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Mon, Feb 2, 2026·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Buffalo Sabres 5, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

FLA forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

Tuch–Thompson–KrebsZucker–McLeod–QuinnDoan–Ostlund–BensonTuch–Thompson–BensonKrebs–Doan–OstlundMalenstyn–Rosen–KozakMalenstyn–Krebs–KozakDoan–Kozak–BensonZucker–Tuch–McLeodMalenstyn–Kozak–BensonByram–PowerSamuelsson–DahlinSamuelsson–MetsaSamuelsson–ByramSamuelsson–PowerDahlin–KesselringDahlin–PowerKesselring–PowerKesselring–ByramByram–MetsaSamuelsson–KesselringDahlin–Byram
Greer–Schwindt–Vilmanis5:480.41–0.081:010.21–0.002:050.22–0.001:360.08–0.002:390.18–0.001:170.00–0.030:410.22–0.001:220.36–0.000:490.02–0.060:540.00–0.000:570.00–0.000:310.00–0.000:520.00–0.001:010.13–0.00
Verhaeghe–Tkachuk–Luostarinen1:160.03–0.500:370.12–0.001:280.02–0.000:400.00–0.001:230.13–0.360:330.00–0.001:060.14–0.000:370.03–0.00
Reinhart–Rodrigues–Luostarinen1:140.00–0.321:550.18–0.001:220.00–0.002:110.06–0.121:270.12–0.200:490.00–0.00
Reinhart–Rodrigues–Samoskevich0:390.00–0.002:240.23–0.170:310.06–0.000:500.14–0.000:560.00–0.000:360.03–0.000:310.00–0.170:410.00–0.00
Verhaeghe–Bennett–Tkachuk0:440.00–0.131:470.16–0.061:320.00–0.062:000.00–0.111:050.16–0.09
Kunin–Boqvist–Samoskevich0:310.02–0.000:570.14–0.000:500.01–0.000:370.02–0.000:330.00–0.00
Ekblad–Forsling7:380.40–0.482:280.24–0.172:440.00–0.060:410.05–0.002:480.10–0.022:510.00–0.260:510.00–0.002:100.37–0.062:390.07–0.061:150.00–0.211:220.09–0.001:190.13–0.00
Mikkola–Balinskis1:040.00–0.035:220.29–0.391:530.01–0.002:000.09–0.000:480.00–0.003:010.14–0.002:490.09–0.031:380.14–0.360:380.03–0.000:480.00–0.000:360.00–0.001:510.00–0.000:500.00–0.000:370.03–0.00
Petry–Bjornfot1:170.28–0.032:240.35–0.000:350.14–0.000:320.01–0.001:200.00–0.000:410.08–0.000:380.00–0.100:390.14–0.001:280.33–0.000:460.00–0.000:560.16–0.000:390.08–0.000:300.00–0.030:530.10–0.001:300.00–0.00
Petry–Mikkola0:310.00–0.000:490.09–0.000:310.00–0.000:500.09–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndGreer FSchwindt FVilmanis FReinhart FRodrigues FLuostarinen FBennett FTkachuk FVerhaeghe FSamoskevich FBoqvist FKunin FBalinskis DMikkola DEkblad DForsling DBjornfot DPetry DBobrovsky GKrebs FOstlund FDoan FBenson FThompson FTuch FMcLeod FZucker FQuinn FMalenstyn FKozak FRosen FByram DPower DSamuelsson DDahlin DKesselring DMetsa DLyon G
FLABUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Mattias SamuelssonBUF2827:260:592:2607
Uvis BalinskisFLA2524:571:002:4431
Sam ReinhartFLA2424:411:022:4466
Owen PowerBUF3024:170:491:3607
Evan RodriguesFLA2424:091:002:4565
Matthew TkachukFLA2224:071:063:3230
Gustav ForslingFLA2823:160:501:3974
Bowen ByramBUF3022:540:461:2728
Carter VerhaegheFLA2222:531:023:3240
Alex TuchBUF2922:270:461:56311
Rasmus DahlinBUF2721:540:492:2224
Niko MikkolaFLA2420:190:511:5913
Aaron EkbladFLA2820:150:431:2274
Tage ThompsonBUF2520:140:492:0037
Peyton KrebsBUF2519:270:471:2126
Eetu LuostarinenFLA2217:040:471:5232
Ryan McLeodBUF2616:540:391:2135
Josh DoanBUF1916:220:521:2833
Jack QuinnBUF2216:130:441:2953
Jason ZuckerBUF2316:000:421:4153
A.J. GreerFLA2215:080:411:0181
Cole SchwindtFLA2214:240:391:0181
Sandis VilmanisFLA1914:130:451:1580
Zach BensonBUF1814:100:471:3615
Noah OstlundBUF1512:150:491:0811
Jeff PetryFLA2112:000:341:1720
Michael KesselringBUF1511:480:471:1101
Tyson KozakBUF1811:140:371:0315
Tobias BjornfotFLA1711:010:391:1320
Mackie SamoskevichFLA2010:500:331:0743
Beck MalenstynBUF128:040:401:0213
Zach MetsaBUF107:300:451:3521
Luke KuninFLA106:580:421:2811
Jesper BoqvistFLA126:140:311:0421
Sam BennettFLA75:110:441:1800
Isak RosenBUF63:080:310:5310