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Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers on February 27th 2026

Buffalo Sabres (3)

at

Florida Panthers (2)

Game No: 930

Started: 2026-02-27 19:08:00

Ended: 2026-02-27 21:48:00

Attendance: 19,783

Three Stars by: Media

Full Recap

Period Time Team Scorer Shot Type Distance (ft) Assist Assist Highlight
1 17:48 BUF Alex Tuch Ryan McLeod Bowen Byram
2 13:51 FLA Matthew Tkachuk Brad Marchand Sam Bennett
3 11:38 BUF Beck Malenstyn Josh Norris Noah Ostlund
3 18:43 BUF Peyton Krebs Tage Thompson Alex Tuch
3 19:25 FLA Sam Bennett

Referees

#24 Graham Skilliter

#15 Jean Hebert

Officials

#88 Tyson Baker

#95 Jonny Murray

Period Time Team Player Penalty PIM Drawn By
1 2:00 BUF Beck Malenstyn Tripping 2 Donovan Sebrango
2 9:47 BUF Too many men/ice - bench 2
2 13:45 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
3 5:20 BUF Josh Dunne Hooking 2
1 15:57 FLA A.J. Greer Hooking 2 Joshua Dunne
2 17:55 FLA Gustav Forsling Holding 2 Josh Doan
3 11:38 FLA Delay Game - Unsucc chlg 2

Buffalo Sabres Roster

Coach: Lindy Ruff

# Player Position
4 Bowen Byram D
8 Michael Kesselring D
9 Josh Norris C
17 Jason Zucker L
19 Peyton Krebs C
22 Jack Quinn R
23 Mattias Samuelsson D
25 Owen Power D
26 Rasmus Dahlin D
29 Beck Malenstyn L
34 Alex Lyon G
44 Joshua Dunne C
44 Josh Dunne C
48 Tyson Kozak C
71 Ryan McLeod C
72 Tage Thompson C
73 Zach Metsa D
86 Noah Ostlund C
89 Alex Tuch R
91 Josh Doan R
92 Colten Ellis G

Buffalo Sabres Scratches

# Player Position
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G
78 Jacob Bryson D
92 Anton Wahlberg C

Florida Panthers Scratches

# Player Position
22 Tobias Bjornfot D
70 Jesper Boqvist C
79 Cole Schwindt R

3 Goals 2
6 Assists 2
5 Plus / Minus -5
4 Penalties 3
8 PIM 6
53 Corsi For 47
53 Corsi % 47
39 Fenwick For 47
45.35 Fenwick % 54.65
39 Shots 29
17 Shots Blocked 18
14 Missed Shots 18
14 Hits 20
15 Giveaways 16
7 Takeaways 3
18 Blocked Shots 16
25 Faceoffs Won 42
42 Faceoffs Lost 25
37% Faceoff Percentage 63%

Time Spent With Lead

Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers
Lead Time With Lead Lead Time With Lead
1 23:43 1
2 0:42 2

Time Each Lead Lasted

Buffalo Sabres - Florida Panthers Time With Lead
1 - 0 16:03
2 - 1 7:05
3 - 1 0:42
3 - 2 0:35

Buffalo Sabres

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
4 Bowen Byram 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Michael Kesselring 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 Josh Norris 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 10 47
17 Jason Zucker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 Peyton Krebs 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 67
22 Jack Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 Mattias Samuelsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0
25 Owen Power 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
26 Rasmus Dahlin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
29 Beck Malenstyn 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
34 Alex Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Joshua Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Josh Dunne 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 75
48 Tyson Kozak 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 7 22
71 Ryan McLeod 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 9 31
72 Tage Thompson 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 11 27
73 Zach Metsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
86 Noah Ostlund 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 33
89 Alex Tuch 1 1 2 1 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0
91 Josh Doan 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida Panthers

# Player G A Pts +/- P PIM S SB MS H GV TK B Shots FW FL F%
2 Jeff Petry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Aaron Ekblad 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Donovan Sebrango 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Sam Bennett 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 7 61
10 A.J. Greer 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 MacKie Samoskevich 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
13 Sam Reinhart 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 33
15 Anton Lundell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 9 8 53
17 Evan Rodrigues 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 15 5 75
19 Matthew Tkachuk 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
23 Carter Verhaeghe 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 Uvis Balinskis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 Eetu Luostarinen 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
40 Daniil Tarasov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Gustav Forsling 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
63 Brad Marchand 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
71 Luke Kunin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 1 86
72 Sergei Bobrovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 Niko Mikkola 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
95 Sandis Vilmanis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Buffalo Sabres

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
4 Bowen Byram 31 00:45 23:42 02:02 02:47 18:53
8 Michael Kesselring 18 00:41 12:19 00:00 02:00 10:19
9 Josh Norris 22 00:48 17:46 03:32 00:00 14:14
17 Jason Zucker 18 00:52 15:52 03:56 00:00 11:56
19 Peyton Krebs 21 00:41 14:37 00:00 00:41 13:56
22 Jack Quinn 19 00:46 14:35 02:05 00:00 12:30
23 Mattias Samuelsson 31 00:45 23:42 00:00 03:38 20:04
25 Owen Power 28 00:50 23:46 00:51 02:38 20:17
26 Rasmus Dahlin 30 00:50 25:04 03:50 01:09 20:05
29 Beck Malenstyn 18 00:36 10:57 00:07 01:37 09:13
44 Joshua Dunne
44 Josh Dunne 14 00:38 08:54 00:06 00:00 08:48
48 Tyson Kozak 16 00:40 10:45 00:08 02:23 08:14
71 Ryan McLeod 22 00:43 15:58 02:11 04:08 09:39
72 Tage Thompson 24 00:49 19:39 03:45 00:01 15:53
73 Zach Metsa 9 00:41 06:13 00:00 00:00 06:13
86 Noah Ostlund 23 00:37 14:23 01:05 00:00 13:18
89 Alex Tuch 27 00:43 19:23 02:00 03:22 14:01
91 Josh Doan 22 00:44 16:23 03:37 00:00 12:46

Florida Panthers

TOI
# Player Shifts Avg Shift Total Power Play Shorthanded Even Strength
2 Jeff Petry 22 00:44 16:24 00:00 02:10 14:14
5 Aaron Ekblad 31 00:52 27:18 03:03 03:27 20:48
6 Donovan Sebrango 16 00:38 10:23 00:00 00:30 09:53
9 Sam Bennett 21 01:00 21:19 04:45 00:41 15:53
10 A.J. Greer 12 00:41 08:21 00:00 00:00 08:21
11 MacKie Samoskevich 17 00:45 12:49 00:46 00:00 12:03
13 Sam Reinhart 26 00:51 22:24 04:43 01:37 16:04
15 Anton Lundell 24 00:41 16:43 00:57 03:19 12:27
17 Evan Rodrigues 24 00:44 17:36 01:23 01:55 14:18
19 Matthew Tkachuk 22 00:58 21:34 05:09 00:36 15:49
23 Carter Verhaeghe 22 00:47 17:21 01:23 00:00 15:58
26 Uvis Balinskis 12 00:43 08:38 01:26 00:00 07:12
27 Eetu Luostarinen 22 00:41 15:09 00:00 03:35 11:34
42 Gustav Forsling 32 00:44 23:51 02:11 02:09 19:31
63 Brad Marchand 22 00:44 16:10 04:43 00:00 11:27
71 Luke Kunin 10 00:40 06:43 00:00 00:00 06:43
77 Niko Mikkola 29 00:52 25:29 00:01 03:25 22:03
95 Sandis Vilmanis 12 00:39 07:52 00:00 00:00 07:52

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
34 Alex Lyon 1 0 11 1
2 1 11 0.909
3 1 7 0.857

Florida Panthers

# Player Period Goals Against Shots Against Save Percentage
40 Daniil Tarasov 1 1 16 0.938
2 0 12 1
3 1 10 0.9