BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
L
L
OT
L
L
W
W
L
W
W
Final
0—4
2025-03-08 · Amerant Bank Arena
FLA
FLA
Florida Panthers
38-38-4 · W1 · L10: 3-6-1
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
FLA dominated expected goals 6.1 to 1.2 · FLA controlled 57.8% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
1.15
ACTUAL
0 — 4
FLA xG
6.05

Scoring Timeline

0.78
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
0.75
HIGH xG
FLA2P 09:32Even Strength
Carter Verhaeghe
23
Carter Verhaeghe(17)
C · FLA · #23
Aleksander Barkov (43), Aaron Ekblad (30)
BUF 0 - 2 FLA
0.79
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
0.79
HIGH xG
FLA3P 19:26Power Play
Sam Bennett
9
Sam Bennett(20)
C · FLA · #9
Sam Reinhart (36), Niko Mikkola (16)
BUF 0 - 4 FLA

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
32/35 saves, .914 SV%, +1.4 GSAx
★2
Vitek Vanecek
41
Vitek Vanecek
G · FLA · #41
21/21 saves, .1000 SV%, +1.2 GSAx
★3
Nate Schmidt
88
Nate Schmidt
D · FLA · #88
2A, 3 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFFLA
21Shots36
1.16xGF6.05
42.2CF%57.8
44.4FO%55.6
0/2PP0/1
19Hits29
17Blocks5
10Giveaways10
3Takeaways3
7PIM9

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGFLA SOGBUF xGFLA xG
1st9100.401.61
2nd9110.541.90
3rd3110.212.54
Total21321.156.05

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