Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-10-03

NHL · Oct 3, 2026

Chicago Blackhawks

3–4

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Buffalo Sabres

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The Sabres slipped past the Blackhawks 4–3 at KeyBank Center. J.Kulich took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blackhawks	2	1	0	3	15
Sabres	1	1	2	4	28

★ Three Stars

1J.KulichBUF · 1G 0A

2J. QuinnBUF · 1G 0A

3R. DahlinBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

07:59

Ryan Donato (Alex Vlasic, Nick Lardis)

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11:24

Tyler Bertuzzi (Anton Frondell, Teuvo Teravainen)

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16:24

Jack Quinn (Zach Metsa)

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2nd Period

05:41

Tage Thompson (Louis Crevier, Josh Norris)

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18:18

Oliver Moore (Anton Frondell, Alex Vlasic)

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3rd Period

06:10

Rasmus Dahlin (Peyton Krebs, Mattias Samuelsson)

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13:20

Jiri Kulich (Owen Power, Tage Thompson)

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Penalties

2nd Period

11:39

Josh Doan#91Hooking (drawn by Wyatt Kaiser)

Minor · 2 min

16:05

Oliver Moore#11Interference (drawn by Konsta Helenius)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

00:53

Patrick Kane#88High sticking (drawn by Noah Ostlund)

Minor · 2 min

11:51

Cole Smith#22Tripping (drawn by Mattias Samuelsson)

Minor · 2 min

11:58

Zach Benson#6Tripping (drawn by Ian Cole)

Minor · 2 min

Boxscore

Blackhawks3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
A. FrondellC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0	16:06
A. VlasicD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	22:33
O. MooreC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	9:30
R. DonatoC	1	0	1	-1	0	1	1	0	9:25
T. BertuzziL	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	16:18
N. LardisL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0	7:41
T. TeravainenC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1	14:22
A. LevshunovD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	24:40
C. SmithR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	15:09
E. Del MastroD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	15:01
F. NazarC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	19:58
I. ColeD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2	20:37
J. GreenwayL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15:55
K. KorchinskiD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	11:21
P. KaneR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	19:01
R. GreeneC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:36
R. KantserovR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	18:48
W. KaiserD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	22:58

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. KnightStart	28	24	4	.857	59:01
A. Soderblom	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
T. ThompsonC	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	1	19:41
J. QuinnR	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	1	19:07
J.KulichC	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	13:31
R. DahlinD	1	0	1	+1	0	3	4	0	25:23
J. NorrisC	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	16:32
L. CrevierD	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0	17:08
M. SamuelssonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	24:11
O. PowerD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	1	25:12
P. KrebsC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	13:42
Z. MetsaD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1	8:28
B. MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	8:31
J. DoanR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2	18:06
K. HeleniusC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0	14:39
N. OstlundC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:23
O. ZellwegerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:31
R. McLeodC	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	12:02
S. CarrickC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7:20
Z. BensonL	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	19:33

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
U. LuukkonenStart	15	12	3	.800	60:00
C. Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00