Friday, February 27, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena
Sabres 3 at Panthers 2
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
17:48
Alex Tuch
(23)
PPG
Ryan McLeod (31), Bowen Byram (20)
· Snap
BUF 1 – 0 FLA
2nd Period
-
13:51
Matthew Tkachuk
(5)
PPG
Brad Marchand (26), Sam Bennett (25)
· Snap
BUF 1 – 1 FLA
3rd Period
-
11:38
Beck Malenstyn
(5)
Josh Norris (12), Noah Ostlund (10)
· Slap
BUF 2 – 1 FLA
-
18:43
Peyton Krebs
(9)
EN
Tage Thompson (31), Alex Tuch (27)
· Wrist
BUF 3 – 1 FLA
-
19:25
Sam Bennett
(20)
Unassisted
BUF 3 – 2 FLA
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch R | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 19:23 | 2.13 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14:37 | 1.15 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 10:57 | 0.98 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 19:39 | 0.85 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 | 0.85 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:42 | 0.83 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 | 0.80 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 0.75 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23:46 | 0.43 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 23:42 | 0.38 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 25:04 | 0.35 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10:45 | 0.23 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 16:23 | 0.18 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 0.05 |
| Michael Kesselring D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:19 | 0.02 |
| Zach Metsa D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:13 | 0.02 |
| Jason Zucker L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 | -0.08 |
| Josh Dunne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:54 | -0.13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | W | 29 | 28 | 2 | .966 | 60:00 | 1.30 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 | 1.53 |
| Matthew Tkachuk L | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 | 1.03 |
| Brad Marchand L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | 0.88 |
| Aaron Ekblad D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27:18 | 0.32 |
| Mackie Samoskevich R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:49 | 0.18 |
| Eetu Luostarinen C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:09 | 0.18 |
| Luke Kunin C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:43 | 0.18 |
| Gustav Forsling D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23:51 | 0.18 |
| Anton Lundell C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 16:43 | 0.15 |
| Uvis Balinskis D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:38 | 0.15 |
| Sandis Vilmanis L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:52 | 0.02 |
| A.J. Greer L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:21 | 0.00 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 17:36 | -0.02 |
| Donovan Sebrango D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 10:23 | -0.02 |
| Sam Reinhart C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:24 | -0.05 |
| Jeff Petry D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 | -0.10 |
| Niko Mikkola D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 25:29 | -0.15 |
| Carter Verhaeghe C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:21 | -0.35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Tarasov | L | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 58:05 | 2.10 |