Sabres vs.Panthers

Game Summary

On October 12, 2026, the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Florida Panthers 5-3 at KeyBank Center. Josh Doan opened the scoring at 5:58 of the first period, and Anton Lundell tied it 1-1 at 11:00 on a rebound. Rasmus Dahlin put Buffalo ahead 2-1 with a power-play blast at 15:55 before leaving with an upper-body injury in the second period.

Sam Reinhart tied the game 2-2 with a power-play goal at 6:26 of the second and did it again at 13:41 to make it 3-3. Ryan McLeod gave the Sabres a 3-2 lead at 11:25 when he deked Akira Schmid and beat him low. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen entered in relief of Colten Ellis after the second Reinhart goal and stopped 13 of 14 shots the rest of the way.

Noah Ostlund broke the tie with a power-play one-timer at 7:15 of the third off a pass from Zach Benson. Tage Thompson sealed it at 13:20 from the slot for the 5-3 final. Thompson had a goal and an assist, and Peyton Krebs, Jack Quinn, and Owen Power each had two assists. Jacob Markstrom allowed two goals on 11 shots before Florida pulled him after the first period. Reinhart scored twice on the power play for the Panthers, who fell to 2-2-2.