NHL · Feb 27, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

3–2

Final

Florida Panthers

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The Sabres slipped past the Panthers 3–2 at Amerant Bank Arena. B. Malenstyn took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	1	0	2	3	39
Panthers	0	1	1	2	29

★ Three Stars

1B. MalenstynBUF · 1G 0A

2A. LyonBUF

3M. TkachukFLA · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

17:48

Alex Tuch (Ryan McLeod, Bowen Byram)PP

1-0

2nd Period

13:51

Matthew Tkachuk (Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett)PP

1-1

3rd Period

11:38

Beck Malenstyn (Josh Norris, Noah Ostlund)

2-1

18:43

Peyton Krebs (Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch)EN

3-1

19:25

Sam Bennett

3-2

Boxscore

Sabres3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Alex TuchR	1	1	2	+1	0	6	1	3	19:23
Peyton KrebsC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	14:37
Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1	10:57
Ryan McLeodC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	15:58
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	17:46
Noah OstlundC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	14:23
Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	19:39
Bowen ByramD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	23:42
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	16:23
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	10:45
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:35
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15:52
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	25:04
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6:13
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	23:46
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	2	23:42
Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	12:19
Joshua DunneC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	8:54

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	29	28	2	.966	60:00
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00

Panthers2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sam BennettC	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	21:19
Matthew TkachukL	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	21:34
Brad MarchandL	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	16:10
A.J. GreerL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	8:21
Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	17:36
Anton LundellC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	16:43
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	15:09
Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	22:24
Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	17:21
Uvis BalinskisD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8:38
Aaron EkbladD	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	27:18
Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	23:51
Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	25:29
Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	12:49
Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:24
Luke KuninC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6:43
Donovan SebrangoD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	10:23
Sandis VilmanisL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7:52

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Daniil TarasovStart	38	36	2	.947	58:05
Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0	0	-	0:00