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Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres

NHLJanuary 12, 2026KeyBank Center

PanthersFloridaFLAWon24-18-3

Panthers 4, Sabres 3

Final
SabresBuffaloBUF24-16-4
Score by period
Team123T
FLA2024
BUF1113

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Josh Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  3. 0:08On-Ice Official
  4. 0:08Josh Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  5. 0:27Jason Zucker Snap Shot Wide Right
  6. 1:03Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  7. 1:06Puck in Netting
  8. 1:06Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  9. 1:08Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot Wide Right
  10. 1:16Sam Bennett hit Peyton Krebs
  11. 1:21Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  12. 1:22Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  13. 1:23Josh Doan Backhand saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  14. 1:29Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  15. 1:39Puck Frozen - Goalie
  16. 1:39Tage Thompson faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  17. 2:05Donovan Sebrango Slap Shot Wide Right
  18. 2:14Donovan Sebrango shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  19. 2:16Josh Doan Interference against Sandis Vilmanis
  20. 2:16Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  21. 2:28Mattias Samuelsson hit Sam Reinhart
  22. 2:35Sam Reinhart Goal (24) Tip-In, assists: Uvis Balinskis (7), Carter Verhaeghe (19)
  23. 2:35Josh Dunne faceoff won against Luke Kunin
  24. 3:17Owen Power shot blocked by Jack Studnicka
  25. 3:22Josh Dunne hit Jeff Petry
  26. 3:26Off-side
  27. 3:26Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  28. 4:01Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  29. 4:02Goalie Stopped
  30. 4:02Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  31. 4:47Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Carter Verhaeghe
  32. 5:18Carter Verhaeghe hit Mattias Samuelsson
  33. 5:41Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  34. 6:07Icing
  35. 6:07Luke Kunin faceoff won against Josh Norris
  36. 6:11Puck in Benches
  37. 6:11Josh Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  38. 6:18Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  39. 6:19Puck in Netting
  40. 6:19Tage Thompson faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  41. 6:22Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  42. 6:56Peyton Krebs hit Gustav Forsling
  43. 7:09Owen Power shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  44. 7:28Hand Pass
  45. 7:28Josh Dunne faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  46. 7:52Beck Malenstyn hit Niko Mikkola
  47. 8:33Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  48. 8:35Goalie Stopped
  49. 8:35Josh Norris faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  50. 8:53Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  51. 8:58Gustav Forsling Slap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  52. 9:00Goalie Stopped
  53. 9:00Anton Lundell faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  54. 9:03Niko Mikkola shot blocked by Josh Doan
  55. 9:08Sam Reinhart Slap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  56. 9:13Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  57. 9:16Goalie Stopped
  58. 9:16Anton Lundell faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  59. 9:32Icing
  60. 9:32Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  61. 9:36Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot Wide Left
  62. 10:00Gustav Forsling Snap Shot Wide Right
  63. 10:02Goalie Stopped
  64. 10:02Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Luke Kunin
  65. 10:06Jacob Bryson hit Jesper Boqvist
  66. 10:19Jacob Bryson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Metsa (1)
  67. 10:19Josh Dunne faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  68. 10:42Puck in Benches
  69. 10:42Sam Bennett faceoff won against Josh Norris
  70. 11:28Takeaway by Aaron Ekblad
  71. 11:34Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  72. 11:36Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  73. 11:38Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  74. 11:39Sam Reinhart Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  75. 11:45Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Wide Left
  76. 12:07Josh Doan Tip-In Wide Left
  77. 12:12Josh Doan Tip-In Wide Left
  78. 12:50Giveaway by Jeff Petry
  79. 12:58Ryan McLeod shot blocked by Jeff Petry
  80. 13:29Mackie Samoskevich hit Mattias Samuelsson
  81. 14:38Jason Zucker Deflected saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  82. 14:56Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  83. 15:04Bowen Byram hit Carter Verhaeghe
  84. 15:11A.J. Greer Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (18), Carter Verhaeghe (20)
  85. 15:11Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  86. 15:13Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  87. 15:30Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  88. 15:43Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  89. 15:51Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Carter Verhaeghe
  90. 16:15Jeff Petry Slap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  91. 16:28Giveaway by Zach Benson
  92. 16:32Takeaway by Zach Benson
  93. 17:05Josh Dunne hit Gustav Forsling
  94. 17:08Jordan Greenway hit Mackie Samoskevich
  95. 17:28Beck Malenstyn hit Evan Rodrigues
  96. 17:33Josh Dunne hit Mackie Samoskevich
  97. 17:39Sandis Vilmanis Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  98. 17:40Gustav Forsling Snap Shot Wide Left
  99. 18:01Icing
  100. 18:01Sam Bennett faceoff won against Josh Norris
  101. 18:19Icing
  102. 18:19Josh Norris faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  103. 19:03Anton Lundell hit Mattias Samuelsson
  104. 19:10Sam Reinhart shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  105. 19:21Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  106. 19:25Peyton Krebs Tip-In Wide Left
  107. 19:41Takeaway by Evan Rodrigues
  108. 19:45Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  109. 19:52Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot Wide Left
  110. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:04Takeaway by Alex Tuch
  4. 0:14Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Left
  5. 0:21Anton Lundell Tip-In Wide Right
  6. 0:29Gustav Forsling hit Bowen Byram
  7. 0:30Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  8. 1:32Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  9. 1:34Goalie Stopped
  10. 1:34Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  11. 1:49Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  12. 1:58Sandis Vilmanis hit Jacob Bryson
  13. 2:01Sandis Vilmanis hit Ryan McLeod
  14. 2:25Luke Kunin hit Jacob Bryson
  15. 2:49Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  16. 2:51Beck Malenstyn hit Jack Studnicka
  17. 3:05Josh Dunne Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  18. 3:09On-Ice Official
  19. 3:09Josh Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  20. 3:11Bowen Byram Wrist Shot Wide Right
  21. 3:31Giveaway by Colten Ellis
  22. 3:41Eetu Luostarinen Tip-In saved by Colten Ellis
  23. 3:45Eetu Luostarinen hit Owen Power
  24. 4:01Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
  25. 4:05Puck in Netting
  26. 4:05Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  27. 4:52Mattias Samuelsson hit Jeff Petry
  28. 5:00Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  29. 5:06Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  30. 5:38Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  31. 5:45Sandis Vilmanis hit Owen Power
  32. 6:09Giveaway by Colten Ellis
  33. 6:12Beck Malenstyn hit Jack Studnicka
  34. 6:30Off-side
  35. 6:30Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  36. 6:37Anton Lundell shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  37. 6:55Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  38. 6:57Goalie Stopped
  39. 6:57Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  40. 7:03Niko Mikkola hit Josh Doan
  41. 7:07Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  42. 7:10Bowen Byram Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  43. 7:51Josh Doan shot blocked by Evan Rodrigues
  44. 7:59Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  45. 8:33Sam Bennett Slashing against Tage Thompson
  46. 8:33Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  47. 9:02Puck in Crowd
  48. 9:02Tage Thompson faceoff won against Eetu Luostarinen
  49. 9:23Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Eetu Luostarinen
  50. 9:47Josh Norris shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  51. 10:05Luke Kunin Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  52. 10:58Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  53. 11:05Puck Frozen - Goalie
  54. 11:05Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  55. 11:45Takeaway by Gustav Forsling
  56. 12:08Mattias Samuelsson hit A.J. Greer
  57. 12:42Sam Bennett Tip-In Wide Right
  58. 12:49Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  59. 12:59Sam Bennett shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  60. 13:18Sam Bennett shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  61. 13:35Mackie Samoskevich hit Bowen Byram
  62. 13:39Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  63. 13:42Donovan Sebrango shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  64. 13:50Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  65. 13:55Jeff Petry Hooking against Tage Thompson
  66. 13:55Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  67. 14:35Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  68. 14:42Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  69. 14:44Goalie Stopped
  70. 14:44Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  71. 15:13Jack Quinn Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  72. 15:47Takeaway by Jack Quinn
  73. 15:54Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  74. 16:06Sam Reinhart hit Zach Benson
  75. 16:31Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  76. 16:33Goalie Stopped
  77. 16:33Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  78. 16:35Donovan Sebrango Fighting against Josh Dunne
  79. 16:35Josh Dunne Fighting against Donovan Sebrango
  80. 16:35Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Josh Norris
  81. 16:39Uvis Balinskis Wrist Shot Wide Left
  82. 16:41Sandis Vilmanis Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  83. 17:21Evan Rodrigues Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  84. 17:54Tage Thompson Snap Shot Wide Right
  85. 17:57Zach Benson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (20)
  86. 17:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  87. 18:02Peyton Krebs Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  88. 18:07Goalie Stopped
  89. 18:07Sam Bennett faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  90. 18:39Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  91. 18:40Sam Bennett Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  92. 18:48Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  93. 18:56Off-side
  94. 18:56Luke Kunin faceoff won against Josh Norris
  95. 19:00Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad
  96. 19:16Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  97. 19:18Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot Wide Right
  98. 19:22Puck Frozen - Goalie
  99. 19:22Anton Lundell faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  100. 19:35Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  101. 19:47Anton Lundell shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  102. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  3. 0:45Icing
  4. 0:45Josh Norris faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  5. 0:51A.J. Greer hit Bowen Byram
  6. 0:55Icing
  7. 0:55Josh Norris faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  8. 1:03Icing
  9. 1:03Carter Verhaeghe faceoff won against Josh Norris
  10. 1:16Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  11. 1:36Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  12. 1:54Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  13. 2:14Gustav Forsling Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  14. 2:39Jeff Petry hit Ryan McLeod
  15. 2:45Jack Quinn Tip-In Wide Left
  16. 3:09Giveaway by Sam Reinhart
  17. 3:17Giveaway by Sergei Bobrovsky
  18. 3:21Bowen Byram shot blocked by Luke Kunin
  19. 3:26Jason Zucker hit Luke Kunin
  20. 3:38Jason Zucker shot blocked by Anton Lundell
  21. 3:45Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  22. 3:47Goalie Stopped
  23. 3:47Anton Lundell faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  24. 4:00Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot Wide Right
  25. 4:20Anton Lundell Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  26. 4:23Goalie Stopped
  27. 4:23Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Carter Verhaeghe
  28. 4:48Giveaway by Owen Power
  29. 5:23Beck Malenstyn hit Donovan Sebrango
  30. 5:30Off-side
  31. 5:30Luke Kunin faceoff won against Josh Norris
  32. 5:47Zach Metsa shot blocked by Jesper Boqvist
  33. 5:48Puck in Netting
  34. 5:48Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Doan
  35. 5:51Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  36. 5:56Sam Reinhart Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  37. 6:00Goalie Stopped
  38. 6:00Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  39. 6:13Jack Quinn shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  40. 6:58Giveaway by Colten Ellis
  41. 6:58Mattias Samuelsson hit Carter Verhaeghe
  42. 7:37Mackie Samoskevich shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  43. 7:43Sam Bennett Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  44. 7:46Puck Frozen - Goalie
  45. 7:46Josh Dunne faceoff won against Evan Rodrigues
  46. 8:04Mackie Samoskevich Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  47. 8:09Jeff Petry shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  48. 8:41Giveaway by Jason Zucker
  49. 8:41Aaron Ekblad Wrist Shot Wide Left
  50. 8:56Takeaway by Eetu Luostarinen
  51. 8:59Aaron Ekblad shot blocked by Josh Norris
  52. 9:06Giveaway by Gustav Forsling
  53. 9:10Jason Zucker Snap Shot Wide Right
  54. 9:31Mattias Samuelsson hit Niko Mikkola
  55. 9:35Sam Bennett shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  56. 9:42Sam Bennett Tip-In saved by Colten Ellis
  57. 9:46Sam Bennett hit Mattias Samuelsson
  58. 10:20Mackie Samoskevich hit Zach Metsa
  59. 10:38Jeff Petry hit Zach Benson
  60. 10:39Giveaway by Zach Benson
  61. 10:54Zach Benson hit Evan Rodrigues
  62. 10:57Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  63. 11:00Puck in Netting
  64. 11:00Anton Lundell faceoff won against Josh Norris
  65. 11:02Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Owen Power
  66. 11:03Anton Lundell Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  67. 11:04Anton Lundell Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  68. 11:07Anton Lundell Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (15), Gustav Forsling (15)
  69. 11:07Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  70. 11:28Off-side
  71. 11:28Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  72. 11:35Icing
  73. 11:35Carter Verhaeghe faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  74. 11:38Niko Mikkola Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  75. 11:41Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot Wide Left
  76. 11:47Mattias Samuelsson hit A.J. Greer
  77. 12:12Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  78. 12:16Giveaway by Uvis Balinskis
  79. 12:23Carter Verhaeghe shot blocked by Rasmus Dahlin
  80. 12:27Takeaway by Carter Verhaeghe
  81. 12:29Mackie Samoskevich Tip-In Failed Bank Attempt
  82. 13:05Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  83. 13:58Giveaway by Eetu Luostarinen
  84. 14:04Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  85. 14:41Carter Verhaeghe Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  86. 14:43A.J. Greer Poke Wide Right
  87. 14:49On-Ice Official
  88. 14:49TV Timeout
  89. 14:49Tage Thompson faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  90. 15:17Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Sam Reinhart
  91. 15:39Tage Thompson shot blocked by Aaron Ekblad
  92. 15:41Puck in Netting
  93. 15:41Josh Norris faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  94. 15:43Bowen Byram Snap Shot Wide Right
  95. 15:58Jason Zucker hit Niko Mikkola
  96. 16:39Hand Pass
  97. 16:39Evan Rodrigues faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  98. 16:51Giveaway by Peyton Krebs
  99. 16:52Evan Rodrigues Wrist Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  100. 16:54Goalie Stopped
  101. 16:54Tage Thompson faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  102. 17:08Tage Thompson Tip-In saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  103. 17:10Josh Doan Snap Shot Wide Right
  104. 17:20Sam Reinhart Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  105. 18:14Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Wide Right
  106. 18:22Sam Bennett shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  107. 18:29Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot Wide Right
  108. 18:37Tage Thompson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  109. 18:46A.J. Greer Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (21), Sam Bennett (19)
  110. 18:46Anton Lundell faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  111. 19:24Giveaway by Anton Lundell
  112. 19:24Bowen Byram hit Anton Lundell
  113. 19:34Jack Quinn Slap Shot saved by Sergei Bobrovsky
  114. 19:36Puck in Netting
  115. 19:36Tage Thompson faceoff won against Sam Bennett
  116. 19:44Alex Tuch Batted Wide Left
  117. 19:46Alex Tuch Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Bowen Byram (15), Rasmus Dahlin (26)
  118. 19:46Timeout - Home
  119. 19:46Josh Norris faceoff won against Anton Lundell
  120. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  121. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 2:35FLA 1, BUF 0Sam Reinhart Goal (24) Tip-In, assists: Uvis Balinskis (7), Carter Verhaeghe (19)
  2. 10:19FLA 1, BUF 1Jacob Bryson Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (18), Zach Metsa (1)
  3. 15:11FLA 2, BUF 1A.J. Greer Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (18), Carter Verhaeghe (20)

2nd

  1. 17:57FLA 2, BUF 2Zach Benson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Tage Thompson (20)

3rd

  1. 11:07FLA 3, BUF 2Anton Lundell Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Eetu Luostarinen (15), Gustav Forsling (15)
  2. 18:46FLA 4, BUF 2A.J. Greer Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (21), Sam Bennett (19)
  3. 19:46FLA 4, BUF 3Alex Tuch Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Bowen Byram (15), Rasmus Dahlin (26)

Game leaders

PanthersFlorida

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
A.J. Greer LW201010017:350.0200001022917:350:000:00
Anton Lundell C100011018:5360.0410151010271417:060:191:28
Sam Reinhart C100011020:550.07001010272419:020:191:34
Carter Verhaeghe C031011020:3966.71120032231320:200:190:00
Eetu Luostarinen C010013018:290.0110100125417:070:001:22
Evan Rodrigues C000001016:4060.0446000120914:350:002:05
Jack Studnicka C00-100105:310.000000001005:310:000:00
Jesper Boqvist C00-100106:140.000000001135:490:000:25
Luke Kunin C00-101106:2560.012300001125:190:001:06
Mackie Samoskevich RW000030013:460.0000002018413:460:000:00
Sam Bennett C021020219:2918.841330130231619:100:190:00
Sandis Vilmanis LW000030012:030.0200000018012:030:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Aaron Ekblad D000003023:5800020210.031321:210:002:37
Donovan Sebrango D00-1000510:4400001100.016010:440:000:00
Gustav Forsling D01-1010024:1220040310.030221:380:002:34
Jeff Petry D00-1021213:1510011000.020012:450:000:30
Niko Mikkola D001010025:1630000000.032123:500:001:26
Uvis Balinskis D012000022:1900010100.030121:070:190:53
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Sergei Bobrovsky G23320.87059:3700200000

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