FLA 4 @ BUF 3 · Jan 12, 2026

Mon, Jan 12, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 69% of the time.

23%

61%

BUF winsFLA wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against FLA's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell	Verhaeghe–Bennett–Greer	Rodrigues–Samoskevich–Vilmanis	Kunin–Boqvist–Studnicka	Verhaeghe–Reinhart–Bennett	Ekblad–Forsling	Mikkola–Balinskis	Petry–Sebrango	Petry–Mikkola	Mikkola–Sebrango	Petry–Balinskis
Zucker–Tuch–Norris	4:410.24–0.70	3:110.03–0.07	1:120.03–0.08	1:330.03–0.00		6:470.18–0.76	3:070.03–0.02	1:110.03–0.00
Thompson–Krebs–Doan	2:020.10–0.01	3:320.49–0.06			0:420.17–0.05	1:440.19–0.08	4:150.56–0.12	0:510.00–0.00
Thompson–Doan–Benson	3:020.53–0.39	1:330.00–0.10	0:570.00–0.00			3:030.25–0.58	2:040.03–0.10	0:300.00–0.03
Greenway–Malenstyn–Dunne		0:420.00–0.01	3:060.00–0.14	1:540.03–0.00		1:100.00–0.00	1:460.03–0.00	1:210.00–0.00	0:340.00–0.05	1:000.00–0.01
McLeod–Quinn–Benson	1:560.00–0.07		2:080.00–0.00			1:070.00–0.00	1:200.00–0.00	2:150.01–0.07		0:420.00–0.00
McLeod–Krebs–Quinn	1:550.00–0.00	2:160.00–0.11				1:580.00–0.01	1:500.00–0.08		1:180.11–0.03
Greenway–McLeod–Quinn		1:170.00–0.10					0:440.00–0.10
Thompson–Quinn–Benson
Samuelsson–Dahlin	6:500.17–0.32	8:100.46–0.21	1:280.00–0.01		1:100.00–0.17	8:380.10–0.71	8:060.57–0.18	2:020.00–0.08			0:510.00–0.00
Byram–Power	6:070.60–0.78	5:130.14–0.16	3:060.03–0.23	1:220.03–0.00		7:470.51–0.85	4:350.09–0.13	1:570.03–0.03	1:320.00–0.08	0:570.00–0.01	0:310.25–0.00
Bryson–Metsa	0:470.00–0.07		4:200.00–0.15	1:340.01–0.00		1:050.00–0.00	2:280.00–0.06	2:060.01–0.07	0:370.03–0.00	0:550.00–0.00
Samuelsson–Metsa		0:360.00–0.08					1:040.00–0.08
Dahlin–Power				0:480.00–0.00				0:520.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFFLAFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Rasmus DahlinBUF	27	25:27	0:57	2:23	6	2
Niko MikkolaFLA	32	25:16	0:47	1:27	6	3
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	22	24:27	1:07	2:47	3	1
Bowen ByramBUF	28	24:16	0:52	1:55	2	7
Gustav ForslingFLA	30	24:12	0:48	1:30	4	7
Aaron EkbladFLA	31	23:58	0:46	1:39	4	5
Owen PowerBUF	27	23:46	0:53	2:08	1	6
Uvis BalinskisFLA	30	22:19	0:45	1:36	7	2
Tage ThompsonBUF	24	22:08	0:55	1:38	5	4
Sam ReinhartFLA	27	20:55	0:46	1:20	5	7
Carter VerhaegheFLA	23	20:39	0:54	1:59	4	1
Sam BennettFLA	23	19:29	0:51	2:00	5	1
Josh DoanBUF	23	19:14	0:50	1:36	4	4
Anton LundellFLA	27	18:53	0:42	1:05	6	7
Alex TuchBUF	25	18:51	0:45	1:30	5	4
Eetu LuostarinenFLA	25	18:29	0:44	1:09	6	5
Zach BensonBUF	24	18:17	0:46	1:28	5	4
Jack QuinnBUF	21	18:03	0:52	2:49	1	4
Ryan McLeodBUF	22	17:55	0:49	2:58	0	3
A.J. GreerFLA	22	17:35	0:48	1:25	3	2
Jason ZuckerBUF	23	16:53	0:44	1:29	6	4
Josh NorrisBUF	23	16:43	0:44	1:28	6	3
Evan RodriguesFLA	20	16:40	0:50	1:16	4	0
Peyton KrebsBUF	19	15:47	0:50	1:36	1	5
Mackie SamoskevichFLA	18	13:46	0:46	1:12	3	0
Jeff PetryFLA	20	13:15	0:40	1:13	2	0
Sandis VilmanisFLA	18	12:03	0:40	1:02	4	0
Donovan SebrangoFLA	16	10:44	0:40	1:11	2	0
Zach MetsaBUF	13	10:07	0:47	1:42	0	3
Jacob BrysonBUF	12	8:18	0:42	1:12	1	3
Jordan GreenwayBUF	12	8:07	0:41	1:47	0	1
Josh DunneBUF	11	7:13	0:39	1:06	0	1
Beck MalenstynBUF	11	6:41	0:36	1:04	0	1
Luke KuninFLA	11	6:25	0:35	1:16	1	0
Jesper BoqvistFLA	11	6:14	0:34	0:51	2	0
Jack StudnickaFLA	10	5:31	0:33	0:56	1	0

Florida Panthers 4, Buffalo Sabres 3

Who was on the ice

Shift totals