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Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Monday, February 2, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 20–42

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday, February 2, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 42-20.

Goals came from Sandis Vilmanis, Evan Rodrigues, Tage Thompson, Peyton Krebs, Zach Benson, Uvis Balinskis, Jason Zucker and Josh Doan.

Alex Lyon made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 15 of 20.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF212520
Florida PanthersFLA210342

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJason ZuckerBUF · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starSam ReinhartFLA · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:08

3–2 · 2nd 5:44 · Benson. Tkachuk was 2:08 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceFLA on ice

0–1 FLA

1st 0:37 · Vilmanis

Krebs 0:37

0–2 FLA

1st 5:54 · Rodrigues

McLeod 0:18

1–2 BUF

1st 15:03 · Thompson

Rodrigues 0:18

2–2 BUF

1st 18:26 · Krebs

Verhaeghe 0:37

3–2 BUF

2nd 5:44 · Benson

Stuck out there: Tkachuk 2:08

3–3 FLA

2nd 18:59 · PP · Balinskis

Long shift: Power 1:03

4–3 BUF

3rd 5:31 · PP · Zucker

Ekblad 0:30

5–3 BUF

3rd 17:51 · Doan

Balinskis 0:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFFLA
20Shots on goal42
49%Faceoff %51%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits22
20Blocked shots13
17Giveaways17
2Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 2nd 03:36Ryan McLeod · delaying game2 min
  • 2nd 12:51Jeff Petry · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 17:11Jack Quinn · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 00:35Aaron Ekblad · holding2 min
  • 3rd 05:19Cole Schwindt · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 12:15Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 13:08Bowen Byram · slashing2 min

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