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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

Buffalo SabresLWLWW
Chicago BlackhawksLLLLL

League position

Buffalo Sabres9. · 19 pts · 17 pl.
Chicago Blackhawks15. · 9 pts · 18 pl.

Goals per game · season

Buffalo Sabres2.9 / 3.4 conceded
Chicago Blackhawks2.2 / 4.2 conceded

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.

Team123Σ
Buffalo Sabres1124
Chicago Blackhawks2103

Events

Goals with assists and penalties by period

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Game leaders

Top performers in this game

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

Chicago Blackhawks

Goaltenders

Shots, saves and goals against

SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.

Buffalo Sabres

GoaltenderSOGSVGASV%
U. Luukkonen(W)1512380.0%

Chicago Blackhawks

GoaltenderSOGSVGASV%
S. Knight2824485.7%

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.

#TeamPWOTWOTLLPts
9Buffalo Sabres17623619
15Chicago Blackhawks18311139

Form

Buffalo SabresWWLWL
Chicago BlackhawksLLLLL
Full table →

Team leaders

Each team's best players this season

Buffalo SabresChicago Blackhawks

Points (goals + assists)

Tage Thompson21 · 11+10
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Assists

All stats →

Recent matches

Both teams' recent results in all competitions