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5

Panthers FLA

3 FINAL 5

Sabres BUF

Monday, October 12, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo · TV SN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	1	2	0	3	23
Sabres	2	1	2	5	32

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 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: FLA 23, BUF 32.

FLA in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Panthers 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 23 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 32 shots on goal (5 goals, 11 missed, 6 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	7	1	20	11	2	18
2nd	7	2	16	13	1	17
3rd	9	0	27	8	2	14
Total	23	3	63	32	5	49

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	12	1	25	3
Power play	10	2	7	2
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Panthers took 56.3% of the shot attempts, and 51.9% of the 81 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	47.4	53.3
2nd	51.5	51.7
3rd	34.1	40.0
Game	43.8	48.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:58 Josh Doan (1) Peyton Krebs (3) · wrist 0–1
11:00 Anton Lundell (1) Aaron Ekblad (2), Sandis Vilmanis (1) · wrist 1–1
15:55 Rasmus Dahlin (2) PP Jack Quinn (1), Tage Thompson (3) · slap 1–2

2nd period

06:26 Sam Reinhart (1) PP Seth Jones (1), Matthew Tkachuk (2) · poke 2–2
11:25 Ryan McLeod (1) Olen Zellweger (1), Owen Power (5) · wrist 2–3
13:41 Sam Reinhart (2) PP Brady Tkachuk (1), Seth Jones (2) · wrist 3–3

3rd period

07:15 Noah Ostlund (2) PP Zach Benson (2), Jack Quinn (2) · wrist 3–4
13:20 Tage Thompson (4) Owen Power (6), Peyton Krebs (4) · wrist 3–5

Three stars

Noah Ostlund BUF · C #86 · 1 G, 0 A
Ryan McLeod BUF · C #71 · 1 G, 0 A
Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:15	FLA	Dmitry Kulikov	holding	2	Beck Malenstyn
1st	17:01	FLA	Radko Gudas	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	03:26	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	interference	2	Josh Doan
2nd	05:55	BUF	Olen Zellweger	tripping	2	Sam Reinhart
2nd	12:48	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	holding	2	Dmitry Kulikov
3rd	06:15	FLA	Aaron Ekblad	holding the stick	2	Zach Benson
3rd	13:39	BUF	Josh Norris	slashing	2	Niko Mikkola
3rd	16:26	FLA	Eetu Luostarinen	hooking	2	Olen Zellweger
3rd	18:08	BUF	Josh Norris	high sticking	2	Sandis Vilmanis

Boxscore

Florida Panthers

Panthers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sam Reinhart #13	C	2	0	2	-1	2	2	0	0	77.8	20:27
Seth Jones #3	D	0	2	2	-1	4	2	0	0	0.0	23:55
Anton Lundell #15	C	1	0	1	+1	3	3	0	0	40.0	14:51
Brady Tkachuk #8	L	0	1	1	-2	3	7	0	0	50.0	16:32
Matthew Tkachuk #19	L	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:25
Sandis Vilmanis #95	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	12:21
Aaron Ekblad #5	D	0	1	1	-1	3	3	0	4	0.0	20:25
Carter Verhaeghe #23	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:37
Eetu Luostarinen #27	C	0	0	0	+1	2	4	1	2	0.0	16:37
Lars Eller #20	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	44.4	12:36
Sam Bennett #9	C	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	70.6	15:34
Sam Lafferty #18	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	14:54
Bokondji Imama #14	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:56
Garnet Hathaway #21	R	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0.0	10:05
Dmitry Kulikov #7	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0.0	14:32
Gustav Forsling #42	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	24:10
Niko Mikkola #77	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	0.0	19:48
Radko Gudas #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	12:27

Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	—	11	9	2	.818	9/10	0/1	20:00
Akira Schmid #40	L	21	18	3	.857	13/15	5/6	38:08

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	1	2	+1	1	2	1	0	50.0	17:58
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	0	66.7	15:08
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:35
Owen Power #25	D	0	2	2	+3	1	0	0	0	0.0	26:31
Noah Ostlund #86	C	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33.3	17:54
Ryan McLeod #71	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50.0	16:04
Josh Doan #91	R	1	0	1	+2	3	0	2	0	0.0	16:15
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	09:06
Zach Benson #6	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	19:40
Olen Zellweger #8	D	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	0.0	20:03
Jiri Kulich #20	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	13:52
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	62.5	11:24
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:52
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	10:46
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0.0	09:56
Louis Crevier #46	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0.0	15:03
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	26:59
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0.0	15:38

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Colten Ellis #92	—	9	7	2	.778	5/6	1/2	26:26
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	W	14	13	1	.929	6/6	7/8	33:34

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 2026-10-24.