Buffalo Sabres 3–2 Florida Panthers · Friday, February 27, 2026

Final

Friday, February 27, 2026

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

SN, MSG-B, SCRIPPS

Scoring

1st period

17:48

Alex Tuch (23)ppRyan McLeod (31), Bowen Byram (20) · snap1–0

2nd period

13:51

Matthew Tkachuk (5)ppBrad Marchand (26), Sam Bennett (25) · snap1–1

3rd period

11:38

Beck Malenstyn (5)Josh Norris (12), Noah Ostlund (10) · slap2–1

18:43

Peyton Krebs (9)empty netTage Thompson (31), Alex Tuch (27) · wrist3–1

19:25

Sam Bennett (20)own goalUnassisted3–2

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	J. Norris	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	47	17:46	22
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	15:52	18
19	P. Krebs	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0	2	67	14:37	21
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	–	14:35	19
29	B. Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	1	1	0	–	10:57	18
44	J. Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	75	08:54	14
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	22	10:45	16
71	R. McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	31	15:58	22
72	T. Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	1	0	27	19:39	24
86	N. Ostlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	33	14:23	23
89	A. Tuch	R	1	1	2	+1	0	6	1	3	0	0	–	19:23	27
91	J. Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	0	1	–	16:23	22
4	B. Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	–	23:42	31
8	M. Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	–	12:19	18
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	3	2	2	0	–	23:42	31
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	–	23:46	28
26	R. Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	1	2	–	25:04	30
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	–	06:13	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	A. LyonSTART	W	29	28	2	.966	60:00
92	C. Ellis		0	0	0	–	00:00

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	S. Bennett	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	61	21:19	21
10	A. Greer	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	–	08:21	12
11	M. Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	–	12:49	17
13	S. Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	1	0	33	22:24	26
15	A. Lundell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	1	0	53	16:43	24
17	E. Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	1	1	75	17:36	24
19	M. Tkachuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	–	21:34	22
23	C. Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:21	22
27	E. Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	–	15:09	22
63	B. Marchand	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	–	16:10	22
71	L. Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	86	06:43	10
95	S. Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	07:52	12
2	J. Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	16:24	22
5	A. Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	1	–	27:18	31
6	D. Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	0	0	–	10:23	16
26	U. Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	–	08:38	12
42	G. Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	1	0	–	23:51	32
77	N. Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	25:29	29

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	D. TarasovSTART	L	38	36	2	.947	58:05
72	S. Bobrovsky		0	0	0	–	00:00

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