Panthers vs. Sabres (Oct 12, 2026)

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Panthers FLA

2-1-2

2-1-2 in Last 10

Sabres BUF

2-3-0

2-3-0 in Last 10

Preview

Panthers

Sabres

Notes

preview Panthers Sabres Notes

Forward Matchup

M. Tkachuk

FLA LW #19

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

D. Kulikov

FLA D #7

O. Power

BUF D #25

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Markstrom

FLA G #25

C. Ellis

BUF G #92

Wins

.916

Save Pct

.880

1.70

Goals Against Avg

2.91

FLA

Team Stats

BUF

1.8

Goals per Game

2.2

2.4

Goals Against per Game

3.8

27.40

Shots per Game

26.40

23.20

Shots Against per Game

21.20

3.6

Power Play Pct

5.9

77.3

Penalty Kill Pct

62.5

.897

Save Pct

.821

FLA

Injuries

BUF

Jonah Gadjovich

Out (Upper-body)

Topias Leinonen

Out (Lower-body)

Brad Marchand

Out (Leg)

Conor Timmins

Out (Lower-body)

Aleksander Barkov

Out (Lower Body)

Jack Rathbone

Out (Undisclosed)

Jason Zucker

Out (Abdomen)

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	4	1	0	8	4
Senators	4	1	0	8	4
Bruins	4	2	0	8	7
Maple Leafs	3	2	1	7	2
Panthers	2	1	2	6	-3
Canadiens	2	2	1	5	-4
Sabres	2	3	0	4	-8
Red Wings	1	3	1	3	-5

FLA

Last 5

BUF

Sat, Oct 10

Sat, Oct 10

Tue, Oct 6

Thu, Oct 8

Sun, Oct 4

Tue, Oct 6

Thu, Oct 1

Sat, Oct 3

Tue, Sep 29

Thu, Oct 1

Game Info

October 12, 2026

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KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

M. Tkachuk

S. Bennett

GWG

M. Tkachuk

SV%

.916

J. Markstrom

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	5	3	1	4	+1	2	0	0	1	0	11	27.3	0	0	0	11	1	1	7	21:03
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	5	0	3	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	28	66	42.4	17	1	1	8	20:26
Lars Eller L. Eller	5	0	3	3	+2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	22	55	40.0	4	4	1	7	13:49
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	5	1	1	2	+5	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	1	3	33.3	2	1	1	4	18:39
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	5	2	0	2	-1	4	1	0	0	0	8	25.0	2	4	50.0	9	5	0	3	15:29
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	4	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	3	5	2	3	20:41
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	3	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	21:03
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	5	0	1	1	+2	8	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	5	1	4	15:58
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	5	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	38	74	51.4	7	2	0	7	19:04
Seth Jones S. Jones	5	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	26:47
Brad Marchand B. Marchand	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	11:23
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	14	26	53.8	1	2	0	0	14:54
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	5	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	13	10	0	2	13:16
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	13	33	39.4	11	1	0	5	21:37
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	5	0	0	0	+1	19	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	22	2	2	1	8:35
Bokondji Imama B. Imama	5	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	18	1	0	1	6:35
Sam Lafferty S. Lafferty	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	1	0	0	1	9:30
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	3	5	19:55
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	5	0	0	0	-3	9	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	17	27	63.0	19	1	1	6	17:24
Sandis Vilmanis S. Vilmanis	5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	1	1	100.0	16	3	1	4	12:32
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	3	0	0	0	+2	7	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	13:55

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	4	4	2	1	1	83	76	.916	7	1.70	1	246
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	1	1	0	0	1	32	28	.875	4	3.80	0	63

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brad Marchand B. Marchand	68	27	42	69	+25	54	4	13	3	2	4	2	183	14.8	11	38	28.9	54	23	46	48	17:19
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	32	10	27	37	+15	6	3	11	0	0	3	1	79	12.7	318	593	53.6	13	16	24	16	20:06
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	20	11	13	24	+4	24	4	4	0	0	1	0	74	14.9	2	6	33.3	25	5	10	18	18:54
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	37	5	14	19	+14	22	3	4	0	0	1	0	85	5.9	0	0	0	43	41	13	31	22:39
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	18	5	14	19	0	2	3	6	0	0	1	1	54	9.3	41	82	50.0	15	8	4	16	20:25
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	20	8	11	19	+2	8	0	4	0	0	2	0	59	13.6	4	12	33.3	17	4	10	10	17:03
Lars Eller L. Eller	61	7	11	18	-7	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	108	6.5	326	616	52.9	45	33	17	33	14:46
Seth Jones S. Jones	29	5	11	16	0	10	0	4	0	0	2	1	84	6.0	0	0	0	20	37	15	13	23:07
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	22	6	10	16	0	69	2	2	0	0	1	0	104	5.8	77	146	52.7	62	9	4	18	18:14
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	24	8	6	14	+1	22	2	1	0	0	2	0	59	13.6	120	231	51.9	36	7	8	11	16:02
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	18	8	4	12	+5	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	41	19.5	113	227	49.8	17	8	5	13	16:02
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	21	1	10	11	+9	6	0	2	0	1	1	1	41	2.4	0	0	0	16	27	7	22	21:27
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	32	2	7	9	+9	42	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	5.0	0	0	0	110	52	4	18	17:47
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	50	1	6	7	0	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	59	1.7	0	0	0	73	53	9	22	19:45
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	29	4	3	7	+5	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	12.5	7	15	46.7	97	14	5	6	12:12
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	19	0	6	6	+7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	32	84	38.1	21	11	10	9	14:55
Sam Lafferty S. Lafferty	12	3	1	4	-2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	18.8	24	46	52.2	28	4	6	3	12:52
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	18	0	3	3	+8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	28	24	3	8	19:38
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	8	1	2	3	+1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	7	5	6	3	17:49
Sandis Vilmanis S. Vilmanis	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	11:23
Jonah Gadjovich J. Gadjovich	7	0	0	0	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	30	1	0	3	8:34

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	13	13	8	2	2	354	327	.924	27	2.16	1	750
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	3	3	1	1	0	69	62	.899	7	3.25	0	129

Team Leaders

T. Thompson

O. Power

GWG

O. Power

SV%

.880

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs FLA

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Owen Power O. Power	5	1	4	5	+1	2	0	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	26:02
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	5	3	2	5	+3	4	1	0	0	0	29	10.3	30	65	46.2	3	3	2	7	19:47
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	5	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	8	13	2	9	26:32
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	5	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	18	51	35.3	0	1	0	5	18:11
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	16	32	50.0	5	1	0	1	11:59
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	5	0	2	2	-1	7	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	3	8	37.5	7	1	0	2	14:37
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	5	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	4	3	1	6	20:12
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	5	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	0	0	0	6	2	0	6	20:00
Josh Norris J. Norris	5	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	25	44	56.8	6	3	0	3	16:05
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	5	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	25	48	52.1	1	1	0	6	15:04
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	5	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	6	8	1	11	15:14
Zach Benson Z. Benson	5	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	2	6	33.3	9	2	0	6	19:24
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	5	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	7	1	2	11:39
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	4	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	4	1	0	7	14:07
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	3	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	16	50.0	4	0	0	1	7:55
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	5	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	21	3	1	2	9:27
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	1	2	50.0	12	4	1	3	16:00
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	0	0	0	7:32
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	16:39
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	13	25	52.0	2	1	1	1	10:05

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	3	3	1	2	0	55	43	.782	12	4.02	0	179
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	2	2	1	1	0	50	44	.880	6	2.91	0	124

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	25	8	9	17	+3	41	2	2	1	63	12.7	5	12	41.7	18	6	15	19	15:05
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	26	3	14	17	-5	22	1	4	0	67	4.5	0	0	0	41	44	12	24	23:30
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	24	6	9	15	-8	10	1	4	0	69	8.7	105	224	46.9	18	8	8	16	17:20
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	13	0	8	8	+6	2	0	1	0	11	0.0	104	185	56.2	7	9	6	11	16:31
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	24	1	6	7	+1	6	1	2	0	22	4.5	0	0	0	13	26	10	15	17:51
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	17	2	5	7	-3	12	0	1	1	17	11.8	53	105	50.5	31	5	7	10	14:07
Josh Norris J. Norris	10	2	4	6	-2	2	0	1	1	20	10.0	86	169	50.9	7	10	1	4	17:22
Owen Power O. Power	14	1	5	6	-4	2	0	3	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	5	20	4	14	21:59
Josh Doan J. Doan	5	3	1	4	0	4	2	1	1	12	25.0	0	2	0.0	9	2	1	0	15:42
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	9	1	2	3	+3	2	0	0	0	3	33.3	35	71	49.3	37	5	2	3	11:31
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	13	1	2	3	-2	6	1	1	0	25	4.0	2	4	50.0	11	3	4	13	14:53
Zach Benson Z. Benson	9	2	1	3	-1	12	0	1	0	11	18.2	0	1	0.0	4	3	5	5	14:41
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	15	2	0	2	-4	6	0	0	0	14	14.3	1	5	20.0	47	7	4	2	9:15
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	15	1	1	2	-1	8	0	0	0	22	4.5	0	0	0	39	32	2	13	21:12
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	1	1	2	-2	10	0	0	0	5	20.0	23	50	46.0	14	4	2	5	14:50
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	7	0	1	1	-1	8	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	13	12	2	6	17:10
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	4	10	40.0	0	0	1	1	11:52
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	7:57
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	10:44
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	12	31	38.7	6	5	0	2	10:35
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	3	7	1	4	17:22
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	13	28	46.4	1	4	2	3	16:52

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	7	7	4	1	2	248	231	.931	17	2.38	1	428
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	6	6	0	4	2	212	193	.910	19	3.14	0	363
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	0	1	0	31	28	.903	3	3.13	0	57

Atlantic Division opponents meet when Sabres host the Panthers

The Associated Press

Oct 11, 2026

Florida Panthers (2-1-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-3, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Monday, 1 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers take on the Buffalo Sabres for a matchup within the Atlantic Division Monday.

Buffalo is 2-3 overall with a -- record against the Atlantic Division. The Sabres have allowed 19 goals while scoring 11 for a -8 scoring differential.

Florida is 2-1-2 overall with a -- record against the Atlantic Division. The Panthers rank second in the league serving 16.6 penalty minutes per game.

The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

INJURIES: Sabres: Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Panthers: Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (leg), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Panthers FLA

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Atlantic Division opponents meet when Sabres host the Panthers

Players Mentioned

Aleksander Barkov

Alex Lyon

Brad Marchand

Jason Zucker

Jonah Gadjovich

Jack Rathbone

Conor Timmins