Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers NHL
Amerant Bank Arena
TV: Sportsnet+
FLA shoots right 1st 2nd 3rd T BUF 16 12 11 39 FLA 11 11 8 30
Alex Lyon 28/29 SV, .966 Daniil Tarasov 36/38 SV, .947 Who won: Sabres 3-2 The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Friday, February 27, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Sabres win the series 3-1. Alex Tuch led the Sabres in goals (1). Sam Bennett led the Panthers in goals (1).
Summary Chat Box score Team stats Forwards BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Sam Bennett C 0 0 0 0 21:19 4:45 0:41 15:53 21 1 20 1 2 1 0 11 7 61.1 0 0 0 A.J. Greer LW 0 1 0 0 8:21 0:00 0:00 8:21 12 0 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 2 Luke Kunin C 2 2 0 0 6:43 0:00 0:00 6:43 10 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 1 85.7 0 0 0 Anton Lundell C 1 2 0 1 16:43 0:57 3:19 12:27 24 0 16 0 0 2 0 9 8 52.9 1 0 0 Eetu Luostarinen C 2 0 0 0 15:09 0:00 3:35 11:34 22 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 Brad Marchand LW 0 0 0 0 16:10 4:43 0:00 11:27 22 0 27 1 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 22:24 4:43 1:37 16:04 26 0 27 0 2 0 0 1 2 33.3 1 0 0 Evan Rodrigues C 1 1 1 -1 17:36 1:23 1:55 14:18 24 0 11 0 1 0 0 15 5 75.0 1 0 0 Mackie Samoskevich RW 2 1 0 0 12:49 0:46 0:00 12:03 17 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Matthew Tkachuk LW 0 0 1 0 21:34 5:09 0:36 15:49 22 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 Carter Verhaeghe C 0 2 0 -2 17:21 1:23 0:00 15:58 22 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Sandis Vilmanis LW 0 1 0 0 7:52 0:00 0:00 7:52 12 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0
Defenses BS HT TK +/- TOI PPTOI SHTOI ESTOI SHFT G YTDG A S SM SOG FW FL FO% GV PN PIM Uvis Balinskis D 1 0 0 0 8:38 1:26 0:00 7:12 12 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Aaron Ekblad D 1 4 1 0 27:18 3:03 3:27 20:48 31 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 Gustav Forsling D 3 0 0 0 23:51 2:11 2:09 19:31 32 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 Niko Mikkola D 2 0 0 -1 25:29 0:01 3:25 22:03 29 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Jeff Petry D 0 3 0 0 16:24 0:00 2:10 14:14 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 Donovan Sebrango D 1 3 0 -1 10:23 0:00 0:30 9:53 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Goalies GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM Daniil Tarasov G 2 38 0 0 36 .947 33 3 0 58:05 0 0
BUF shoots leftFLA shoots right 
