Sabres 3 - 2 Panthers — Recap

Fri, Feb 27, 2026

12:00 AM

FinalRegular season

Amerant Bank Arena

BUF

3–2

FLA

L W OL L W

W L W OL L W

W W W W W L W OL L W

W L OW L L

W L OW L L L

W L OW L L L L W OW OW

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

BUF 46%54% FLA

Probable score

3 - 3

Regulation win (home)

42%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1549 / 1522

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.38 goal · 32%0

0.35 goal · 30%0

0.34 goal · 29%1

0.29 goal · 25%0

0.28 goal · 24%0

0.27 goal · 24%1

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.38 goal · 32%0

0.35 goal · 30%0

0.34 goal · 29%1

0.29 goal · 25%0

0.28 goal · 24%0

0.27 goal · 24%1

Likely assists

2/6 correct

0.33 assist · 28%0

0.30 assist · 26%0

0.29 assist · 25%1

0.29 assist · 25%0

0.26 assist · 23%1

0.25 assist · 22%0

Likely point getters

3/6 correct

0.65 point · 48%1

0.64 point · 47%1

0.57 point · 44%1

0.56 point · 43%0

0.52 point · 41%0

0.52 point · 40%0

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

vs

Sam Reinhart

FLA · C · 64 GP

BUF	Stat	FLA
40	G	29
41	A	32
81	PTS	61
14.7%	S%	17.5%
19.2	TOI	21.3

BUF 3 – 7 FLA · goal diff (home) 0.70

Feb 2BUF5–3FLA2025-26 Jan 12FLA4–3BUF2025-26 Oct 18FLA0–3BUF2025-26 Apr 12BUF2–3FLASO2024-25 Mar 8BUF0–4FLA2024-25 Oct 28FLA5–2BUF2024-25 Oct 12FLA2–5BUF2024-25 Apr 13BUF2–3FLAOT2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

B. Malenstyn

L · BUF

1G · 0A · 1P

2

A. Lyon

G · BUF

0G · 0A · 0P

3

M. Tkachuk

L · FLA

1G · 0A · 1P

Scoring summary

1st period

17:48
BUFA. Tuch(23)PP
R. McLeod (31), B. Byram (20)
BUF 1–0 FLA

2nd period

13:51
FLAM. Tkachuk(5)TYINGPP
B. Marchand (26), S. Bennett (25)
BUF 1–1 FLA

3rd period

11:38
BUFB. Malenstyn(5)
J. Norris (12), N. Ostlund (10)
BUF 2–1 FLA
18:43
BUFP. Krebs(9)EN
T. Thompson (31), A. Tuch (27)
BUF 3–1 FLA
19:25
FLAS. Bennett(20)
BUF 3–2 FLA

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	FLA
39	Shots	29
1	Power play	1
14	Hits	20
18	Blocked shots	16
6	PIM	4

Actual result

Goal scorers(5)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(5)

Goal scorers(5)

Assists(8)

Points(11)