Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers — February 2, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Florida Panthers 5-3 on February 2, 2026. Despite the result, the Florida Panthers held the edge in expected goals (7.54 to 6.12) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Florida Panthers created 9 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Buffalo Sabres at 5-on-5. Cole Schwindt was the most dangerous skater with 2.01 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Florida Panthers outshot the Buffalo Sabres 42-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers progressed on Feb 2, 2026
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
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

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Feb 2, 2026 · 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	%
FLA	P1	18	17	51.4	14	13	51.9	9	8	52.9	11	9	55.0	3	1	75.0	2.62	1.93	57.5	2	2	50.0
	P2	35	17	67.3	26	13	66.7	19	6	76.0	25	11	69.4	7	3	70.0	5.71	2.91	66.2	1	1	50.0
	P3	28	15	65.1	19	10	65.5	14	6	70.0	16	9	64.0	4	3	57.1	3.21	2.20	59.4	0	2	0.0
	Total	81	49	62.3	59	36	62.1	42	20	67.7	52	29	64.2	14	7	66.7	11.54	7.04	62.1	3	5	37.5
BUF	P1	17	18	48.6	13	14	48.1	8	9	47.1	9	11	45.0	1	3	25.0	1.93	2.62	42.5	2	2	50.0
	P2	17	35	32.7	13	26	33.3	6	19	24.0	11	25	30.6	3	7	30.0	2.91	5.71	33.8	1	1	50.0
	P3	15	28	34.9	10	19	34.5	6	14	30.0	9	16	36.0	3	4	42.9	2.20	3.21	40.6	2	0	100.0
	Total	49	81	37.7	36	59	37.9	20	42	32.3	29	52	35.8	7	14	33.3	7.04	11.54	37.9	5	3	62.5

Win Probability

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Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

BUF Attempts

FLA Attempts

Individual Event Map

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Shot on Net

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Attempt Blocked

Hit

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Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = FLA players, Columns = BUF players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the FLA 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:

FLA ↓ / BUF →	Krebs	Thompson	McLeod	Kozak	Ostlund	Zucker	Benson	Malenstyn	Tuch	Doan	Quinn	Rosen	Samuelsson	Byram	Power	Dahlin	Kesselring	Metsa
Reinhart	44	29	90	80	50	72	78	75	72	50	69	100	83	71	74	62	50	100
Rodrigues	47	28	90	79	100	69	78	71	68	55	71	—	82	74	75	59	33	100
Verhaeghe	58	38	53	71	57	27	69	75	68	67	27	—	64	76	80	52	36	50
Luostarinen	55	41	71	73	63	45	88	80	38	67	50	0	61	63	76	47	40	60
Boqvist	100	50	0	67	67	0	60	50	0	75	0	50	75	57	80	50	75	80
Kunin	60	0	0	67	57	—	50	50	0	75	—	50	75	43	60	33	40	80
Bennett	0	20	40	—	0	40	25	—	20	0	40	—	14	—	0	33	20	0
Tkachuk	60	38	55	75	57	33	69	82	68	67	38	—	67	77	82	54	27	50
Greer	59	50	33	—	75	40	57	100	52	67	40	—	62	79	69	33	50	67
Vilmanis	59	54	57	—	86	80	67	100	58	86	67	—	65	85	73	38	50	67
Schwindt	64	54	50	100	75	57	57	100	60	67	40	100	65	80	75	38	67	67
Samoskevich	80	50	75	80	80	86	50	75	0	83	86	75	100	57	75	83	50	86
Balinskis	65	38	68	86	86	50	88	83	74	69	50	50	71	88	86	57	50	60
Forsling	47	42	50	50	20	45	31	60	44	33	33	100	54	55	57	30	44	0
Ekblad	53	46	50	50	33	46	36	50	48	43	42	100	50	67	65	27	44	0
Mikkola	73	13	69	100	75	63	43	100	17	64	65	100	67	77	88	59	25	67
Petry	50	17	57	56	73	50	82	67	25	64	50	50	82	33	67	54	33	78
Bjornfot	67	40	60	60	67	50	90	71	50	64	50	33	83	40	60	60	40	80