BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
L
L
OT
L
L
W
W
L
W
W
Final
0—4
2025-03-08 · Amerant Bank Arena
FLA
FLA
Florida Panthers
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
FLA dominated expected goals 4.8 to 2.4 · FLA controlled 57.8% of 5v5 shot attempts · 1 empty-net goal padded the final margin

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
2.37
ACTUAL
0 — 4
FLA xG
4.80

Scoring Timeline

0.11
HIGH xG
FLA1P 07:20Even Strength
A.J. Greer
10
A.J. Greer(6)
L · FLA · #10
Nate Schmidt (11), Dmitry Kulikov (9)
BUF 0 - 1 FLA
0.07
MED xG
FLA2P 09:32Even Strength
Carter Verhaeghe
23
Carter Verhaeghe(17)
C · FLA · #23
Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)
BUF 0 - 2 FLA
0.82
HIGH xG
FLA2P 17:09Even Strength
Anton Lundell
15
Anton Lundell(15)
C · FLA · #15
Nate Schmidt (12), Jesper Boqvist (11)
BUF 0 - 3 FLA
0.59
HIGH xG
FLA3P 19:26Power PlayEN
Sam Bennett
9
Sam Bennett(20)
C · FLA · #9
Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)
BUF 0 - 4 FLA

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Vitek Vanecek
41
Vitek Vanecek
G · FLA · #41
21/21 saves, .1000 SV%, +1.6 GSAx
★2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
32/35 saves, .914 SV%, +1.2 GSAx
★3
Nate Schmidt
88
Nate Schmidt
D · FLA · #88
2A, 3 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFFLA
21Shots36
2.37xGF4.80
42.2CF%57.8
44.4FO%55.6
0/2PP0/1
19Hits29
17Blocks5
10Giveaways10
3Takeaways3
7PIM9

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGFLA SOGBUF xGFLA xG
1st9100.751.22
2nd9111.241.42
3rd3110.372.16
Total21322.364.80

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 08:41
FLA
Anton Lundelltripping (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Benson
3P 04:17
FLA
A.J. Greerfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Josh Dunne
3P 04:17
BUF
Josh Dunnefighting (5 min)
Drawn by A.J. Greer
3P 04:17
FLA
Aaron Ekbladroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Beck Malenstyn
3P 13:24
BUF
Zach Bensonhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Niko Mikkola