Chicago Blackhawks 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Blackhawks 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Saturday, October 3, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks.
NHLSaturday, October 3, 2026
DateOct 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Chicago BlackhawksBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
0-3-0Record1-1-0
8th in Central DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
0-9Road record / home record4-5
LLLLLLast 5LWLWW
L6StreakL1
Team stats
Chicago BlackhawksBuffalo Sabres
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Kane RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBowen Byram D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Chicago Blackhawks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 14:53 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Donato | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:25 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 8:26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Frondell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:06 | 0:50 | 1:16 | 14:00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 14:32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 15:01 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:01 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 17:42 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman Kantserov | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:48 | 1:18 | 0:02 | 17:28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Lardis | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7:41 | 0:42 | 0:00 | 6:59 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:30 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 8:49 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Nazar | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 19:58 | 1:01 | 1:24 | 17:33 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15:09 | 0:06 | 1:46 | 13:17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:22 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 12:35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:37 | 0:07 | 2:08 | 18:22 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Del Mastro | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 14:56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 22:58 | 0:00 | 2:01 | 20:57 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Korchinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:21 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 11:09 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artyom Levshunov | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:40 | 1:48 | 2:09 | 20:43 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Vlasic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:33 | 0:07 | 1:52 | 20:34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Blackhawks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Knight | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 59:01 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 | 2:33 | 0:32 | 16:28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 15:34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Konsta Helenius | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:39 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 13:03 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:42 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8:31 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 7:03 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 12:02 | 1:37 | 1:29 | 8:56 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 | 1:31 | 0:30 | 14:31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 | 1:33 | 0:07 | 15:43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 | 2:32 | 0:07 | 16:28 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19:41 | 2:33 | 0:00 | 17:08 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:08 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 16:02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25:23 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 23:02 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:28 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 7:34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 25:12 | 1:46 | 1:14 | 22:12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:11 | 0:01 | 0:54 | 23:16 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:31 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 15:24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .800 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres?
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Chicago Blackhawks: Tyler Bertuzzi (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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