NHL · Feb 2, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

5–3

Final

Florida Panthers

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The Sabres beat the Panthers 5–3 at Amerant Bank Arena. J. Zucker took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	1	2	5	20
Panthers	2	1	0	3	42

★ Three Stars

1J. ZuckerBUF · 1G 0A

2R. DahlinBUF · 0G 2A

3S. ReinhartFLA · 0G 2A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

00:37

Sandis Vilmanis (A.J. Greer, Niko Mikkola)

0-1

05:54

Evan Rodrigues (Sam Reinhart, Tobias Bjornfot)

0-2

15:03

Tage Thompson (Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Dahlin)

1-2

18:26

Peyton Krebs (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)

2-2

2nd Period

05:44

Zach Benson (Ryan McLeod, Owen Power)

3-2

18:59

Uvis Balinskis (Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe)PP

3-3

3rd Period

05:31

Jason Zucker (Josh Doan, Jack Quinn)PP

4-3

17:51

Josh Doan (Peyton Krebs, Ryan McLeod)

5-3

Boxscore

Sabres5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Peyton KrebsC	1	2	3	+2	0	1	7	0	19:27
Josh DoanR	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	16:22
Ryan McLeodC	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	1	16:54
Rasmus DahlinD	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	2	21:54
Zach BensonL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	14:10
Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	0	20:14
Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0	16:00
Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	0	16:13
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	4	24:17
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	2	22:27
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	11:14
Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8:04
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	12:15
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:30
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	27:26
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	11:48
Isak RosenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3:08
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	22:54

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	42	39	3	.929	59:55
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Panthers3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sam ReinhartC	0	2	2	-1	0	6	1	2	24:41
Evan RodriguesC	1	0	1	-1	0	5	1	0	24:09
Uvis BalinskisD	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	24:57
Sandis VilmanisL	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	14:13
A.J. GreerL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	15:08
Carter VerhaegheC	0	1	1	-2	0	7	0	0	22:53
Niko MikkolaD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	20:19
Tobias BjornfotD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	11:01
Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	6:14
Sam BennettC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5:11
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:04
Matthew TkachukL	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	1	24:07
Aaron EkbladD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	4	1	20:15
Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	23:16
Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	10:50
Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	12:00
Luke KuninC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	6:58
Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	14:24

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Sergei BobrovskyStart	20	15	5	.750	58:08
Daniil Tarasov	0	0	0	-	0:00