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FLA
Florida Panthers
@
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
53% Win Probability
47% Win Probability
FLA is expected to score 3.03 goals BUF is expected to score 3.30 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on November 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Florida Panthers Buffalo Sabres
Record 8-4-2 7-4-3
L10 Record 6-4-0 5-2-3
Pts% 64.29% 60.71%
Division Rank 5 (Atlantic) 7 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 7 (Eastern) 9 (Eastern)
Projected Points 96.19 89.37
xGF/G 3.19 ● +0.023.21
xGA/G 2.69+0.54 ● 3.23
xGF% 54.27%+4.38 ● 49.89%
L10 xGF 31.39 ● +0.1831.57
L10 xGA 27.41+7.78 ● 35.19
L10 xGF% 53.38%+6.10 ● 47.29%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
FLA Sam Reinhart (C) 0.52 7 5 12 14 20:10 7.2 -1.2 43 16.3 0.168 -0.6 122 57 46.7 0.00 -0.31 -0.31
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.45 10 7 17 14 19:25 6.3 3.7 63 15.9 0.100 5.8 163 72 44.2 0.91 -0.23 0.68
FLA Brady Tkachuk (L) 0.42 8 7 15 14 16:25 5.9 2.1 46 17.4 0.128 4.6 63 34 54.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.40 8 6 14 14 19:16 5.7 2.3 40 20.0 0.142 5.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.40 2 11 13 14 19:57 5.7 -4.7 33 6.1 0.172 -11.1 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.38 1 0 1 5 11:36 1.9 -0.9 10 10.0 0.189 -8.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.33 4 5 9 14 18:53 4.7 -0.7 33 12.1 0.141 -2.0 128 46 35.9 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
FLA Brad Marchand (L)+ 0.32 1 0 1 2 11:23 0.6 0.4 5 20.0 0.129 7.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Anton Lundell (C) 0.30 4 2 6 14 17:36 4.2 -1.2 42 9.5 0.100 -0.5 217 112 51.6 0.35 -0.49 -0.14
FLA Sam Bennett (C) 0.29 3 3 6 14 17:43 4.0 -1.0 34 8.8 0.118 -3.0 173 88 50.9 0.28 -0.03 0.25
FLA Carter Verhaeghe (C) 0.27 8 4 12 14 18:17 3.8 4.2 27 29.6 0.141 15.6 14 7 50.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
FLA Matthew Tkachuk (L) 0.24 4 16 20 14 18:50 3.4 0.6 28 14.3 0.121 2.2 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Sandis Vilmanis (L) 0.21 1 1 2 13 13:10 2.8 -1.8 19 5.3 0.145 -9.3 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 14 15:24 2.8 -0.8 23 8.7 0.123 -3.6 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.19 2 1 3 14 14:29 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.173 -4.0 134 69 51.5 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
FLA Eetu Luostarinen (C) 0.18 2 2 4 14 16:04 2.5 -0.5 19 10.5 0.130 -2.5 14 4 28.6 0.00 -0.07 -0.07
FLA Lars Eller (C) 0.14 1 6 7 14 15:32 1.9 -0.9 13 7.7 0.150 -7.3 119 49 41.2 0.41 -0.35 0.06
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.11 1 2 3 14 15:03 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 154 80 51.9 0.23 -0.23 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.09 0 7 7 14 13:41 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 50 24 48.0 0.17 0.00 0.17
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.07 0 2 2 14 11:00 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
FLA Bokondji Imama (L) 0.06 0 0 0 14 7:38 0.9 -0.9 8 0.0 0.108 -10.8 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Aleksander Barkov (C)+ 0.06 0 0 0 2 14:53 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.062 -6.2 26 14 53.8 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
FLA Garnet Hathaway (R) 0.06 0 0 0 14 9:56 0.8 -0.8 4 0.0 0.194 -19.4 5 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.05 0 1 1 6 7:39 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.058 -5.8 20 11 55.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 1 0 1 6 11:05 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 36 14 38.9 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
FLA Cole Schwindt (R) 0.02 0 0 0 5 8:18 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.032 -3.2 33 21 63.6 0.00 -0.06 -0.06
FLA Cole Reinhardt (L) 0.00 0 0 0 1 10:03 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.21 2 7 9 11 24:39 2.3 -0.3 33 6.1 0.070 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Seth Jones (D) 0.19 2 16 18 14 24:51 2.7 -0.7 37 5.4 0.072 -1.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.14 3 3 6 13 19:46 1.8 1.2 27 11.1 0.067 4.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 14 26:38 1.6 0.4 18 11.1 0.087 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.10 2 7 9 14 23:50 1.4 0.6 21 9.5 0.067 2.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Aaron Ekblad (D) 0.10 0 4 4 12 20:54 1.1 -1.1 16 0.0 0.071 -7.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Niko Mikkola (D) 0.08 2 2 4 14 19:51 1.1 0.9 21 9.5 0.053 4.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Gustav Forsling (D) 0.06 1 1 2 13 21:04 0.8 0.2 18 5.6 0.042 1.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 14 13:12 0.5 -0.5 12 0.0 0.038 -3.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 12 12:20 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Dmitry Kulikov (D) 0.02 0 2 2 14 15:08 0.3 -0.3 6 0.0 0.048 -4.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Radko Gudas (D) 0.02 0 0 0 10 13:49 0.2 -0.2 5 0.0 0.032 -3.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
FLA Uvis Balinskis (D) 0.01 0 1 1 7 14:22 0.1 -0.1 3 0.0 0.022 -2.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
FLA Jacob Markstrom (G)+ +0.47% 0.6 2.21 0.897 3 6 1 50.0 1 12 117 105 12.6
FLA Akira Schmid (G) +0.40% 0.8 2.86 0.889 5 8 2 62.5 0 22 198 176 22.8
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -0.75% -2.0 3.40 0.873 4 10 3 40.0 0 33 260 227 31.0
FLA Cooper Black (G) -3.69% -0.7 3.15 0.850 0 1 1 0.0 0 3 20 17 2.3