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Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 12, 2026

Final· KeyBank Center
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Goals123TShots123T
FLA2024FLA1191232
BUF1113BUF710623
FLA 70BUF 57
FLA 3.33BUF 2.60
PP goals
FLA 1BUF 0
Hits
FLA 18BUF 22
Blocks
FLA 14BUF 19
PIM
FLA 9BUF 7
FLA 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 at BUF. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Uvis Balinskis (FLA) played 22:19, +6:03 up on his 16:16 season average over 53 games.

  1. Points
    Carter Verhaeghe had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:39.Verhaeghe
  2. Points
    A.J. Greer had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:35.Greer
  3. Points
    Sam Bennett had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:29.Bennett
  4. Usage
    Uvis Balinskis (FLA) played 22:19, +6:03 up on his 16:16 season average over 53 games.Balinskis
  5. Usage
    A.J. Greer (FLA) played 17:35, +5:13 up on his 12:22 season average over 77 games.Greer
  6. Usage
    Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 20:39, +3:05 up on his 17:34 season average over 76 games.Verhaeghe
  7. Usage
    Jesper Boqvist (FLA) played 6:14, −5:40 down on his 11:54 season average over 72 games.Boqvist
  8. Usage
    Niko Mikkola (FLA) played 25:16, +4:59 up on his 20:17 season average over 67 games.Mikkola

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, FLA at BUF: 127 attempts, 55 on goal, 7 goals, 5.93 expected goals; best chance Anton Lundell at 0.66 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · BUF 57 · FLA 70

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, FLA at BUF: expected goals 2.60 to 3.33 (FLA led the chances), shot attempts 57 to 70, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdBUFFLARBGBLGTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFFLAcontrol2nd3rdReinhart · 1st 2:35Bryson · 1st 10:19Greer · 1st 15:11Benson · 2nd 17:57Lundell · 3rd 11:07Greer · 3rd 18:46Tuch · 3rd 19:46
  • BUF pressure
  • FLA pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 41% of the game, BUF 15%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, FLA at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Colten Ellis (57:28) for BUF and Sergei Bobrovsky (59:37) for FLA, 7 goals.

BUF
FLA
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against FLA skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BUF rows versus FLA columns: 250 matchups; most common Samuelsson vs Verhaeghe, 12:00 at 39% xGF.

BUF ↓ · FLA →ReinhartLundellLuostarinenVerhaegheBennettGreerRodriguesSamoskevichVilmanisKuninBoqvistStudnickaForslingEkbladMikkolaBalinskisPetrySebrangoL1 TuchL1 ZuckerL1 NorrisL2 ThompsonL2 DoanL2 KrebsL3 GreenwayL3 DunneL3 MalenstynL4 BensonL4 QuinnL4 McLeodD1 DahlinD1 SamuelssonD2 ByramD2 PowerD3 MetsaD3 Bryson
BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatFLABUF
7656
2.792.57
2.722.50
1913
57
3417
+0.000+0.000
41%15%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Florida Panthers

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:35
    FLASam ReinhartPP (Uvis Balinskis, Carter Verhaeghe)tip-in0.18 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Lundell, BalinskisBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, Byram
    FLA 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 10:19
    BUFJacob Bryson (Ryan McLeod, Zach Metsa)snap0.02 xG
    FLA: Petry, Kunin, Boqvist, Studnicka, SebrangoBUF: Bryson, McLeod, Quinn, Benson, Metsa
    FLA 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 15:11
    FLAA.J. Greer (Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe)snap0.06 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Greer, Mikkola, BalinskisBUF: Thompson, Krebs, Byram, Doan, Power
    FLA 2 – 1 BUF

2nd period

  1. 17:57
    BUFZach Benson (Tage Thompson)wrist0.60 xG
    FLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, LundellBUF: Thompson, Byram, Doan, Power, Benson
    FLA 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

  1. 11:07
    FLAAnton Lundell (Eetu Luostarinen, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.66 xG
    FLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, LundellBUF: Zucker, Tuch, Norris, Byram, Power
    FLA 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 18:46
    FLAA.J. GreerEN (Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett)wrist0.60 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Greer, Mikkola, BalinskisBUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Norris, Samuelsson, Dahlin
    FLA 4 – 2 BUF
  3. 19:46
    BUFAlex Tuch (Bowen Byram, Rasmus Dahlin)backhand0.19 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Forsling, Greer, MikkolaBUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Norris, Dahlin, Byram
    FLA 4 – 3 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sam Reinhart CL1101070.6611020:55——5152
Anton Lundell CL1101040.8411018:53——5053
Eetu Luostarinen CL1011010.1013018:29——5453
Carter Verhaeghe CL2033+110.1711020:39——5751
Sam Bennett CL2022+140.2320219:29——6047
A.J. Greer LL2202+120.7410017:35——5755
Evan Rodrigues CL3000040.0701016:40——8360
Mackie Samoskevich RL3000000.0430013:46——8564
Sandis Vilmanis LL3000020.0130012:03——8556
Luke Kunin CL4000-110.181106:25——00
Jesper Boqvist CL4000-100.000106:14——00
Jack Studnicka CL4000-100.000105:31——00
Gustav Forsling DD1011-120.1210024:12——6365
Aaron Ekblad DD1000000.0103023:58——5561
Niko Mikkola DD2000+130.0310025:16——6352
Uvis Balinskis DD2011+200.0400022:19——5135
Jeff Petry DD3000-110.0621213:15——5018
Donovan Sebrango DD3000-100.0400510:44——5630
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)W23203.8702.6059:37

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alex Tuch RL1101-120.3100018:51——4726
Jason Zucker LL1000-120.2420016:53——4724
Josh Norris CL1000-100.0001016:43——4423
Tage Thompson CL2011050.4302022:08——4464
Josh Doan RL2000010.4101219:14——4164
Peyton Krebs CL2000-120.1510015:47——5669
Jordan Greenway LL3000000.001208:07——2556
Josh Dunne CL3000010.023057:13——2920
Beck Malenstyn LL3000000.005006:41——2920
Zach Benson LL4101+210.6010018:17——2953
Jack Quinn RL4000+140.2300018:03——4850
Ryan McLeod CL4011+100.0002017:55——4349
Rasmus Dahlin DD1011010.0603025:27——4141
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000-120.0963024:27——4147
Bowen Byram DD2011010.0421024:16——4753
Owen Power DD2000-100.0001023:46——5053
Zach Metsa DD3011+100.0003010:07——2915
Jacob Bryson DD3101+110.021008:18——3318
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Colten Ellis(start)L31283.9032.7257:28

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sam Reinhart (FLA PP) 1st 2:35 · assists Uvis Balinskis, Carter Verhaeghe · Deflection · 37.1 mph shot.

A.J. Greer · 1st 15:11 · FLA

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
69.0 mph
Distance
18 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s
Type
deflection

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