Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final

SOG 15–28

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Recap

Sabres rally past Blackhawks as Kulich nets winner

The Buffalo Sabres came back to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Saturday night at KeyBank Center. Chicago jumped ahead 2-0 in the first period on goals from Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi, and led 3-2 after Oliver Moore scored late in the second. But Buffalo tied it on Rasmus Dahlin's goal early in the third, and Jiri Kulich buried the winner at 13:20 of the final frame to complete the comeback.

Kulich took first-star honors, with Jack Quinn and Dahlin rounding out the three stars. Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist for Buffalo, which outshot Chicago 28-15. Anton Frondell and Alex Vlasic each picked up two assists for the Blackhawks, who fell to 0-3-0. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 12 saves for the win, while Spencer Knight stopped 24 shots in the loss. The Sabres improved to 1-1-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	2	1	0	3	15
BUF	1	1	2	4	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ryan Donato (1)Alex Vlasic (1), Nick Lardis (1)Power 1:42 into shift1–007:59 CHI
Tyler Bertuzzi (1)Anton Frondell (1), Teuvo Teravainen (1)McLeod 1:12 into shift2–011:24 CHI
Jack Quinn (2)Zach Metsa (1)2–116:24 BUF

2nd period

Tage Thompson (1)Louis Crevier (1), Josh Norris (1)2–205:41 BUF
Oliver Moore (1)Anton Frondell (2), Alex Vlasic (2)Power 1:19 into shift3–218:18 CHI

3rd period

Rasmus Dahlin (1)Peyton Krebs (1), Mattias Samuelsson (1)3–306:10 BUF
Jiri Kulich (1)Owen Power (3), Tage Thompson (1)Nazar 1:29 into shift3–413:20 BUF

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:42

1–0 · 1st 7:59 · Donato. BUF stayed on through an icing. Power was 1:42 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceBUF on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CHI

1st 7:59 · Donato

Stuck out there: Power 1:42

Stuck out therePower 1:42

2–0 CHI

1st 11:24 · Bertuzzi

Long shift: McLeod 1:12

Long shiftMcLeod 1:12

2–1 BUF

1st 16:24 · Quinn

Levshunov 0:37

Fresh legsLevshunov 0:37

2–2 BUF

2nd 5:41 · Thompson

Del Mastro 0:45

NormalDel Mastro 0:45

3–2 CHI

2nd 18:18 · Moore

Long shift: Power 1:19

Long shiftPower 1:19

3–3 BUF

3rd 6:10 · Dahlin

Donato 0:26

Fresh legsDonato 0:26

3–4 BUF

3rd 13:20 · Kulich

Long shift: Nazar 1:29

Long shiftNazar 1:29

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

CHIBUF

15Shots on goal28

48%Faceoff %52%

0/2Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes4

18Hits29

11Blocked shots8

18Giveaways22

4Takeaways3

Penalties

2nd 11:39Josh Doan · hooking2 min
2nd 16:05Oliver Moore · interference2 min
3rd 00:53Patrick Kane · high sticking2 min
3rd 11:51Cole Smith · tripping2 min
3rd 11:58Zach Benson · tripping2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

16Anton FrondellC	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	38	16:06
72Alex VlasicD	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	0	–	22:33
8Ryan DonatoC	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:25
11Oliver MooreC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	80	09:30
59Tyler BertuzziL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:18
76Nick LardisL	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	–	07:41
86Teuvo TeravainenC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	14:22
12Jordan GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:55
20Ryan GreeneC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	15:36
22Cole SmithR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	15:09
80Roman KantserovR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	63	18:48
88Patrick KaneR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	–	19:01
91Frank NazarC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	38	19:58
14Kevin KorchinskiD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	11:21
28Ian ColeD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	20:37
38Ethan Del MastroD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	–	15:01
44Wyatt KaiserD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	–	22:58
55Artyom LevshunovD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	24:40

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Spencer KnightG	L	28	24	4	.857	59:01
40Arvid SoderblomG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

72Tage ThompsonC	1	1	2	+2	4	2	1	0	56	19:41
9Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	33	16:32
19Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:42
20Jiri KulichC	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	78	13:31
22Jack QuinnR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	1	0	–	19:07
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	24:11
25Owen PowerD	0	1	1	-2	1	1	1	0	–	25:12
26Rasmus DahlinD	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	–	25:23
46Louis CrevierD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	17:08
73Zach MetsaD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	08:28
6Zach BensonL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	33	19:33
10Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	75	07:20
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	08:31
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	60	12:02
86Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	17:23
91Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	2	–	18:06
94Konsta HeleniusC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	–	14:39
8Olen ZellwegerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:31

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	W	15	12	3	.800	60:00
92Colten EllisG		0	0	0	–	00:00