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Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	1	2	0	0	4.02	.782
C. Ellis	1	1	0	0	2.91	.880

Panthers

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Markstrom	2	1	1	1	1.71	.916
A. Schmid	0	0	1	0	3.80	.875

Amerant Bank Arena

7:00 PM, December 30, 2026

Sunrise, FL

BUF

FLA

Points

Tage ThompsonC #72

5PTS

Matthew TkachukLW #19

4PTS

Goals

Tage ThompsonC #72

1PPG

29S

Matthew TkachukLW #19

0PPG

11S

Assists

Owen PowerD #25

0PPA

1+/-

Lars EllerC #20

1PPA

2+/-

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jason Zucker LW	IR	Oct 15
Alex Lyon G	IR	Oct 24
Conor Timmins D	IR	Oct 17
Topias Leinonen G	IR-NR	Oct 24
Jack Rathbone D	IR-NR	Oct 24

Florida Panthers

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Eetu Luostarinen C	Day-To-Day	Oct 12
Brad Marchand LW	OUT	Nov 21
Aleksander Barkov C	IR-LT	Nov 27
Jonah Gadjovich LW	IR-LT	Oct 17

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
BUF	2.20	3.80	26.4	21.2	42	1	5.9	6	62.5	0	0
FLA	1.80	2.40	27.4	23.2	83	1	3.6	5	77.3	0	0

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/10/26	vsUTA	L4-1
10/8/26	vsDAL	L4-0
10/6/26	vsMIN	W3-2 OT
10/3/26	vsCHI	W4-3
10/1/26	@CBJ	L6-3

Panthers Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/10/26	vsMIN	L4-1
10/6/26	@LA	W2-1
10/4/26	@ANA	L3-2 OT
10/1/26	@SJ	L4-3 OT
9/29/26	@CAR	W1-0 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/12

Panthers
Sabres

Game 1

10/12

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Sabres
Panthers

Game 2

11/21

Sabres
Panthers

Game 3

12/30

Panthers
Sabres

Game 4

3/20

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	4	1	0	8
Ottawa	4	1	0	8
Boston	4	2	0	8
Toronto	3	2	1	7
Florida	2	1	2	6
Montreal	2	2	1	5
Buffalo	2	3	0	4
Detroit	1	3	1	3

Hurricanes bring win streak into matchup with the Flyers

Carolina Hurricanes (4-1-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (0-4-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Canucks take losing streak into game against the Rangers

Vancouver Canucks (2-4, in the Pacific Division) vs. New York Rangers (4-2, in the Metropolitan Division)

Golden Knights take on the Wild following overtime victory

Vegas Golden Knights (5-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (3-1-1, in the Central Division)

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Buffalo Sabres @ Florida Panthers

Scoring Leaders

Tage ThompsonC #72

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Tage ThompsonC #72

Matthew TkachukLW #19

Owen PowerD #25

Lars EllerC #20

Injury Report

Team Stats

Hurricanes bring win streak into matchup with the Flyers

Canucks take losing streak into game against the Rangers

Golden Knights take on the Wild following overtime victory