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Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2027 · KeyBank Center

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SN1 · MSG-B · SCRIPPS

Game preview

The Florida Panthers visit the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday, March 20, 2027, with puck drop at 1:00 PM ET. The game is on SN1, MSG-B and SCRIPPS.

This is the fourth of 4 meetings this season. Panthers 0, Sabres 1 so far; the last game finished FLA 3, BUF 5.

Rest and travel

Panthers

Game 4 of a road trip: Toronto, Montréal and Ottawa, now Buffalo.

  1. 102027-03-10: no game
  2. 112027-03-11: no game
  3. 122027-03-12: vs NYI
  4. 132027-03-13: no game
  5. 142027-03-14: no game
  6. 152027-03-15: at TOR
  7. 162027-03-16: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 172027-03-17: no game
  9. 182027-03-18: at OTT
  10. 192027-03-19: no game
  11. 202027-03-20: at BUF
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~222 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,860 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Sabres

Another game at home.

  1. 102027-03-10: no game
  2. 112027-03-11: no game
  3. 122027-03-12: at DET
  4. 132027-03-13: no game
  5. 142027-03-14: at MIN
  6. 152027-03-15: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 162027-03-16: no game
  8. 172027-03-17: no game
  9. 182027-03-18: vs WSH
  10. 192027-03-19: no game
  11. 202027-03-20: vs FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37
Buffalo SabresSabresTue, Oct 13 at MTL
  1. L1Benson#6Ostlund#86Quinn#22
    10:23 together at 5v5
  2. L2McLeod#71Kulich#20Helenius#94
    7:12 together at 5v5
  3. L3Thompson#72Krebs#19Doan#91
    6:57 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewMalenstyn#29Norris#9Danforth#15
    6:26 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewSamuelsson#23Zellweger#8
    14:05 together at 5v5
  2. D2Power#25Metsa#73
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewGilbert#44Crevier#46
    6:02 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Benson LThompson COstlund CQuinn RPower D3:35

Penalty kill

  1. 1Malenstyn LDanforth RSamuelsson DCrevier D0:55
  2. 2Malenstyn LSamuelsson DPower D0:49

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

FLABUF

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

FLA 72% (7th most settled)BUF 64% (12th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26 · under 10 pulls is a small sample

FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)BUF 1:54 left (13th earliest · 9 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)BUF 46.8s (7th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

FLA 27% (10th least often)BUF 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series