Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

Tue, Feb 27, 2024 · Amerant Bank Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 3

Final

Florida Panthers

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at Amerant Bank Arena. Brandon Montour led the way with 3 points. Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	1	2	30
FLA	2	0	1	3	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	09:25	BUF	PP	Dylan Cozens (12) · slap	Jordan Greenway (11), Owen Power (17)	1–0
1st	12:54	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (14) · snap	Nick Cousins (5), Brandon Montour (16)	1–1
1st	15:36	FLA	PP	Matthew Tkachuk (21) · wrist	Carter Verhaeghe (31), Brandon Montour (17)	1–2
3rd	09:41	FLA	PP	Brandon Montour (5) · snap	Matthew Tkachuk (46), Sam Reinhart (29)	1–3
3rd	12:44	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (17) · deflected	Rasmus Dahlin (30), Alex Tuch (23)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:44	BUF	Zach Benson	holding	2
1st	06:44	FLA	Dmitry Kulikov	interference	2
1st	07:40	FLA	Brandon Montour	hooking	2
1st	15:22	BUF	Jacob Bryson	high sticking	2
1st	19:35	FLA	Matthew Tkachuk	roughing	2
2nd	07:44	BUF	Connor Clifton	high sticking	2
2nd	14:23	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2
2nd	14:23	FLA	Nick Cousins	roughing	2
2nd	14:23	BUF	Jordan Greenway	roughing	2
2nd	17:09	FLA	Dmitry Kulikov	slashing	2
3rd	00:31	FLA	Niko Mikkola	tripping	2
3rd	09:01	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2
3rd	09:01	BUF	Bench	unsportsmanlike conduct bench	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.06 · FLA 3.09 · xG% BUF 40.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		30:49	31
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2		23:35	33
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	33.3	21:08	24
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	50.0	19:24	23
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	7	2	1	42.9	18:52	20
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	0		14:03	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		23:32	30
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	20:00	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	25.0	19:54	21
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		15:31	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2		14:35	24
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:39	19
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	40.0	12:21	18
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1		11:27	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	55.6	10:38	16
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57.1	10:21	15
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:06	12
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		3:31	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	37	34	3	.919	59:40

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
62	Brandon Montour	D	1	2	3	+1	2	5	0	0		21:00	23
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	1	1	2	+1	2	7	2	1		22:01	23
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	60.0	19:00	25
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	7	0	46.7	16:53	22
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		14:57	17
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	2		13:27	20
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2		21:29	27
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	1		20:53	25
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	1	73.7	19:36	27
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	2		19:04	23
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	1		16:40	23
91	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		16:35	22
82	Kevin Stenlund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	64.7	13:37	18
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50.0	12:59	21
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:57	21
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	11:10	17
94	Ryan Lomberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		10:04	12
12	Jonah Gadjovich	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		8:15	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	W	30	28	2	.933	59:38