Buffalo Sabres v Florida Panthers

NHL

Final

Buffalo Sabres

5–3

Florida Panthers

Player stats

Panthers

forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
S. BennettC	0	2	0	-2	15:34	0:43	0:00	14:51	20	0	0	0	1	0	12	5	70.6	1	0	0
L. EllerC	0	1	0	0	12:36	0:33	3:09	8:54	17	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	44.4	0	0	0
G. HathawayRW	1	5	0	0	10:05	0:00	2:19	7:46	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
B. ImamaLW	0	1	0	0	8:56	0:00	0:00	8:56	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
S. LaffertyC	1	2	0	-1	14:54	0:00	1:06	13:48	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	0	0
A. LundellC	0	3	0	1	14:51	1:16	3:13	10:22	23	1	1	0	3	0	4	6	40.0	1	0	0
E. LuostarinenC	1	4	0	1	16:37	1:07	2:55	12:35	22	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	1	1	2
S. ReinhartC	0	2	1	-1	20:27	4:54	1:30	14:03	21	2	2	0	2	2	7	2	77.8	0	0	0
M. TkachukLW	0	1	1	-2	18:25	4:54	0:00	13:31	22	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
B. TkachukLW	0	7	0	-2	16:32	3:45	0:00	12:47	23	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
C. VerhaegheC	0	0	0	-1	17:37	3:44	0:00	13:53	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
S. VilmanisLW	1	0	0	1	12:21	0:26	0:32	11:23	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0

defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
A. EkbladD	0	3	0	-1	20:25	0:40	2:19	17:26	27	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	4
G. ForslingD	0	0	1	-1	24:10	0:04	4:03	20:03	28	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
R. GudasD	1	0	1	0

goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
A. SchmidG	3	21	0	0	18	.857	13	5	0	38:08	0	0
J. MarkstromG	2	11	0	0	9	.818	9	0	0	20:00	0	0

Sabres

forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	SOG	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Z. BensonLW	1	0	0	0	19:40	4:49	2:56	11:55	21	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	50.0	0	0	0
J. DoanRW	2	0	1	2	16:15	2:35	0:00	13:40	22	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0

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News and reaction

Match reportNHL Awards Watch: Believe it or not, McDavid not the unanimous MVP pick right nowOur panel of PHWA voters identify their finalists for all the awards, with some tight races in a few spots.ESPN1h ago Match reportSabres list Dahlin as day to day; Panthers goalie Markstrom pulled after feeling something tightenBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff on Monday listed captain Rasmus Dahlin as day to day after leaving the game with an injury, while adding the defenseman won’t initially join the…LancasterOnline13 Oct

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Match details

Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Started: 4:00 am Sydney time
Venue: KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Competition: NHL
Officials: Eric Furlatt (Referee), Carter Sandlak (Referee), James Tobias (Linesman), Joe Mahon (Linesman)
Crowd: 19,070

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defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
L. CrevierD	2	3	0	15:03	0:00	1:42	13:21	21	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
R. DahlinD	1	0	0	9:06	1:51	0:00	7:15	13	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	0
Z. MetsaD	3	0	1	15:38	0:00	3:11	12:27	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
O. PowerD	0	0	3	26:31	4:58	1:47	19:46	29	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
M. SamuelssonD	1	1	0	26:59	0:36	3:17	23:06	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
O. ZellwegerD	0	0	0	20:03	0:37	0:00	19:26	23	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	2

goalies	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
C. EllisG	2	9	0	0	7	.778	5	1	1	26:26	0	0
U. LuukkonenG	1	14	0	0	13	.929	6	7	0	33:34	0	0