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Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

NHLMarch 8, 2025Amerant Bank Arena

SabresBuffaloBUF

Sabres 0, Panthers 4

Final
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Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Joshua Norris faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  3. 0:29Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  4. 0:32Sam Reinhart hit Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 0:54Jesper Boqvist hit Jacob Bryson
  6. 1:00Jesper Boqvist Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  7. 1:01Jesper Boqvist Snap Shot Short
  8. 1:02Jesper Boqvist Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  9. 1:04Anton Lundell hit Ryan McLeod
  10. 1:12Anton Lundell shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  11. 1:15Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:15Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  13. 1:35Sam Bennett shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  14. 1:45Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  15. 1:47Goalie Stopped
  16. 1:47Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  17. 1:48Josh Norris Wrist Shot Wide Left
  18. 2:33Puck in Crowd
  19. 2:33Tomas Nosek faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  20. 2:35Nate Schmidt hit Beck Malenstyn
  21. 2:46A.J. Greer hit Bowen Byram
  22. 2:54Josh Dunne hit Nico Sturm
  23. 3:06A.J. Greer hit Josh Dunne
  24. 3:58Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  25. 4:23Mackie Samoskevich hit Mattias Samuelsson
  26. 4:43Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  27. 5:10Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  28. 5:13Goalie Stopped
  29. 5:13Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Zach Benson
  30. 5:18Dmitry Kulikov hit Isak Rosen
  31. 5:23Isak Rosen hit Nate Schmidt
  32. 5:43Giveaway by Isak Rosen
  33. 6:05Connor Clifton hit Carter Verhaeghe
  34. 6:57Sam Lafferty shot blocked by Nico Sturm
  35. 7:04Josh Dunne hit Tomas Nosek
  36. 7:17Nate Schmidt Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 7:19Nate Schmidt Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 7:20A.J. Greer Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (11), Dmitry Kulikov (9)
  39. 7:20Joshua Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  40. 7:31Off-side
  41. 7:31Joshua Norris faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  42. 7:50Jacob Bryson Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  43. 8:37Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  44. 8:41Anton Lundell Tripping against Zach Benson
  45. 8:41Joshua Norris faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  46. 8:59Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  47. 10:24Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  48. 10:24Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  49. 10:35Owen Power shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
  50. 11:02Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  51. 11:06Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  52. 11:11Owen Power shot blocked by Mackie Samoskevich
  53. 11:22Sam Bennett Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  54. 11:25Goalie Stopped
  55. 11:25Sam Bennett faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  56. 11:26Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  57. 12:00Isak Rosen Backhand saved by Vitek Vanecek
  58. 12:34Giveaway by Josh Norris
  59. 12:47Off-side
  60. 12:47Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  61. 12:54JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Left
  62. 12:56Giveaway by JJ Peterka
  63. 12:59Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
  64. 13:03Puck in Crowd
  65. 13:03Nico Sturm faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
  66. 13:14Tomas Nosek Wrist Shot Wide Left
  67. 13:18Nico Sturm hit Josh Dunne
  68. 13:19A.J. Greer hit Owen Power
  69. 13:26Nico Sturm shot blocked by Josh Dunne
  70. 14:05Off-side
  71. 14:05Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  72. 14:16Giveaway by Niko Mikkola
  73. 14:17Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  74. 15:04Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  75. 15:09Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  76. 15:37Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot Wide Right
  77. 16:03Carter Verhaeghe Tip-In Wide Left
  78. 16:08High Stick
  79. 16:08Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  80. 16:38Puck in Benches
  81. 16:38Nico Sturm faceoff won against Josh Dunne
  82. 16:41Nate Schmidt shot blocked by Sam Lafferty
  83. 16:47A.J. Greer hit Owen Power
  84. 17:01Nate Schmidt hit Sam Lafferty
  85. 17:05Beck Malenstyn hit Dmitry Kulikov
  86. 17:17Josh Dunne Wrist Shot Wide Left
  87. 17:58Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Vitek Vanecek
  88. 18:00Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  89. 18:12Seth Jones Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  90. 18:14Goalie Stopped
  91. 18:14Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  92. 18:22Aleksander Barkov shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  93. 18:50JJ Peterka Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  94. 19:08Eetu Luostarinen hit Isak Rosen
  95. 19:28Icing
  96. 19:28Sam Bennett faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  97. 19:30Niko Mikkola Snap Shot Wide Left
  98. 19:37Seth Jones Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  99. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Joshua Norris faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  3. 0:17Joshua Norris Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  4. 0:28Icing
  5. 0:28Sam Reinhart faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  6. 0:50Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  7. 0:53Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:53Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  9. 0:57Owen Power Snap Shot Short
  10. 1:09Evan Rodrigues hit Owen Power
  11. 1:10Sam Bennett hit Connor Clifton
  12. 1:23Takeaway by Sam Bennett
  13. 1:43Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  14. 1:48Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Left
  15. 2:01Alex Tuch Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  16. 2:24Sam Reinhart Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  17. 2:47Aleksander Barkov hit Tage Thompson
  18. 3:14Nico Sturm Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  19. 3:16Goalie Stopped
  20. 3:16Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  21. 3:20Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  22. 3:22Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  23. 3:31Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  24. 3:35Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  25. 4:01Josh Dunne hit Jesper Boqvist
  26. 4:15Giveaway by Nate Schmidt
  27. 4:15Josh Dunne Wrist Shot Wide Left
  28. 4:24A.J. Greer hit Josh Dunne
  29. 4:25Beck Malenstyn hit Dmitry Kulikov
  30. 4:27Josh Dunne Wrist Shot Wide Right
  31. 4:50Isak Rosen shot blocked by Dmitry Kulikov
  32. 5:13Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  33. 5:18Goalie Stopped
  34. 5:18Sam Bennett faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  35. 5:33Off-side
  36. 5:33Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  37. 6:40Mattias Samuelsson hit Jesper Boqvist
  38. 7:13A.J. Greer Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  39. 7:15Goalie Stopped
  40. 7:15Nico Sturm faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
  41. 7:16Dmitry Kulikov Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 7:18Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:18Nico Sturm faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  44. 7:25Nico Sturm hit Connor Clifton
  45. 7:35Nate Schmidt Snap Shot Wide Left
  46. 7:42Tomas Nosek Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  47. 7:44Goalie Stopped
  48. 7:44Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  49. 7:56Evan Rodrigues shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  50. 8:01Mackie Samoskevich hit Isak Rosen
  51. 9:13Takeaway by Aleksander Barkov
  52. 9:32Carter Verhaeghe Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)
  53. 9:32Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  54. 9:50Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  55. 9:53Connor Clifton Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  56. 10:18Connor Clifton hit Eetu Luostarinen
  57. 10:26Icing
  58. 10:26Nico Sturm faceoff won against Sam Lafferty
  59. 10:28Niko Mikkola Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  60. 10:35Off-side
  61. 10:35Joshua Norris faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  62. 10:49Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  63. 10:50Goalie Stopped
  64. 10:50Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  65. 11:11Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  66. 11:16Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  67. 11:25Gustav Forsling shot blocked by JJ Peterka
  68. 11:31Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  69. 11:35Mattias Samuelsson hit Carter Verhaeghe
  70. 11:37Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  71. 11:57JJ Peterka Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  72. 11:59Goalie Stopped
  73. 11:59Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  74. 12:03Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  75. 12:06Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  76. 12:21Ryan McLeod Tip-In saved by Vitek Vanecek
  77. 12:58Peyton Krebs Slap Shot Wide Right
  78. 13:30Evan Rodrigues Tip-In Wide Left
  79. 13:35Nate Schmidt Slap Shot Wide Right
  80. 14:16Nico Sturm Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  81. 14:24Off-side
  82. 14:24Sam Bennett faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  83. 14:42Mattias Samuelsson hit Evan Rodrigues
  84. 14:43Mackie Samoskevich hit Alex Tuch
  85. 14:59Puck in Crowd
  86. 14:59Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  87. 15:35Joshua Norris shot blocked by Gustav Forsling
  88. 15:54Takeaway by Owen Power
  89. 15:56Takeaway by Aleksander Barkov
  90. 15:57Giveaway by Aleksander Barkov
  91. 16:39Eetu Luostarinen hit Connor Clifton
  92. 16:43Anton Lundell Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. 17:01Josh Dunne hit Eetu Luostarinen
  94. 17:07Nate Schmidt Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  95. 17:09Anton Lundell Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (12), Jesper Boqvist (11)
  96. 17:09Nico Sturm faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  97. 17:12Seth Jones Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  98. 17:49A.J. Greer hit Isak Rosen
  99. 18:05Off-side
  100. 18:05Sam Bennett faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  101. 18:53Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left
  102. 19:11Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  103. 19:24Mattias Samuelsson Backhand Hit Right Post
  104. 19:30Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  105. 19:47Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Joshua Norris
  106. 19:54Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  107. 19:58Sam Reinhart Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  108. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Aleksander Barkov faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  3. 0:16Takeaway by Zach Benson
  4. 0:20Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  5. 1:48Off-side
  6. 1:48Sam Bennett faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  7. 3:27Isak Rosen hit Nate Schmidt
  8. 3:38Dmitry Kulikov hit Connor Clifton
  9. 4:08Nico Sturm hit Peyton Krebs
  10. 4:15Nico Sturm shot blocked by Jacob Bryson
  11. 4:17Puck in Netting
  12. 4:17Aaron Ekblad Roughing against Beck Malenstyn
  13. 4:17A.J. Greer Fighting against Josh Dunne
  14. 4:17Josh Dunne Fighting against A.J. Greer
  15. 4:17Joshua Norris faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  16. 4:45Puck in Netting
  17. 4:45Joshua Norris faceoff won against Sam Reinhart
  18. 5:04Seth Jones hit Alex Tuch
  19. 5:06Aleksander Barkov Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  20. 5:31Gustav Forsling hit Alex Tuch
  21. 5:55Dmitry Kulikov Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  22. 6:19Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  23. 6:20Puck in Netting
  24. 6:20Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  25. 6:25Beck Malenstyn hit Sam Bennett
  26. 6:30Dmitry Kulikov Backhand Wide Left
  27. 6:56Giveaway by Mackie Samoskevich
  28. 8:46Icing
  29. 8:46Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  30. 9:00Nico Sturm Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  31. 9:03Goalie Stopped
  32. 9:03Nico Sturm faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  33. 9:12Tomas Nosek Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  34. 9:13Tomas Nosek Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  35. 9:18Nico Sturm Wrist Shot Wide Left
  36. 9:22Nate Schmidt Snap Shot Wide Right
  37. 9:34Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  38. 9:39Giveaway by Sam Bennett
  39. 9:40Rasmus Dahlin hit Tomas Nosek
  40. 9:44Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  41. 10:03Icing
  42. 10:03Sam Bennett faceoff won against Joshua Norris
  43. 10:20Giveaway by Vitek Vanecek
  44. 10:20Sam Bennett hit Joshua Norris
  45. 11:06Beck Malenstyn hit Niko Mikkola
  46. 11:14Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  47. 11:49Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  48. 11:51Jesper Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  49. 12:02Eetu Luostarinen hit Alex Tuch
  50. 12:27A.J. Greer Backhand Wide Right
  51. 12:39Owen Power Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  52. 12:42Aaron Ekblad hit Josh Dunne
  53. 13:24Zach Benson High-sticking against Niko Mikkola
  54. 13:24TV Timeout
  55. 13:24Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Aleksander Barkov
  56. 14:14Mackie Samoskevich Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  57. 14:22Sam Reinhart Tip-In Wide Left
  58. 14:32Alex Tuch hit Aaron Ekblad
  59. 14:55Connor Clifton hit Carter Verhaeghe
  60. 15:02Seth Jones Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  61. 15:04Goalie Stopped
  62. 15:04Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  63. 15:26Carter Verhaeghe Wrap-around saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  64. 15:33Zach Benson Backhand Hit Right Post
  65. 16:31JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
  66. 17:14Tage Thompson hit Nate Schmidt
  67. 18:55Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot Wide Right
  68. 18:59Eetu Luostarinen shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  69. 19:04Seth Jones shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  70. 19:26Sam Bennett Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)
  71. 19:26Josh Dunne faceoff won against Nico Sturm
  72. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  73. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 7:20BUF 0, FLA 1A.J. Greer Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (11), Dmitry Kulikov (9)

2nd

  1. 9:32BUF 0, FLA 2Carter Verhaeghe Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)
  2. 17:09BUF 0, FLA 3Anton Lundell Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Nate Schmidt (12), Jesper Boqvist (11)

3rd

  1. 19:26BUF 0, FLA 4Sam Bennett Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

PanthersFlorida

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Tuch RW00-1010020:570.03000020232417:252:500:42
Beck Malenstyn LW00-104008:430.000000001247:240:001:19
Isak Rosen RW00-1020012:510.0100100019012:040:470:00
Jack Quinn RW00-1000015:200.00000020201014:061:140:00
JJ Peterka RW00-1001023:030.02002020201919:483:150:00
Josh Dunne C00-204157:1633.312101301207:160:000:00
Josh Norris C00-1001020:2753.31781010252016:572:480:42
Peyton Krebs C00-1001014:3955.6145001020514:390:000:00
Ryan McLeod C00-1002018:5338.52851010241416:211:131:19
Sam Lafferty C00-200109:000.003000001329:000:000:00
Tage Thompson C00-1010018:35100.01013010233115:492:460:00
Zach Benson LW00-1000213:580.0310011120913:580:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bowen Byram D00-1001020:4200010100.022718:541:070:41
Connor Clifton D00-1030017:5020000000.021016:310:001:19
Jacob Bryson D00-1001016:4410000000.022016:040:000:40
Mattias Samuelsson D00-1035018:2100000110.022317:030:001:18
Owen Power D00-1000019:5410000110.022619:130:410:00
Rasmus Dahlin D00-2013023:0220010100.0251119:433:190:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G35332.91457:4500282200

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