Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres — October 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Chicago Blackhawks fell to the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Saturday. At 5-on-5, BUF carried the play with 3.46 expected goals and a 64.4% share of shot attempts. BUF had a big edge in high-danger chances, 10-2 over CHI at 5-on-5. Shots on goal: BUF 28, CHI 15.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Chicago Blackhawks vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Oct 3, 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
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CHI3 - 4BUF

Oct 3, 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	%
BUF	P1	29	11	72.5	24	10	70.6	13	5	72.2	19	8	70.4	5	0	100.0	1.96	0.76	72.2	1	2	33.3
	P2	21	9	70.0	15	6	71.4	8	4	66.7	15	8	65.2	4	4	50.0	1.07	0.70	60.4	1	1	50.0
	P3	14	18	43.8	12	14	46.2	7	6	53.8	12	11	52.2	3	0	100.0	1.05	0.89	54.0	2	0	100.0
	Total	64	38	62.7	51	30	63.0	28	15	65.1	46	27	63.0	12	4	75.0	4.07	2.35	63.4	4	3	57.1
CHI	P1	11	29	27.5	10	24	29.4	5	13	27.8	8	19	29.6	0	5	0.0	0.76	1.96	27.8	2	1	66.7
	P2	9	21	30.0	6	15	28.6	4	8	33.3	8	15	34.8	4	4	50.0	0.70	1.07	39.6	1	1	50.0
	P3	18	14	56.3	14	12	53.8	6	7	46.2	11	12	47.8	0	3	0.0	0.89	1.05	46.0	0	2	0.0
	Total	38	64	37.3	30	51	37.0	15	28	34.9	27	46	37.0	4	12	25.0	2.35	4.07	36.6	3	4	42.9

Win Probability

BUF Favored

CHI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BUF

CHI

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CHI Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

CHI ShootBUF Shoot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

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

Rows = BUF players, Columns = CHI 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 ↓ / CHI →	Nazar	Greene	Frondell	Teravainen	Moore	Donato	Greenway	Bertuzzi	Lardis	Kantserov	Kane	Smith	Vlasic	Levshunov	Kaiser	Cole	Del Mastro	Korchinski
Thompson	50	63	25	20	67	67	64	20	100	50	67	69	57	47	55	80	63	57
Ostlund	63	69	50	33	83	100	73	—	100	69	63	67	63	69	67	56	89	86
Norris	33	67	50	38	60	67	67	40	100	60	67	69	71	50	40	77	56	57
McLeod	43	50	44	40	57	33	50	38	33	57	57	50	29	44	56	40	67	75
Helenius	60	50	67	60	38	33	50	71	33	75	75	50	40	50	56	50	70	71
Kulich	40	—	75	75	56	50	—	89	63	40	40	—	60	75	57	60	64	75
Krebs	100	50	67	67	43	33	50	70	43	100	100	50	40	50	71	67	80	75
Carrick	20	—	43	43	67	67	—	63	80	20	20	—	33	50	40	40	57	80
Benson	68	65	—	—	100	100	68	—	100	68	67	67	56	68	78	57	100	86
Malenstyn	17	—	43	43	60	67	—	50	75	17	17	—	33	40	40	40	50	75
Doan	57	62	25	20	67	67	65	20	100	60	67	67	64	47	50	82	63	57
Quinn	68	71	100	100	100	100	71	100	100	72	71	69	60	76	82	57	100	86
Samuelsson	53	85	38	38	40	50	85	38	50	53	53	91	61	54	69	69	64	50
Dahlin	65	79	40	33	50	50	76	40	50	63	69	91	65	56	71	73	86	60
Power	56	62	64	58	55	43	67	60	50	78	67	58	57	53	47	58	82	90
Zellweger	56	67	70	64	71	60	67	64	75	78	75	63	44	56	62	60	92	90
Crevier	50	53	25	25	78	83	57	60	88	50	43	53	46	60	56	55	62	70
Metsa	60	40	100	100	100	100	40	75	100	50	60	44	50	83	100	50	64	64