Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres — October 12, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres prevailed 5-3 in a high-scoring affair against the Florida Panthers on October 12, 2026. Sam Reinhart had a 2-goal game. Zellweger was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.56 individual expected goals on 6 shots. At 5-on-5, BUF carried the play with 2.54 expected goals and a 48.1% share of shot attempts.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Oct 12, 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

FLA3 - 5BUF

Oct 12, 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	18	20	47.4	16	14	53.3	11	7	61.1	14	9	60.9	6	4	60.0	1.54	0.74	67.7	2	1	66.7
	P2	17	16	51.5	15	14	51.7	13	7	65.0	8	8	50.0	1	4	20.0	0.97	1.34	42.0	1	2	33.3
	P3	14	28	33.3	12	19	38.7	8	9	47.1	9	18	33.3	1	5	16.7	0.97	1.33	42.2	2	0	100.0
	Total	49	64	43.4	43	47	47.8	32	23	58.2	31	35	47.0	8	13	38.1	3.48	3.40	50.6	5	3	62.5
FLA	P1	20	18	52.6	14	16	46.7	7	11	38.9	9	14	39.1	4	6	40.0	0.74	1.54	32.3	1	2	33.3
	P2	16	17	48.5	14	15	48.3	7	13	35.0	8	8	50.0	4	1	80.0	1.34	0.97	58.0	2	1	66.7
	P3	28	14	66.7	19	12	61.3	9	8	52.9	18	9	66.7	5	1	83.3	1.33	0.97	57.8	0	2	0.0
	Total	64	49	56.6	47	43	52.2	23	32	41.8	35	31	53.0	13	8	61.9	3.40	3.48	49.4	3	5	37.5

Win Probability

BUF Favored

FLA Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BUF

FLA

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

FLA Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

FLA ShootBUF Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

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 (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	Luostarinen	Bennett	Verhaeghe	Lundell	Lafferty	Eller	Tkachuk	Tkachuk	Vilmanis	Imama	Hathaway	Forsling	Ekblad	Jones	Mikkola	Kulikov	Gudas
Thompson	44	41	83	38	50	50	40	63	63	29	67	75	48	39	53	55	80	75
Krebs	38	38	80	44	38	67	45	57	50	29	67	67	46	36	42	58	80	67
McLeod	26	50	50	24	25	86	44	20	27	25	43	50	33	27	32	69	75	71
Ostlund	44	73	45	44	63	86	83	36	25	0	33	33	60	20	38	57	71	88
Kulich	50	75	44	67	67	67	63	38	47	50	33	50	38	27	64	64	67	60
Helenius	33	33	44	50	40	60	45	36	44	14	40	57	29	20	64	64	50	40
Norris	43	50	67	50	50	67	100	50	67	0	100	100	60	71	100	100	50	29
Kozak	29	25	40	40	0	100	100	33	50	0	100	100	50	38	57	100	40	29
Benson	41	71	50	36	63	83	57	24	20	0	67	67	62	50	29	50	78	90
Malenstyn	36	25	40	57	0	100	100	40	50	0	100	100	75	38	57	100	50	50
Doan	25	50	100	27	47	60	67	38	60	38	67	75	52	44	46	58	80	40
Quinn	89	71	50	88	71	86	80	56	43	0	67	67	62	50	63	55	82	91
Power	28	59	43	42	40	70	70	32	47	42	40	57	52	39	57	69	64	45
Samuelsson	31	29	47	28	25	63	63	29	24	20	71	71	47	43	24	39	80	88
Zellweger	54	33	60	54	25	79	40	44	54	11	56	50	47	33	55	58	56	38
Crevier	33	13	29	57	0	83	38	19	33	0	50	50	21	14	63	83	50	57
Metsa	16	50	60	16	50	75	67	19	19	50	50	50	47	43	21	100	71	67
Dahlin	100	50	60	100	50	100	100	67	60	0	100	100	67	50	57	57	100	100