NHL · Sunday 4 October · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Chicago Blackhawks 4:3: NHL, 04/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Buffalo Sabres – Chicago Blackhawks 4:3 (4 October). Buffalo Sabres won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 1:2, 1:1, 2:0. Chicago Blackhawks led after the first period (1:2), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: R. Donato (Chicago Blackhawks); T. Bertuzzi (Chicago Blackhawks); J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (Buffalo Sabres); O. Moore (Chicago Blackhawks); R. Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres); J. Kulich (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Chicago Blackhawks — 15th, 9 points from 18 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 07'
- 11'
🏒 T. Bertuzzi0:2
assist: A. Frondell, T. Teravainen
- 16'
2nd period
- 05'
🏒 T. Thompson2:2
assist: L. Crevier, J. Norris
- 11'pen.
Hooking
- 16'pen.
Interference
- 18'
🏒 O. Moore2:3
assist: A. Frondell, A. Vlasic
3rd period
- 00'pen.
High sticking
- 06'
🏒 R. Dahlin3:3
assist: P. Krebs, M. Samuelsson
- 11'pen.
Tripping
- 11'pen.
Tripping
- 13'
🏒 J. Kulich4:3
assist: O. Power, T. Thompson
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Kulich | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Norris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Crevier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Power | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Metsa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Frondell | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Vlasic | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| O. Moore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Donato | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Bertuzzi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Lardis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Teravainen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80.0% |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Knight | 28 | 24 | 4 | 85.7% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 29Shots on goal15
- 12Saves25
- 80%Save %86%
- 32Faceoffs won29
- 4Penalty minutes6
- 2Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL | |
| 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | LLLLL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away