Florida Panthers 5, Buffalo Sabres 2: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers 5 to Buffalo Sabres 2, on Monday, October 28, 2024 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers.
NHLMonday, October 28, 2024
DateOct 28, 2024
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance12,906
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-3-1Record4-5-1
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
7-7Road record / home record4-6
WWWLLLast 5LLLLW
W3StreakL4
Team stats
Florida PanthersBuffalo 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.
Florida Panthers
Brad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Florida Panthers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 | 3:40 | 1:00 | 14:49 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | 0:07 | 0:48 | 11:02 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Patrick Giles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 7:07 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:57 | 0:05 | 0:50 | 9:02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 | 2:01 | 2:23 | 10:34 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:43 | 0:03 | 0:59 | 10:41 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Reinhart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 | 3:43 | 1:00 | 16:12 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 14:55 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:51 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:02 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 15:15 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:57 | 3:49 | 0:01 | 15:07 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Florida Panthers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uvis Balinskis | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 17:57 | 3:51 | 0:25 | 13:41 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:00 | 2:04 | 1:43 | 17:13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 | 0:02 | 1:45 | 18:14 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:02 | 0:00 | 1:48 | 18:14 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:29 | 0:05 | 1:48 | 19:36 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:50 | 1:57 | 0:25 | 13:28 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 60:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 18:31 | 2:33 | 2:45 | 13:13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 0:59 | 2:28 | 11:38 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 | 0:25 | 0:43 | 11:57 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:25 | 0:00 | 0:57 | 7:28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 1:02 | 6:43 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:20 | 1:22 | 1:23 | 14:35 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 20:45 | 3:19 | 0:00 | 17:26 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:51 | 0:57 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:27 | 2:57 | 0:04 | 15:26 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:02 | 1:23 | 2:24 | 17:15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 23:50 | 0:43 | 2:27 | 20:40 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Clifton | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:14 | 0:00 | 3:10 | 13:04 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:48 | 3:20 | 1:06 | 17:22 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Henri Jokiharju | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 17:39 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20:35 | 0:38 | 0:00 | 19:57 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 12:09 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .839 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 58:10 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Florida Panthers won, 5-2, on Monday, October 28, 2024.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Florida Panthers 5, Buffalo Sabres 2.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Jason Zucker (1 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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