BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
31-36-6 · W1 · L10: 6-4-0
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
Final/SO
2—3
2025-04-12 · Amerant Bank Arena
FLA
FLA
Florida Panthers
44-26-3 · L1 · L10: 5-5-0
W
W
L
L
L
OT
L
W
W
L
FLA dominated expected goals 3.0 to 2.3 · Decided in a shootout

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
2.27
ACTUAL
2 — 3
FLA xG
2.97

Scoring Timeline

0.17
HIGH xG
BUF1P 19:41Power Play
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin(17)
D · BUF · #26
Jason Zucker (31), JJ Peterka (39)
BUF 1 - 0 FLA
0.27
HIGH xG
FLA2P 05:00Even Strength
Carter Verhaeghe
23
Carter Verhaeghe(19)
C · FLA · #23
Seth Jones (26), Evan Rodrigues (16)
BUF 1 - 1 FLA
0.40
HIGH xG
FLA2P 14:47Even Strength
Jesse Puljujarvi
20
Jesse Puljujarvi(4)
R · FLA · #20
Uvis Balinskis (14), Carter Verhaeghe (32)
BUF 1 - 2 FLA
0.26
HIGH xG
BUF3P 12:18Power Play
JJ Peterka
JJ Peterka(26)
R · BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (49), Alex Tuch (30)
BUF 2 - 2 FLA

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
32/34 saves, .941 SV%, +1.6 GSAx
★2
Vitek Vanecek
41
Vitek Vanecek
G · FLA · #41
26/28 saves, .928 SV%, -0.1 GSAx
★3
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin
D · BUF · #26
1G, 1A, 6 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

BUFFLA
28Shots34
2.27xGF2.98
46.2CF%53.8
38.5FO%61.5
2/3PP0/3
20Hits34
13Blocks11
15Giveaways16
11Takeaways7
17PIM17

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGFLA SOGBUF xGFLA xG
1st690.810.55
2nd11130.601.48
3rd680.600.38
OT320.260.56
Total26322.272.97

Penalties

14 TOTAL
1P 05:34
BUF
Connor Cliftonboarding (2 min)
Drawn by Nico Sturm
1P 18:54
FLA
Evan Rodriguestripping (2 min)
Drawn by JJ Peterka
2P 15:24
BUF
Zach Bensonslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Uvis Balinskis
2P 15:24
FLA
Uvis Balinskisslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Benson
2P 18:01
BUF
Jason Zuckerslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Jesper Boqvist
3P 02:45
BUF
Alex Tuchfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Jonah Gadjovich
3P 02:45
FLA
Jonah Gadjovichfighting (5 min)
Drawn by Alex Tuch
3P 04:02
BUF
Rasmus Dahlincross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Carter Verhaeghe
3P 10:19
FLA
Mackie Samoskevichunsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
3P 10:19
BUF
Tage Thompsonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Uvis Balinskis
3P 10:19
FLA
A.J. Greerroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Tage Thompson
3P 10:19
FLA
A.J. Greerroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Zach Benson
3P 15:21
FLA
Carter Verhaegheroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Connor Clifton
3P 15:21
BUF
Connor Cliftonslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Carter Verhaeghe