Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres — October 18, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0 on October 18, 2025. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (BUF 6.64, FLA 6.27), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Buffalo Sabres created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Florida Panthers at 5-on-5. Josh Doan scored 2 goals. Sam Reinhart was the most dangerous skater with 2.03 individual expected goals on 1 shots at 5-on-5. The Florida Panthers outshot the Buffalo Sabres 32-31 in total shots on goal.

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Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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FLA0 - 3BUF

Oct 18, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	23	30	43.4	14	19	42.4	8	12	40.0	16	24	40.0	4	3	57.1	2.97	4.09	42.1	1	0	100.0
	P2	22	21	51.2	18	14	56.3	13	10	56.5	15	15	50.0	4	6	40.0	4.31	3.93	52.3	2	0	100.0
	P3	18	27	40.0	14	23	37.8	10	10	50.0	8	15	34.8	3	3	50.0	1.84	3.47	34.6	0	0	—
	Total	63	78	44.7	46	56	45.1	31	32	49.2	39	54	41.9	11	12	47.8	9.12	11.49	44.2	3	0	100.0
FLA	P1	30	23	56.6	19	14	57.6	12	8	60.0	24	16	60.0	3	4	42.9	4.09	2.97	57.9	0	1	0.0
	P2	21	22	48.8	14	18	43.8	10	13	43.5	15	15	50.0	6	4	60.0	3.93	4.31	47.7	0	2	0.0
	P3	27	18	60.0	23	14	62.2	10	10	50.0	15	8	65.2	3	3	50.0	3.47	1.84	65.4	0	0	—
	Total	78	63	55.3	56	46	54.9	32	31	50.8	54	39	58.1	12	11	52.2	11.49	9.12	55.8	0	3	0.0

Win Probability

BUF Favored

FLA Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

FLA Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

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Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (FLA) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = FLA players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / FLA →	Reinhart	Verhaeghe	Lundell	Bennett	Kunin	Luostarinen	Rodrigues	Boqvist	Marchand	Greer	Gadjovich	Samoskevich	Jones	Ekblad	Forsling	Balinskis	Petry	Mikkola
McLeod	21	25	26	25	100	63	41	83	32	100	100	32	33	50	62	64	17	100
Thompson	50	55	50	64	85	60	56	67	64	80	80	50	73	50	59	64	100	60
Kulich	45	46	57	55	90	60	67	86	64	80	80	57	79	56	63	64	100	50
Krebs	31	31	71	50	100	70	13	100	71	100	71	33	47	75	36	46	50	100
Kozak	6	9	7	14	50	0	33	33	0	25	50	6	8	50	25	67	38	0
Benson	54	50	60	62	88	67	67	86	67	82	82	57	75	67	73	64	100	50
Zucker	48	47	63	67	83	82	0	75	75	100	33	0	47	75	38	46	75	88
Malenstyn	6	9	7	14	0	0	33	33	0	0	0	6	0	50	25	67	29	0
Tuch	24	28	29	28	100	56	41	83	30	100	100	32	32	54	62	67	20	100
Doan	55	57	64	57	89	69	67	75	63	100	100	71	63	78	78	75	40	67
Quinn	38	35	78	42	100	70	20	100	50	50	33	33	40	62	35	40	60	75
Power	28	35	32	42	100	56	71	75	61	100	100	19	44	61	52	74	39	0
Timmins	25	25	31	32	60	70	24	63	38	20	25	23	33	28	50	54	43	0
Dahlin	35	35	33	53	81	64	38	64	57	62	62	26	55	64	55	56	50	60
Byram	14	24	33	20	83	44	60	78	35	71	83	50	28	52	50	52	50	60
Samuelsson	26	31	40	40	100	67	9	100	44	90	82	9	44	57	42	50	30	70
Geertsen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bryson	—	—	—	100	—	100	100	100	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—	100