BUF 3 @ FLA 2 · Feb 27, 2026

Fri, Feb 27, 2026·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Away

Buffalo Sabres

Final

Home

Florida Panthers

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 56% of the time.

49%

36%

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–Krebs	Norris–Doan–Ostlund	Zucker–McLeod–Quinn	Malenstyn–Dunne–Kozak	Zucker–Thompson–Quinn	Byram–Power	Samuelsson–Dahlin	Samuelsson–Power	Dahlin–Metsa	Samuelsson–Kesselring	Kesselring–Power	Samuelsson–Byram	Dahlin–Byram	Dahlin–Kesselring	Dahlin–Power	Byram–Metsa	Kesselring–Byram
Verhaeghe–Reinhart–Rodrigues	0:330.00–0.06	7:230.19–0.45	2:290.00–0.02			2:180.05–0.04	2:240.01–0.05		2:360.09–0.14	0:370.00–0.00	1:240.09–0.02	0:370.00–0.47	0:450.00–0.00	0:520.01–0.07
Bennett–Tkachuk–Samoskevich	1:460.07–0.02	1:160.12–0.15	4:460.00–0.29	0:500.00–0.02	0:440.00–0.00	3:040.09–0.29	1:340.03–0.00		0:570.00–0.00	1:370.00–0.02	0:450.00–0.00					0:410.00–0.00	0:540.12–0.15
Marchand–Luostarinen–Lundell	6:490.40–0.27		0:410.00–0.09			0:390.00–0.00	2:500.02–0.15	2:460.38–0.04							0:440.00–0.09
Greer–Kunin–Vilmanis		0:540.08–0.00		4:500.40–0.27			0:550.00–0.27			0:350.05–0.00		0:590.08–0.00		1:250.35–0.00		0:460.00–0.00
Ekblad–Forsling	7:210.23–0.24	3:320.23–0.35	2:400.00–0.29	1:440.08–0.19		3:070.05–0.29	3:150.02–0.15	2:560.21–0.19		0:510.00–0.00	1:300.03–0.01	1:440.08–0.55		1:130.09–0.07		0:480.00–0.00	0:450.12–0.03
Petry–Mikkola	1:590.00–0.09	3:200.10–0.19	1:570.00–0.21		0:580.28–0.00	1:470.00–0.21	1:120.01–0.00		2:400.09–0.14				1:340.00–0.00		0:530.28–0.12
Mikkola–Balinskis	1:080.00–0.12	1:470.06–0.05	1:580.00–0.00			2:320.00–0.04			0:460.00–0.00		1:010.06–0.09
Mikkola–Sebrango		1:030.20–0.00	1:330.00–0.11	1:070.05–0.00			1:490.00–0.05			0:450.05–0.00					0:470.00–0.09
Petry–Sebrango				3:070.27–0.27			0:550.00–0.27			0:500.00–0.00				1:080.27–0.00		0:390.00–0.00
Forsling–Mikkola		0:320.00–0.00				0:320.00–0.00
Ekblad–Mikkola

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

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

Shift totals


Aaron EkbladFLA	31	27:18	0:53	2:36	3	4
Niko MikkolaFLA	29	25:29	0:53	1:35	6	7
Rasmus DahlinBUF	30	25:04	0:50	2:05	4	5
Gustav ForslingFLA	32	23:51	0:45	1:24	4	4
Owen PowerBUF	28	23:46	0:51	1:38	4	5
Bowen ByramBUF	31	23:42	0:46	1:34	4	9
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	31	23:42	0:46	1:31	2	9
Sam ReinhartFLA	26	22:24	0:52	2:31	5	7
Matthew TkachukFLA	22	21:34	0:59	2:30	5	2
Sam BennettFLA	21	21:19	1:01	2:31	6	2
Tage ThompsonBUF	24	19:39	0:49	1:39	5	2
Alex TuchBUF	27	19:23	0:43	1:28	3	5
Josh NorrisBUF	22	17:46	0:48	2:23	7	2
Evan RodriguesFLA	24	17:36	0:44	1:27	3	5
Carter VerhaegheFLA	22	17:21	0:47	1:36	3	5
Anton LundellFLA	24	16:43	0:42	1:57	1	5
Jeff PetryFLA	22	16:24	0:45	1:24	5	4
Josh DoanBUF	22	16:23	0:45	2:21	7	3
Brad MarchandFLA	22	16:10	0:44	1:38	5	3
Ryan McLeodBUF	22	15:58	0:44	1:14	2	8
Jason ZuckerBUF	18	15:52	0:53	1:28	4	3
Eetu LuostarinenFLA	22	15:09	0:41	2:04	0	5
Peyton KrebsBUF	21	14:37	0:42	1:33	2	3
Jack QuinnBUF	19	14:35	0:46	1:24	2	3
Noah OstlundBUF	23	14:23	0:38	1:04	5	3
Mackie SamoskevichFLA	17	12:49	0:45	1:18	3	1
Michael KesselringBUF	18	12:19	0:41	1:23	2	5
Beck MalenstynBUF	18	10:57	0:37	1:23	0	6
Tyson KozakBUF	16	10:45	0:40	1:14	0	6
Donovan SebrangoFLA	16	10:23	0:39	1:00	6	0
Josh DunneBUF	14	8:54	0:38	1:12	0	5
Uvis BalinskisFLA	12	8:38	0:43	1:26	1	4
A.J. GreerFLA	12	8:21	0:42	1:06	6	0
Sandis VilmanisFLA	12	7:52	0:39	1:03	6	0
Luke KuninFLA	10	6:43	0:40	1:04	6	0
Zach MetsaBUF	9	6:13	0:41	0:51	2	1

Buffalo Sabres 3, Florida Panthers 2

Who was on the ice

Shift totals