Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, April 12, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena

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2–3

Final/SO

SOG 28–34

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 34-28.

Goals came from Rasmus Dahlin, Carter Verhaeghe, Jesse Puljujarvi and JJ Peterka.

Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 32 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	0	0	2	28
FLA	0	2	0	0	1	3	34

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Rasmus Dahlin (17)Jason Zucker (31), JJ Peterka (39)1–019:41 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Carter Verhaeghe (19)Seth Jones (26), Evan Rodrigues (16)1–105:00 FLA
Jesse Puljujarvi (4)Uvis Balinskis (14), Carter Verhaeghe (32)1–214:47 FLA

3rd period

JJ Peterka (26)Rasmus Dahlin (49), Alex Tuch (30)2–212:18 BUF · PPG

SO period

Anton LundellUnassisted2–300:00 FLA

Team stats

BUFFLA

28Shots on goal34

38%Faceoff %62%

2/3Power play0/3

17Penalty minutes17

20Hits34

13Blocked shots11

15Giveaways16

11Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 05:34Connor Clifton · boarding2 min
1st 18:54Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min
2nd 15:24Uvis Balinskis · slashing2 min
2nd 15:24Zach Benson · slashing2 min
2nd 18:01Jason Zucker · slashing2 min
3rd 02:45Jonah Gadjovich · fighting5 min
3rd 02:45Alex Tuch · fighting5 min
3rd 04:02Rasmus Dahlin · cross checking2 min
3rd 10:19A.J. Greer · roughing2 min
3rd 10:19A.J. Greer · roughing2 min
3rd 10:19Tage Thompson · roughing2 min
3rd 10:19Mackie Samoskevich · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 15:21Connor Clifton · slashing2 min
3rd 15:21Carter Verhaeghe · roughing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

77JJ PeterkaR	1	1	2	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:11
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	2	-1	6	2	0	2	–	28:20
17Jason ZuckerL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	100	17:45
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	5	–	20:34
9Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:14
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	25	16:45
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	50	17:20
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:25
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	10:12
36Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	08:59
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	16:35
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	14	19:25
81Sam LaffertyC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	–	08:55
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	23:08
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	22:11
24Jacob Bernard-DockerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	14:51
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:27
75Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	4	–	20:43

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	O	34	32	2	.941	65:00
47James ReimerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

23Carter VerhaegheC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	–	18:58
17Evan RodriguesC	0	1	1	+2	4	1	0	2	53	19:57
20Jesse PuljujarviR	1	0	1	+1	4	9	1	0	–	14:48
3Seth JonesD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	26:51
26Uvis BalinskisD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	–	17:40
8Nico SturmC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	69	15:28
10A.J. GreerL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	100	08:25
12Jonah GadjovichL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	–	08:39
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	20:09
25Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	19:57
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33	17:55
63Brad MarchandL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:54
70Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	100	13:31
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	57	07:22
6Jaycob MegnaD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	13:52
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	23:03
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	23:07
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	16:38

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Vitek VanecekG	W	28	26	2	.929	65:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG		0	0	0	–	00:00