Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersFeb 2, 2026

FinalMonday, Feb 2, 2026· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	2	5		BUF	8	6	6	20
FLA	2	1	0	3		FLA	9	19	14	42

: BUF 49FLA 81
: BUF 3.45FLA 4.46
PP goals: BUF 1FLA 1
Hits: BUF 23FLA 22
Blocks: BUF 20FLA 13
PIM: BUF 8FLA 6
: BUF 49%FLA 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at FLA. Peyton Krebs (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:04 together.

Points
Peyton Krebs had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:27.Krebs
Points
Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:22.Doan
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:54.Dahlin
Points
Ryan McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:54.McLeod
Points
Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:41.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Quinn and Doan) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:04 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Quinn Doan
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Rodrigues, Tkachuk and Balinskis) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 5:49 together.Verhaeghe Reinhart Rodrigues Tkachuk Balinskis
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Krebs skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Krebs

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 130 of 130 attempts · FLA 81 · BUF 49

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 22% of the game, FLA 44%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

FLA 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
Stat	BUF	FLA
	42	67
	2.29	3.10
	2.20	3.07
	11	12
	1	2
	19	22
	−0.021	+0.021
	22%	44%

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 – Krebs
10:3856% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
10:3038% CF
L3Doan – Ostlund – Benson
4:4714% CF
L4Malenstyn – Rosen – Kozak
2:1425% CF
D1Byram – Power
8:2223% CF
D2Samuelsson – Metsa
4:0922% CF
D3Dahlin – Kesselring
3:4175% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan
3:04100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Ostlund – Benson
0:52100% CF
PK1FTuch – Kozak
1:19
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
1:01
PK1DSamuelsson – Byram
1:52
PK2DDahlin – Power
1:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Greer – Schwindt – Vilmanis
11:1076% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen
6:0865% CF
L3Reinhart – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
5:0988% CF
L4Bennett – Kunin – Boqvist
0:00
D1Ekblad – Forsling
16:2951% CF
D2Mikkola – Balinskis
13:5973% CF
D3Petry – Bjornfot
9:2173% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Rodrigues – Tkachuk – Balinskis
5:4995% CF
PP2Ekblad – Forsling – Rodrigues – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
0:26
PK1FReinhart – Rodrigues
1:40
PK2FGreer – Schwindt
1:13
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:13
PK2DMikkola – Balinskis
0:51

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.11	1	2	0	22:27	—	—	58	59
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	1.46	0	0	0	20:14	—	—	56	52
Peyton Krebs C	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.16	7	0	0	19:27	—	—	39	43
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.29	0	1	2	16:54	—	—	38	54
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.48	1	0	2	16:13	—	—	36	44
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	35	43
Josh Doan R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.28	3	0	0	16:22	—	—	22	23
Zach Benson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	35	41
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	22	5
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	11:14	—	—	29	18
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:04	—	—	22	40
Isak Rosen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:08	—	—	40	34
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	4	0	24:17	—	—	31	43
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	22:54	—	—	23	26
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	7	0	27:26	—	—	41	45
Zach Metsa D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	21	31
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.14	0	2	2	21:54	—	—	50	61
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	58	47

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	4.46	59:55

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
A.J. Greer L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	68	86
Cole Schwindt R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.73	1	0	2	14:24	—	—	76	93
Sandis Vilmanis L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	14:13	—	—	70	76
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.28	1	1	0	24:07	—	—	48	33
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	1	1	-2	7	0.86	0	0	0	22:53	—	—	43	38
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:04	—	—	59	43
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	2	2	-1	6	0.33	1	2	0	24:41	—	—	65	39
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.54	1	0	0	24:09	—	—	62	39
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.45	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	79	54
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	6:58	—	—	57	72
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	6:14	—	—	75	90
Sam Bennett C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:11	—	—	13	42
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	2	0	23:16	—	—	49	46
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	4	1	2	20:15	—	—	53	45
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.47	0	0	0	24:57	—	—	62	43
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	3	0	20:19	—	—	74	58
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	12:00	—	—	74	91
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	11:01	—	—	72	91

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	20	15	5	.750	2.44	58:08

Goal anatomy

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

Sandis Vilmanis (FLA) 1st 0:37 · assists A.J. Greer, Niko Mikkola · Forecheck turnover · 59.4 mph shot.

Sandis Vilmanis · 1st 0:37 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Evan Rodrigues · 1st 5:54 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Zach Benson · 2nd 5:44 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Tage Thompson · 1st 15:03 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Peyton Krebs · 1st 18:26 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Uvis Balinskis · 2nd 18:59 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.0 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jason Zucker · 3rd 5:31 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: one-timer

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Josh Doan · 3rd 17:51 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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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 PanthersFeb 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Sandis Vilmanis · 1st 0:37 · FLA

Evan Rodrigues · 1st 5:54 · FLA

Zach Benson · 2nd 5:44 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 1st 15:03 · BUF

Peyton Krebs · 1st 18:26 · BUF

Uvis Balinskis · 2nd 18:59 · FLA PP

Jason Zucker · 3rd 5:31 · BUF PP

Josh Doan · 3rd 17:51 · BUF