Florida Panthers 0, Buffalo Sabres 3: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers, Florida Panthers 0 to Buffalo Sabres 3, on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers.
NHLSaturday, October 18, 2025
DateOct 18, 2025
Start time1:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance16,015
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
3-4-0Record2-3-0
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
6-7Road record / home record4-6
WWLLWLast 5LLWLW
W2StreakL2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | 4:57 | 0:00 | 14:11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0:07 | 0:34 | 10:03 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Gadjovich | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 9:10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kunin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:47 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 9:02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:30 | 7:52 | 0:12 | 10:26 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 61.1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:30 | 0:10 | 1:46 | 10:34 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:37 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sam Reinhart | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:33 | 8:46 | 0:48 | 13:59 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:33 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 | 7:49 | 0:00 | 9:57 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:54 | 6:39 | 0:00 | 14:15 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:53 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 18:52 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 23:07 | 4:05 | 1:24 | 17:38 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:06 | 0:16 | 1:59 | 18:51 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:48 | 6:41 | 1:08 | 15:59 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:53 | 0:10 | 0:32 | 6:11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeff Petry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | 4:50 | 0:00 | 13:26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 59:51 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:25 | 2:32 | 0:03 | 14:50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | 2:26 | 0:00 | 11:29 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mason Geertsen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Tyson Kozak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:47 | 0:00 | 5:16 | 4:31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 15:33 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:23 | 0:00 | 5:34 | 3:49 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 | 0:00 | 6:26 | 11:49 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 | 0:32 | 0:01 | 15:47 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 6:20 | 14:02 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 | 2:32 | 0:00 | 12:07 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:17 | 0:00 | 3:08 | 21:09 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:36 | 2:32 | 3:44 | 16:20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:44 | 0:00 | 4:03 | 19:41 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:01 | 0:00 | 5:32 | 16:29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Conor Timmins | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24:30 | 0:06 | 7:25 | 16:59 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lyon | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.000 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 59:48 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-0, on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Florida Panthers 0, Buffalo Sabres 3.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Josh Doan (2 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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