Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersMar 8, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 8, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	9	3	21
FLA	1	2	1	4		FLA	11	13	12	36

: BUF 44FLA 68
: BUF 2.29FLA 4.81
PP goals: BUF 0FLA 0
Hits: BUF 19FLA 29
Blocks: BUF 17FLA 5
PIM: BUF 7FLA 9
: BUF 44%FLA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at home. Nate Schmidt (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Norris skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.Schmidt
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Norris skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Norris
New line
New look for BUF: Krebs–Rosen–Benson skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krebs Rosen Benson
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.28 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Lafferty–Malenstyn–Dunne skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Malenstyn Dunne
New line
New look for FLA: Nosek–Greer–Sturm skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Greer Sturm
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +8 against a season average of 27.1; the loss.Luukkonen
Usage
JJ Peterka (BUF) played 23:03, +4:56 up on his 18:07 season average over 76 games.Peterka

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · FLA 68 · BUF 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 12% of the game, FLA 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	FLA
	52	71
	2.74	4.00
	2.62	3.69
	7	20
	4	5
	14	13
	−0.040	+0.040
	12%	42%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Norris
7:0760% CF
L2Krebs – Rosen – Benson
5:5733% CF
L3McLeod – Quinn – Peterka
5:5336% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Dunne
4:1431% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:3131% CF
D2Clifton – Power
11:5243% CF
D3Bryson – Byram
10:1555% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Norris – Dahlin – Peterka
2:460% CF
PP2McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power – Rosen
0:38100% CF
PK1FMalenstyn – McLeod
1:17
PK2FTuch – Norris
0:39
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
1:17
PK2DBryson – Byram
0:39

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
14:1361% CF
L2Bennett – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
13:0143% CF
L3Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:0471% CF
L4Nosek – Greer – Sturm
7:2168% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
16:4154% CF
D2Jones – Mikkola
16:1560% CF
D3Kulikov – Schmidt
13:5663% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
1:16100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Jones – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
0:38100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Sturm
1:59
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
1:09
PK1DJones – Mikkola
1:55
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
1:05

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	3	0.53	1	0	0	20:57	—	—	56	52
Josh Norris C	L1	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	46	42
Tage Thompson C	L1	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	52	45
Peyton Krebs C	L2	-1	1	0.28	0	1	0	14:39	—	—	32	55
Zach Benson L	L2	-1	3	0.28	0	0	2	13:58	—	—	67	89
Isak Rosen R	L2	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	45	60
JJ Peterka R	L3	-1	2	0.33	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	31	19
Ryan McLeod C	L3	-1	2	0.15	0	2	0	18:53	—	—	49	55
Jack Quinn R	L3	-1	0	0.20	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	41	53
Sam Lafferty C	L4	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:00	—	—	28	8
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:43	—	—	26	11
Josh Dunne C	L4	-2	1	0.09	4	1	5	7:16	—	—	30	7
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-2	2	0.03	1	3	0	23:02	—	—	38	27
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	-1	0	0.01	3	5	0	18:21	—	—	25	19
Owen Power D	D2	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	50	46
Connor Clifton D	D2	-1	2	0.00	3	0	0	17:50	—	—	41	34
Bowen Byram D	D3	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	58	54
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	39	48

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.62	57:45

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.25	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	56	35
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.29	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	55	57
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	60	54
Sam Bennett C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.73	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	37	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	39	47
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	15:11	—	—	46	50
Anton Lundell C	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.78	1	0	2	14:44	—	—	62	56
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:07	—	—	65	55
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.39	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	71	68
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	3	1	0	11:23	—	—	75	84
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	69	81
A.J. Greer L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	6	0	5	9:09	—	—	70	83
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	22:51	—	—	45	37
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	21:06	—	—	56	56
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	1	0	0	21:50	—	—	60	32
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.55	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	58	23
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	2	1	0	16:50	—	—	62	85
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.60	2	0	0	15:14	—	—	63	86

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	2.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Anton Lundell (FLA) 2nd 17:09 · assists Nate Schmidt, Jesper Boqvist · Cycle · 6.0 mph shot.

Anton Lundell · 2nd 17:09 · FLA

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 6.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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A.J. Greer · 1st 7:20 · FLA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Carter Verhaeghe · 2nd 9:32 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 19:26 · FLA EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.4 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersMar 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Anton Lundell · 2nd 17:09 · FLA

A.J. Greer · 1st 7:20 · FLA

Carter Verhaeghe · 2nd 9:32 · FLA

Sam Bennett · 3rd 19:26 · FLA EN