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Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Monday, April 13, 2026 · United Center

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

5–1

Final

SOG 26–16

Chicago BlackhawksChicagoBlackhawksHome

CHSN · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Monday, April 13, 2026 at United Center. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 26-16.

Tage Thompson scored twice. Ryan Greene, Josh Norris, Alex Tuch and Ryan McLeod also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 21 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF113526
Chicago BlackhawksCHI100116

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTage ThompsonBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex TuchBUF · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starRasmus DahlinBUF · 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+
1:35

2–1 · 2nd 13:00 · Thompson. Mikheyev was 1:35 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCHI on ice

0–1 CHI

1st 3:58 · SH · Greene

Zucker 0:17

1–1 BUF

1st 19:02 · Norris

Kaiser 0:19

2–1 BUF

2nd 13:00 · Thompson

Stuck out there: Mikheyev 1:35

3–1 BUF

3rd 5:38 · Tuch

Vlasic 0:43

4–1 BUF

3rd 11:13 · Thompson

Kaiser 0:55

5–1 BUF

3rd 18:35 · McLeod

Long shift: Frondell 1:06

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

BUFCHI
26Shots on goal16
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes4
20Hits8
10Blocked shots8
12Giveaways23
8Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 03:44Sam Rinzel · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 07:49Rasmus Dahlin · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 17:48Beck Malenstyn · holding2 min
  • 3rd 02:02Jason Zucker · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 02:49Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 06:21Logan Stanley · holding2 min
  • 3rd 09:04Louis Crevier · holding2 min

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