Florida Panthers 3, Buffalo Sabres 5: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers, Florida Panthers 3 to Buffalo Sabres 5, on Monday, October 12, 2026 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 12, 2026
DateOct 12, 2026
Start time1:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-2-2Record3-3-0
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
5-7Road record / home record4-5
LLWLWLast 5LWLWW
L2StreakL1
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
Sandis Vilmanis LW · Undisclosed
OutBrad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
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
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:34 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 14:51 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 70.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 | 0:33 | 3:09 | 8:54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet Hathaway | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 2:19 | 7:46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bokondji Imama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 13:48 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 | 1:16 | 3:13 | 10:22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 | 1:07 | 2:55 | 12:35 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 20:27 | 4:54 | 1:30 | 14:03 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 18:25 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 16:32 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 12:47 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:37 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 13:53 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 | 0:26 | 0:32 | 11:23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Ekblad | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 20:25 | 0:40 | 2:19 | 17:26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gustav Forsling | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 24:10 | 0:04 | 4:03 | 20:03 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Radko Gudas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:27 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 11:45 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Seth Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 23:55 | 4:18 | 3:18 | 16:19 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 13:33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 19:48 | 0:00 | 3:23 | 16:25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .857 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 38:08 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .818 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 | 4:49 | 2:56 | 11:55 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:15 | 2:35 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Konsta Helenius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:52 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 9:30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 15:01 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 | 2:06 | 0:08 | 11:38 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 8:41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 | 0:33 | 3:27 | 12:04 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 8:41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Noah Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 | 4:38 | 0:38 | 12:38 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:35 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 12:56 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:58 | 4:28 | 0:08 | 13:22 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | 0:00 | 1:42 | 13:21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 | 1:51 | 0:00 | 7:15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:38 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 12:27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26:31 | 4:58 | 1:47 | 19:46 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:59 | 0:36 | 3:17 | 23:06 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 | 0:37 | 0:00 | 19:26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .778 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26:26 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .929 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 33:34 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
BUF leads series 1-0
Mar 20, 2027FLA 0, BUF 0
Dec 30, 2026BUF 0, FLA 0
Nov 21, 2026BUF 0, FLA 0
Oct 12, 2026FLA 3, BUF 5
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 5-3, on Monday, October 12, 2026.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres?
Florida Panthers 3, Buffalo Sabres 5.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Sam Reinhart (2 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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