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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 17:48 BUF Alex Tuch (23) — Ryan McLeod (31) , Bowen Byram (20) PP 1-0
2 13:51 FLA Matthew Tkachuk (5) — Brad Marchand (26) , Sam Bennett (25) PP 1-1
3 11:38 BUF Beck Malenstyn (5) — Josh Norris (12) , Noah Ostlund (10) EV 2-1
3 18:43 BUF Peyton Krebs (9) — Tage Thompson (31) , Alex Tuch (27) EN 3-1
3 19:25 FLA Sam Bennett (20) EV 3-2

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
1 02:00 BUF Beck Malenstyn Tripping 2
1 15:57 FLA A.J. Greer Hooking 2
2 09:47 BUF — Too Many Men On The Ice 2
2 13:45 BUF Michael Kesselring Hooking 2
2 17:55 FLA Gustav Forsling Holding 2
3 05:20 BUF Josh Dunne Hooking 2
3 11:38 FLA — Delaying Game Unsuccessful Challenge 2

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers
Shots 39 29
Faceoff % 37.3% 62.7%
Hits 14 20
Blocked Shots 18 16
Giveaways 14 15
Takeaways 7 3

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 22 17:46
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 18 15:52
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 21 14:37
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 19 14:35
29 Beck Malenstyn L 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 18 10:57
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 14 08:54
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 16 10:45
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 15:58
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 24 19:39
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 23 14:23
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 3 0 0 27 19:23
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 0 1 22 16:23
4 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 31 23:42
8 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 18 12:19
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 0 31 23:42
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 28 23:46
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 30 25:04
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 06:13

Florida Panthers

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
9 Sam Bennett C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21 21:19
10 A.J. Greer L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 08:21
11 Mackie Samoskevich R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 17 12:49
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 1 0 26 22:24
15 Anton Lundell C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 24 16:43
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 1 1 24 17:36
19 Matthew Tkachuk L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 22 21:34
23 Carter Verhaeghe C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 1 0 22 17:21
27 Eetu Luostarinen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 22 15:09
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 22 16:10
71 Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 10 06:43
95 Sandis Vilmanis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 12 07:52
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 22 16:24
5 Aaron Ekblad D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 31 27:18
6 Donovan Sebrango D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 0 16 10:23
26 Uvis Balinskis D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 08:38
42 Gustav Forsling D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 32 23:51
77 Niko Mikkola D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0 29 25:29

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
34 Alex Lyon 29 28 2 .966 16/16 11/12 1/1 60:00
92 Colten Ellis 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00

Florida Panthers

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
40 Daniil Tarasov 38 36 2 .947 33/34 3/4 0/0 58:05
72 Sergei Bobrovsky 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00