NHL · Monday 12 October · KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres – Florida Panthers 5:3: NHL, 12/10/2026
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 – Florida Panthers 5:3 (12 October). Buffalo Sabres won. Venue: KeyBank Center.
By period: 2:1, 1:2, 2:0.
Goals: J. Doan (Buffalo Sabres); A. Lundell (Florida Panthers); R. Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres); S. Reinhart (Florida Panthers) ×2; R. McLeod (Buffalo Sabres); N. Ostlund (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches; Florida Panthers — 8th, 20 points from 18 matches.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Sandis VilmanisFlorida Panthers1 assist
- 🇱🇻 Uvis BalinskisFlorida Panthersseason: 0+2=2
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 05'
- 11'
🏒 A. Lundell1:1
assist: A. Ekblad, S. Vilmanis
- 15'pen.
Holding
- 15'
🏒 R. Dahlin2:1
assist: J. Quinn, T. Thompson · Power-play
- 17'pen.
Delay of game
2nd period
- 03'pen.
Interference
- 05'pen.
Tripping
- 06'
🏒 S. Reinhart2:2
assist: S. Jones, M. Tkachuk · Power-play
- 11'
🏒 R. McLeod3:2
assist: O. Zellweger, O. Power
- 12'pen.
Holding
- 13'
🏒 S. Reinhart3:3
assist: B. Tkachuk, S. Jones · Power-play
3rd period
- 06'pen.
Holding the stick
- 07'
🏒 N. Ostlund4:3
Power-play
- 13'
🏒 T. Thompson5:3
- 13'pen.
Slashing
- 16'pen.
Hooking
- 18'pen.
High sticking
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 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 |
| O. Power | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Doan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. McLeod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Zellweger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Reinhart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Jones | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Lundell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ekblad | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Vilmanis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Kulikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Luostarinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Gudas | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ellis(W) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70.0% |
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 16 | 13 | 3 | 81.3% |
Florida Panthers
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Markstrom | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64.3% |
| A. Schmid | 23 | 18 | 5 | 78.3% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 32Shots on goal23
- 20Saves27
- 86%Save %84%
- 27Faceoffs won30
- 8Penalty minutes10
- 4Penalties5
- 2Power-play goals2
- 40%Power play %50%
- 50%Penalty kill %60%
- 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 | |
| 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | WLWLL |
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